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"Great Uncle Marty"
(One more time--doubled).
My niece gave birth to twin girls in the very wee hours of the morning. I extend a very sincere welcome to Ana and Ava. And I hope that my efforts help to create a world of which they can be proud.
Imported from the Buzz
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Old Houses
I live in an old house ( Read more... ) -
Party Like a Pro
Today I was introduced to something known as the Liberty AmendmentAmazingly enough, the Liberty Amendment has nothing to do with liberty. It's about chopping up the federal government and taking away almost half of it's funding. I think most people will agree that the federal government is, to use the geek term, "bloatware". I think that ( Read more... ) -
Gizmo/LJ Talk
How do I turn off that fucking annoying mouse-over in the header bar thing? Every time the cursor passes over the icon in the header bar it creates that really annoying text box. "This is you. blah blah blah ( Read more... ) -
Art Amidst the Stars
A few days ago, I wrote about my vision for the Road to Mars. One of the things I mentioned was that the colonization roster should be open to anyone, not just professional astronauts. Besides the very real need for a colony needs people with wide and varied skill sets--not just scientists--is the idea that space is multi-faceted. NASA and it' ( Read more... ) -
Shades of Green
Our jokes tells us who we are. Sometimes it's because we laugh. Sometimes it's because we don't.
When I was growing up in the 70s--my uncle about 40 years older than me--told me a joke from when he was younger.
A bus is driving through Chicago, tracing a route through white neighborhoods and black neighborhoods. Being used to the way things ( Read more... ) -
The Flaw of Perfection
Don't forget---you're perfect. You are not one IOTA out of place from how God made you and how God intended you to be. Perfect, by virtue of His perfection. Your faults make you who you are---they're part of your perfection. Correcting your faults only serves to reflect His greater glory...
A friend of mine wrote these words in reply to another ( Read more... ) -
Dear Linux
I am not a computer novice. I was programming in BASIC and PASCAL back in grade school. I remember accessing the "main frame" via a DECWriter. I was on the cutting edge of personal computing and had an IBM PCjr--with a color monitor. I did everything in DOS, and was a Mozilla user way back when it was still Mosaic, and IE wasn't even a wet ( Read more... ) -
"That" Word
Spurred by Michael Richards' little outburst recently, several prominent black leaders--including Jesse Jackson--have called for "an end to the N-Word". The idea is that, by getting people to stop using this word, they will reduce racial tensions, negative racial self-perception, and racism. I guess ( Read more... ) -
The Road to Mars
I was keeping this in my "someday" folder as the basis for a novel, but... let's be honest here: I'm never going to write it. So...
The Road to Mars:The Road to Mars isn't one that will--or should--be built by governments. Its hope for success lies in 2 vested interests: Dreamers and Capitalists. There are millions of geeks, nerds, and ( Read more... )