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Hurricane Bertha
Hurricane Bertha is now a class 3 hurricane, headed straight for me via Bermuda. (As for right at me, well, it's a couple thousand miles away, the five-day projection has it in the area of Bermuda on Saturday, and if it curves as much as they think it will, it will be heading straight north around Bermuda, far east of the US. But hurricane watching ( Read more... ) -
Why do Americans vote against their own interests?
At LibraryThing, there's a list of book readings, etc., in the local area, and this is on the list:
Professor George Lakoff author of Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Whose Freedom?, and Don't Think of an Elephant!, explores the connections between cognitive science and political action. Why do many Americans vote against ( Read more... ) -
Miscellany
I was watching Matlock on DVD--not the best use of $35, but better than some--and the doorman at the stripper joint tells Matlock "It's five bucks; they take off everything but the shoes." I thought that was so wrong; with all the foot fetishers out there, wouldn't you be hurting your business by doing that ( Read more... ) -
Poll question
I'd like you guys to answer a simple question, and I'll explain why I'm asking it in a later post.
Someone walks into a store, and goes back to the lingerie section. He picks out two bras, brings them to the front, and pays for them. Who is he most likely to be buying them for? -
Science fiction grouse
I'm reading a collection of science fiction from the 1960s, Med Ship by Murray Leinster. It's not great literature, but it's decent reading material. My complaint is about the Editor's Afterward, where Eric Flint and Guy Gordon tell us that
Leinster established the sub-genre of the "science fiction doctor story." [...] Alan Nourse's Star Surgeon and ( Read more... ) -
A Date for Valentine?
I thought, you know, why not just drop in to one of these singles websites and get a date for Valentine's Day? Can't hurt, right?
So I start my search with a local place that's been advertised on signs, Lowell Match.com. Gee, that feels great, entering all my information before getting to see anything inside. And what's with the copyright 2000? It ( Read more... ) -
Reason for the Season
I think now is the time to remember the reason for the season; that is, the inclined axis of the Earth as it rotates around the sun. In fact, this is well documented, long prior to Jesus Christ ( Read more... ) -
Picture Service
I'm starting to get some photos of home that I'd like to share with my friends and family and y'all, the intersection of which is probably not empty. Does anyone have a service online that allows you to upload pictures that they would recommend? There's Flickr (Yahoo) and Picasa (Google), the latter of which is built around a program not available ( Read more... ) -
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Unlike Painter, I'm giving on college and trying to find a job. They all want a resume in Word format with references; how unreasonable!
So, here's my results on the test of the day;
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I'm open to voice mail again
I've finally got my voice mail number reset and I'm open to voice mail again. I had to go through all the old messages, most of which were for Angela Pablusky/Palu/whatever, whoever the hell that is.