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I'll write about all sorts of stuff in this blog, probably only 1/3 of it will be of any interest at any given time. Keep coming back...we'll see what we can find out about each other.
Aug
31
Iowa Judge Approves Gay Weddings.
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From BBC news: “Iowa Judge Approves Gay Weddings: A county judge has struck down a ban on same-sex marriages in…Iowa as unconstitutional.”
Hooray Iowa! I hear that Polk County attorney John Sarcone has moved to prevent any of the marriage licenses from being issued until an appeal was decided. Asshat. I don’t understand his vested interest in stopping the ceremonies. The 1998 Defense of Marriage Act was decided on emotional appeal and attack politics, and was never a strong piece of legislation, so why bother trying to defend it.
Now the question is how to keep Massachusetts and Iowa from reversing their decisions and recognizing that gays are people too. Fabulous people.
Aug
26
Clumsy? Covered!
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I was reading over my renter’s insurance policy before I filed it away (hopefully to never see it again), when I noticed that it comes with a whole lot of Personal Liability insurance thrown in for free.
This Personal Liability insurance includes “Hovercraft Liability”.
No, I didn’t just make that up.
Aug
25
Cosmic nothingness.
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BBC News tells me that Astronomers have found an “enormous void in space that measures nearly a billion light-years across“.
Sometimes I feel so small.
Aug
24
Lung love, part deux.
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I know I’ve already posted about this once, but I thought it deserves a handy-dandy graphic in refreshing mint green.
Aug
24
Lung love. Puppy Love. Fall Love.
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Wednesday marked four weeks since my last cigarette. Cold-turkey, laying them down and willing myself not to have another one. Obviously I feel better, but I hadn’t expected to find the extra $4/day so handy when I wanted to buy things. It adds up so quickly.
It’s funny to me how much dogs and owners take on one another’s characteristics. Winston refuses to wake up most mornings now, opting instead to lounge in the bed surrounded by mountains of pillows. I love that he stares at me with groggy half-lidded eyes until I leave the bedroom and go on about my morning so that he can go back to sleep. I try to avoid taking a self-righteousness savior-stance, but I wonder sometimes what Winston’s days were like when he was a stray. Nowadays he won’t eat cheap food and won’t poo without a treat. He won’t sit on the concrete floor (rugs or pillows only) and has to sleep in the bed. He sometimes reminds me that life has a way of turning around and that bad is rarely bad forever.
This time of year makes me nostalgic for school-time. Something about buying new pencils makes me happy. And waking around campuses on crisp fall evenings. And learning things. The best part about fall and walking and learning? Wearing layers. I love sweaters. And scarves!
Aug
19
Heart v2.
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Another list of things I like:
A handy reference list for ways to drive your Graphic Designer mad. Why? “Because Graphic Designers hate you. They also eat babies. Raw, uncooked baby meat”. Lindsey plans on using widows and orphans to kill widows and orphans. Will the Graphic Designer reign of terror never end?
via Speakup: The November 2004 annual poster contest winners. Why 3 year old winners and not current ones? Because I like these best. Especially this one. And this one. But this one is really best.
Where Apples go to Die is a dreary look at an Apple Store (an authorized reseller, before brick-and-mortar Apple Stores) in Kuwait that was left to languish after it closed mysteriously. Beige pre-iPod Macs, Think Different banners and the striped Apple were all left around to gather dust. Those Macs were from the era of my first Mac. Good times. Pictures are here.
Fair Game with Faith Salie is the best show on NPR, ever. I think it comes on at 8 pm on weekdays. Go find it, and listen to it. Trust me.
If you’re using a Mac, Sidenote from Pierre Chatel may be a useful app to have around. I’ve replaced Stickies with it, and can’t wait to get it up and running at work. And it’s free!
The Rubik’s Cube can be solved in 26 steps. By a super-computer. I’m not a super-computer…does that mean I still have to fiddle with a Rubik’s cube for hours before I get pissed and break it?
Aug
18
Ka-boom.
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Via BBC News: A man has turned in a rocket launcher during a firearms amnesty event in Orlando, FL.
I appreciate the nonchalant tone, but this news story leaves me wanting more. For example: why was a rocket launcher in a shed? Who did the shed belong to? Was the rocket launcher operational? What kind of shoes did the man get for his daughter?
Aug
18
Sink.
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Jerry Garcia’s sink is for sale on eBay.
Think I’m making up this craziness? Click here for the eBay auction. When I took this screen-grab, the bidding was up to $16,100.
Drugs and dirty dishes not included.
Aug
15
Text Less. Save Trees.
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Word on the street, and by street I mean NPR, is that AT&T is sending gi-normous phone bills to folks that have purchased iPhones. In their defense, my AT&T bill, for a non-iPhone, usually runs about 20 pages. They give LOTS more information than you’ll need, presumably under the assumption that if you have it you won’t have to ask for it.
The way I see it, long phone bills basically boils down to this: less calls to customer service for billing questions equals less customer service support personnel equals less overhead equals higher profit.
Save trees. Sign up for eBill.
Aug
14
Out of the Office.
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“The human spirit is indomitable. Give us a piece of technology and we’ll subvert it.”
Corporate Americans are using email Out of Office auto-repliers to screen the massive amounts of emails they receive daily. I think it’s brilliant, and I want to start doing it too. But I think we should all take it one step further. Let’s close our office doors and put on a post-it that says “be back two weeks from Tuesday”. Then we can all hide inside and have a really quiet party. I’ll bring the cake!