A few years ago on new years I got the news my mom had a tragic accident that would eventually lead to her passing.

RIP mom, I still miss you all these years later. Thanks for everything you did for me, you gave me the tools I needed to have a wonderful life. Thanks.

So here I am cleaning up my house in my orange red and white zebra striped zubas pants, eff edward snowden edition hoodie and my nicest italian leather shoes. I am having a few people over tonight for what is probably going to be a really low key night of drinking barrel aged cocktails and cards against the humanities. I decided it would be nice to ( Read more... )

A long time ago I got used to the idea that the information about my life was effectively public domain. I used to worry about wiretapping, the NSA, etc. I remember when the telecommunications act of 1996 was put into effect and I knew that after that became a reality any phone could be tapped from anywhere ( Read more... )

The world is getting smaller. Information travels at the speed of light in between routing stations that delay the data by fractions of a second, a slice of time so small it cannot be perceived by human detection. When something happens on the other side of the world I don't need to wait for the simple flapping of a butterfly's wings to move the ( Read more... )

Anyone home?

How long until Amy Winehouse's death? Winner gets a 50 dollar gift cert to the store of their choice.
Pick one date, closest date without going over wins, one guess per contestant. If you edit your guess in any way you are disqualified.