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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
6:46 pm	RMFC Bun and I are heading to Rocky Mountain Fur Con next week! Will I see any of you there? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 27th, 2009
1:22 pm	Bad news Everyone! In case you haven't, sign the petitions to keep the old Futurama voice actors for the new season. The "Box Network" is up to it's usual shenanigans and refusing to meet the casts salary demands and threatening to recast the show. I don't know about you, but it just wouldn't be Futurama would it? http://slurmed.com/?p=keep-the-futurama-voice-cast (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
10:57 pm	Lulz So I was browsing the drama that is Lulz, and came accross this comment... "FUCK YEA OTTERS! playful, smexy, and love sex without being whores like foxes" Yeah foxes, they're talkin' about you! (Comment on this)
Monday, April 13th, 2009
9:57 pm	Oh god Now, who dares dispute that otters are intrinsically awesome? (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
8:52 pm	Iowa Senate Majority Leader speaks about Gay Marriage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2s2R5qKhbo Transcript One of my daughters was in the workplace one day, and her particular workplace at that moment in time, there were a whole bunch of conservative, older men. And those guys were talking about gay marriage. They were talking about discussions going on across the country. Any my daughter Kate, after listening for about 20 minutes, said to them: You guys dont understand. Youve already lost. My generation doesnt care. I think I learned something from my daughter that day, when she said that. And Ive talked with other people about it and thats what I see, Senator McKinley. I see a bunch of people that merely want to profess their love for each other, and want state law to recognize that. Is that so wrong? I dont think thats so wrong. As a matter of fact, last Friday night, I hugged my wife. You know Ive been married for 37 years. I hugged my wife. I felt like our love was just a little more meaningful last Friday night because thousands of other Iowa citizens could hug each other and have the state recognize their love for each other. No, Senator McKinley, I will not co-sponsor a leadership bill with you. (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
11:14 pm	OMFG It's pronounced NUCLEAR not NUKULAR! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
9:30 am	Obama Video, pass it on! My friend Charon2 made this rather good campaign video. Pass it on! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
10:18 am	Haxxored So I turned on my comp today, checked my email, and found one from Blizzard informing me I had changed my password at 2:46am last night. Hell. I've run full scans on my computers, and now I have this sinking feeling that there may be a keylogger on my sister's computer. =P Mom and Dad are having her call me soon as she wakes up. In the mean time, I set a new password, inventoried what was taken (all gold, crafting mats, shadow gear...) and submitted a support ticket. However I'm informed that the investigation may take several days. Crap. (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
3:15 pm	The Hardest Part Oh the waiting is the hardest part I hate waiting for replies on those really important emails, you know? =) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
11:03 am	Gasoline I love this song right now. "Gasoline" (feat. Ben Harper) Way back in the year of 2017 The sun was growing hotter And oil was way beyond its peak When crazy Hector Johnson broke into a refinery And the black gold started flowing Just like Boston tea It was the summer of the riots And London sat in sweltering heat And the gangs of Mini Coopers Took the battle to the streets But when the creed was handed down For no more trucks and no more cars They threw cans of petrol through the windows at Scotland Yard Gasoline Will be free, will be free Gasoline Will be free, will be free When the Mounties stormed the palace of the Saudi family They held them up for ransom Without disturbing their high tea But their getaway was shaky They stalled in the Riyadh streets Cause you can't make it very far When your tank is on empty The final can of gasoline was loaded on a truck And driven through the streets of Agra to the palace aquaduct You see, all the majesty of worship that once adorned these fatal halls Was just a target to the angry As they blew up the Taj Mahal Gasoline Will be free, will be free Gasoline will be free, will be free Gary ran a market way down in Tennessee Where all the farmers got together and talked about this great country But when the government turned its back on farming Man, what I hear They dragged the pumps out of the ground With a big vintage John Deere I've got soldiers on my payroll Standing guard on my front drive Snipers on the roof poised at those Who don't want me alive Cause they audited my taxes My family under threat Cause I've got a message and a megaphone And I'll scream it to the death Gasoline Will be free, will be free Gasoline Will be free, will be free You got the farms in Argentina Making fuel from sugar cane You got the bastards in Washington Afraid of popping the greed vain Cause the money's in the pipeline And pipeline's running dry And we'll be the last to recognize Where there's shit there's always flies (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
