Assorted Thoughts 34: Did You Know That In 1917, Lenin Was Not In Russia Edition

• This is totally the right music to accompany looking at these photos.
• There's something really satisfying about walking past the queue for entry to a fancy-dress concert on your way to a hockey game.  Take that, intellectualism.  I will let my base instincts run wild!
• Children are bloodthirsty monsters.  A young girl sitting behind me at the hockey game was shrieking the whole night hoping for a fight, and when one happened, she started advocating for the use of skate blades as weapons.
• I really need a big red stamp that says OWNED for use annotating political articles I find posted here and there.
• Instead of being able to say "Natural and artificial flavors," when it comes to "blue raspberry" drinks, I'm in favor of only allowing them to be labeled with "unnatural flavors."
• The best way to deflate the people who think socialism is the root of all evil is to ask them why they hate football and the kind of team that makes America great.
• There is a long list of things I hate more than I have any legitimate reason to.  I have recently discovered that one of those is people using hashtags places that aren't Twitter.  For that matter, I hate people using hashtags on Twitter too, and really, Twitter in general.  But hashtags places that aren't Twitter are a much more focused hate.
• One big reason never to give me forum admin powers: I will use them to ban people who grossly abuse (read: use at all, except sparingly in satire) IMspeak.
• For me, sleep is similar to a gas in that it rapidly expands to fill all available space and time. This makes morning and/or afternoon classes a bit of an adventure at times.
• YEAH CARRIE I STOLE YOUR PHRASE.  WHAT NOW.