There are people I know, who on the outside, seem like honest, decent, liberal minded people. I can see the inside of them somehow. I can see the bigot in them. I see the spoiler. I see the hate. I see the rotting core...
They want the world to think they are better than the rest. They are not.
On the inside they know who they are.
...and they will never know inner peace.
The End of Civilization
Well I read today that we may see the end of our civilization in our lifetime.
"Is it possible that global civilisation might collapse within our lifetime or that of our children? Until recently, such an idea was the preserve of lunatics and cults. In the past few years, however, an increasing number of intelligent and credible people have been warning that global collapse is a genuine possibility. And many of these are sober scientists, including Lord May, David King and Jared Diamond - people not usually given to exaggeration or drama."
--That would suck. I'm off to buy more ammo!
"Is it possible that global civilisation might collapse within our lifetime or that of our children? Until recently, such an idea was the preserve of lunatics and cults. In the past few years, however, an increasing number of intelligent and credible people have been warning that global collapse is a genuine possibility. And many of these are sober scientists, including Lord May, David King and Jared Diamond - people not usually given to exaggeration or drama."
--That would suck. I'm off to buy more ammo!
Todays Koan
A monk saw a turtle in the garden of Daizui's monastery and asked the teacher, "All beings cover their bones with flesh and skin. Why does this being cover its flesh and skin with bones?" Master Daizui took off one of his sandals and covered the turtle with it.
--Movies and Music and Thinking
--Movies and Music and Thinking
Anyone want to buy a Yurt
You know, one of those wonderful tents the Mongles invented.
We have two currently and are suffering unsightly pavillion buildup!
Full details here!!
Howard Stern
So Howard Stern moves to satellite radio broadcaster Sirius on January 9. He will be able to say and do what ever he wants without bothering the FCC.
I got bored with Stern years ago. I wish him luck weighing guys BMs on the air. I also hope that Sirius does not regret signing him for a $500 million, 5 year contract.
Yes folks. A half a Billion Dollars. He can suck for 5 years and still make $100 million a year.
--Maybe he will surprise us all by using a pile of that cash to help someone.
I got bored with Stern years ago. I wish him luck weighing guys BMs on the air. I also hope that Sirius does not regret signing him for a $500 million, 5 year contract.
Yes folks. A half a Billion Dollars. He can suck for 5 years and still make $100 million a year.
--Maybe he will surprise us all by using a pile of that cash to help someone.
Random Christmas Notes
I love shopping on line. Mostly because I love my sofa. So if I can shop from my sofa it's like BR bringing me coffee in bed after making love to me. It's like chocolate and peanut butter! Some great things are meant to go together.
So in my on-line shopping wanderings I found this great site called w00t!
This place only sells one, deeply discounted, thing at a time. They are worth looking at daily just for the funny descriptions of the products. This place must also be run by young, single, guys. It's always selling electronic gear, RC cars, Big screen TVs, coffee makers and MP3 players.
--Don't hesitate though. When they sellout, it is gone for good!
So in my on-line shopping wanderings I found this great site called w00t!
This place only sells one, deeply discounted, thing at a time. They are worth looking at daily just for the funny descriptions of the products. This place must also be run by young, single, guys. It's always selling electronic gear, RC cars, Big screen TVs, coffee makers and MP3 players.
--Don't hesitate though. When they sellout, it is gone for good!
The David Allen
The urinal on the far right: the David Allen. My friend once worked with a man named David Allen. He is apparently a contemptable, wretched man. My friend's goal: to familiarize the name with the short urinal. To be at a bar in San Francisco (we're in Boston), and overhear a joke about someone having to use the David Allen. Having it wind up on Google, and possibly even the dictionary would be the ultimate goal.
quoted from: http://almoorica.blogspot.com/ (not my friend's blog, but apparently a person who also worked with said wretched man)
It is with the importance of nomenclature in mind, then, that I turn to the “low” or “David Allen” urinal, which occupies the very end of the bench in the already unfairly-disparaged World of Urinals. Named for a man of similarly diminutive stature and undesirable reputation, the David Allen is very much the low man on the depth chart of all urinal blocks. Though it’s often the cleanest of all the urinals, the “David Allen,” which is intended primarily though not exclusively for children, is generally only used when all of its full-statured brethren on the line are occupied. When it is finally called upon, it performs just as well as any other urinal, yet the David Allen user feels a sense either of insecurity--as if their use of the David Allen somehow ostracizes them and mocks their own diminutive stature-- or of simple resignation, like they’re receiving a second-rate peeing experience.
Gregg is Dead
Film producer Gregg Hoffman, who with his partners turned a $1 million horror movie called "Saw" into a $102 million hit, has died at the age of 42, associates said on Tuesday.
Lions Gate Entertainment, which distributed "Saw" and its successor "Saw II," said Hoffman died on Sunday in a Hollywood hospital of natural causes but gave no specifics. An autopsy is planned.
"Saw," financed by Hoffman and his partners at Twisted Pictures, cost about $1 million to make but reaped $102 million worldwide at the box office when it was released in October 2004.
--We need to make a movie! Who's with me!
Lions Gate Entertainment, which distributed "Saw" and its successor "Saw II," said Hoffman died on Sunday in a Hollywood hospital of natural causes but gave no specifics. An autopsy is planned.
"Saw," financed by Hoffman and his partners at Twisted Pictures, cost about $1 million to make but reaped $102 million worldwide at the box office when it was released in October 2004.
--We need to make a movie! Who's with me!
The IVR Cheat Sheet
A friend of mine emailed me a link to a web site that has the short cuts for various phone systems to get to a human!
http://paulenglish.com/ivr/
--I love it! It even has GEICO!
http://paulenglish.com/ivr/
--I love it! It even has GEICO!
