So... there is a new weight loss fad that I'm thinking might work for me. It feeds my gambling love by making me bet against myself for dieting ( Read more... )

Having recently had my own United Airlines Nightmare (I don't want to talk about it) I can really appreciate this song. United baggage handlers broke this guys Taylor Guitar and refuses to take responsibility for it. So he got his revenge bardically.

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(They also do a pretty good Queen of Argyle) Leave a comment  7 

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10. “Internet Explorer is much better than Firefox-why else would it be the most popular browser?”AUUUUUUUUGHHHHH!!!! You people!! WHY WHY WHY do you continue ( Read more... )

Does anybody reading this know how to set up apache & tomcat so that apache passes through to tomcat and retains sessions? I'm getting really tired of this.

I hate application servers.

I hate flying. I want to bomb airplanes. Not people. I don't want anyone getting hurt I just want to destroy the sardine tins so that they never hurt anyone again. I want to see the shattered, melted, broken corpses on commercial airliners littering the runways of every airport in the world ( Read more... )

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Top 10 Ways to Provoke a Geek Argument

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Well, in two weeks I will no longer be a Sr Research Scientist. The place that "never has layoffs, OK once in 50 years" has just laid off half a division, including me.

Fuck you, universe.

What is in store for me next? Back to law? Back to contracting?

Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket today.

Why trampolines are not safe in Wisconsin (or Minnesota or Texas or ... )


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This is a good start. What we need is a national usury law capping interest rates at no more than 18% and/or some multiple of the prime rate.

Consumers to be spared from higher rates on existing balances under new rules for credit cardsWASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Thursday adopted sweeping new rules for the credit card industry that will ( Read more... )