Public Service Announcment
My sister has breast cancer.
She has already had a lump-ectomy and they think got it all. She goes back soon for more tests to see if it had spread. She is very optimistic.
They found it early because of a mamogram. It was not even big enough find with a manual exam.
Go get a mamogram, ladies.
--This concludes todays PSA.
She has already had a lump-ectomy and they think got it all. She goes back soon for more tests to see if it had spread. She is very optimistic.
They found it early because of a mamogram. It was not even big enough find with a manual exam.
Go get a mamogram, ladies.
--This concludes todays PSA.
I drank my way through the ages this weekend!
I was watching Sunday Morning today and it took a view of history discussing the influence of drinks. History can be divided into various "Ages". Like the Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age:
Beer Age: Proof that god loves us. The workers that built the pyramids were given 4 loafs of bread and 8 pints of beer.
Wine Age: The Drink of Kings. The King of drinks!
Coffee Age: A drink that sharpened your mind in stead of dulling it.
Tea Age: Culture surrounded it as an indicator of the height of civilization
Cola Age: The mark of the modern era. An yes it had Cocaine in it originally.
Drink well, drink often, drink with Marty!!
Beer Age: Proof that god loves us. The workers that built the pyramids were given 4 loafs of bread and 8 pints of beer.
Wine Age: The Drink of Kings. The King of drinks!
Coffee Age: A drink that sharpened your mind in stead of dulling it.
Tea Age: Culture surrounded it as an indicator of the height of civilization
Cola Age: The mark of the modern era. An yes it had Cocaine in it originally.
Drink well, drink often, drink with Marty!!
World's Ugliest Dog Dies at 14
Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World's Ugliest Dog, has died.The pooch died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, his owner said.
"I don't think there'll ever be another Sam," Susie Lockheed said, adding: "Some people would think that's a good thing."
--That is one ugly damn dog.
The Deer Hunter
I got my first deer of the season.
It was a perfect shot, and yet, it ran and I had to track it. The bullet was a through and through heart/lung shot, but it hit no bones, so it could run. I did the right thing and sat for ten minutes before tracking it. As expected it was less than a hundred yards away.
I was hunting with three friends. None of them have ever gotten a deer hunting before. So we were set for a lesson on field cleaning and skinning.
I will leave out the details, but now they are well and truly trained. Brenda was great later when I came home to process a huge pile of very red meat. We had it done in about two hours.
Now our kitchen is cleaner than ever!
It was a perfect shot, and yet, it ran and I had to track it. The bullet was a through and through heart/lung shot, but it hit no bones, so it could run. I did the right thing and sat for ten minutes before tracking it. As expected it was less than a hundred yards away.
I was hunting with three friends. None of them have ever gotten a deer hunting before. So we were set for a lesson on field cleaning and skinning.
I will leave out the details, but now they are well and truly trained. Brenda was great later when I came home to process a huge pile of very red meat. We had it done in about two hours.
Now our kitchen is cleaner than ever!
I love LOST
Last week, a wet Walt appeared again on Lost. He spoke unintelligibly to her. But when Walt's words are played backwards, is he saying: "They're coming, and they're close"?
Also last week, in the hospital flashback where Shannon's dad died, you see Jack hurrying by in his scrubs. Was Jack's future wife - who was in the hospital after an auto accident - the driver of the SUV that killed him?
We probably won't get answers Wednesday in the extended episode (9-10:05 ET/PT) that focuses on the tail-section survivors.
--Can't wait! Good Stuff!!
Also last week, in the hospital flashback where Shannon's dad died, you see Jack hurrying by in his scrubs. Was Jack's future wife - who was in the hospital after an auto accident - the driver of the SUV that killed him?
We probably won't get answers Wednesday in the extended episode (9-10:05 ET/PT) that focuses on the tail-section survivors.
--Can't wait! Good Stuff!!
Metropolis
A poster for the classic German 1920s film "Metropolis" has been sold for a world record $690,000 to a private collector from the United States, the London gallery which arranged the sale said on Tuesday.The sale beat the previous record for a movie poster of $453,500, set in 1997 by a poster for the 1932 film "The Mummy," the Reel Poster Gallery said.
The art deco poster is one of only four known copies in existence.
Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?
I was surprised to be found as Aragorn.
"Putting your appointed path ahead of any inner conflicts, you make your own rules for the benefit of all."
"If my life or death I can protect you, I will."
This is what a murderer looks like.
Kara Beth Borden is 14 and I think she got her 18 year old boyfriend to kill her parents because she had an argument with them over a curfew.It was not immediately clear whether the girl was abducted or went along willingly, but the cops are operating on the assumption she was kidnapped.
--Life in prison with no parole, dammit.
Garages and self esteem
This week I have been making an effort to clean out the garage. I never thought that my self esteem would be found in the garage. I tossed out so much stuff I amazed even myself.
I have been dragging some of that crap around for years and finally it's gone. I had 10 ISA sound cards in there. Still had a pile of 10base/T NICs.
I also touched my LPs. Oh man is that great. Now I gotta have a turntable. I'll buy one if I don't get one for Christmas. I also came across a giant pile of family photos. I see a big scanning project in the near future.
--Today I will be sorting out 4 bushels of computer and AV cables. Good times!
I have been dragging some of that crap around for years and finally it's gone. I had 10 ISA sound cards in there. Still had a pile of 10base/T NICs.
I also touched my LPs. Oh man is that great. Now I gotta have a turntable. I'll buy one if I don't get one for Christmas. I also came across a giant pile of family photos. I see a big scanning project in the near future.
--Today I will be sorting out 4 bushels of computer and AV cables. Good times!
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