9:34 am	So gangsta When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun? Discuss (Also, do you feel silly when you discover great albums or books decades after they came out and you want to discuss them with folks but they'll all be like "Dork, I grew up on that, where have you been for the past 20 years?) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
9:39 am	So like us.... (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
12:04 am	To my English friends... Who the hell is this man? And why is he the spokesman for prostate exams? (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
7:13 pm	My First Book Cover! So I had a photo I took a few years back chosen to be a book cover! I send you to Amazon... http://www.amazon.com/Jumping-Off-Train-Donna-Pucciani/dp/1590923944/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215644312&sr=8-1 Jumping Off by Donna Pucciani "Bombarded by a world of words and images that often over inform and under-nourish, "Jumping Off the Train" is an unexpected remedy. Pucciani's poems savor both language and moments - naps and pots of soup, old dogs and sinister spiders. They illuminate the long-ago mystery of a Saint's story, and the everyday mystery of a father, mother, or lover's actions. They relish every feeling -- fear, gratitude, sorrow, bliss. This collection is what I read poetry for: a glimpse at the human soul exposed in the beauty of language. " (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
6:09 pm	Two Families Grapple with Sons' Gender Preferences : NPR This was on NPR this afternoon while I was stuck in traffic. Listening to it made me glad I was never in this place myself, and I cried for the one child going through this whose parents took away all his toys, barred him from seeing his friends, and even took away certain colors of crayons. Worth listening to, if tough to hear. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90247842 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 14th, 2008
12:44 pm	So sex is included with the demo work? Ahhhhh! So we moved into our condo last Wednesday (our first place together!) and I've been working on unpacking, plumbing, etc. We need to have some work done on some windows, and a good contractor was referred by Jeff, our realtor. Well said contractor showed up today, looked at the windows, said it should be an easy job, etc. At some point he asked what I did, so I mentioned what I did and mentioned what my partner does. I thought nothing more of it. Later we're back inside, and he's sorta standing there looking at the windows, and I'm wondering what else there is to discuss, when he says "So do you ever uh stray from your partner?" "What?" "Stray from your partner, you know." Oh, my brain catches up with the conversation really fast. "Oh! No, no I don't" Now, we do sometimes play with friends of our TOGETHER, but certainly no sneaking off for a quickie with a stranger. Not saying you the reader shouldn't do that, but it's not something we do. Then he says "I've never gone all the way with a guy (covering one's heterosexuality?) and I'm married (AHHHH!) but it's been my experience that at oral, guys are just you know, they are..." "Own the equipment, know how to work it, yeah." Yes, I actually said that. Then he stands there again, me getting less and less comfortable all the time. Finally I go, "Well! Just email me the estimate and we'll talk in a day or two." Then here comes the best part, he looks at me and goes "Can I show you?" Wuff. Once again, my brain couldn't quite wrap itself around what was going on and took a second or two to catch up. "Uh, no!" "Oh really?" He actually looked surprised at this. I then quickly ushered him out and he went without further fuss, but man. I mean, props to him for having the courage to proposition me, but not really appropriate once I had said I didn't ahem 'stray'. And honestly, I don't cheat, and that means I don't cheat on Bun, and I don't mess around with people who are cheating on their spouses/partners. I did that once in college, and never going to hurt someone like that again. So right now I have to figure out what to do when he comes back with the estimate. Do I stick with him (who is probably a nice guy, but not in the right relationship) and still give him our business? Do I just go with someone else? If I do stick with him no way he's coming over here again when I'm home alone though. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
1:18 am	Worst Typo Ever! So browsing the furry porn and came across this horrific typo.... "I looked over and she was playing with her wet mould." I mean, even though it's not spelled 'mold' the mental image I conjure up. So of course that got me thinking, any typos in similar veins you've found particularly disconcerting? (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
9:49 am	The Thin Skin of Apple Fans (New York Times) By DAN MITCHELL Published: March 22, 2008 IN his new book, “True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society,” Farhad Manjoo, a writer for Salon, argues that “new communications technologies are loosening the culture’s grip on what people once called ‘objective reality.’ ” Skip to next paragraph Alex Eben Meyer In an excerpt posted this week, he looks at an area where facts often become particularly slippery, specifically perceived bias in the news media against, of all things, a technology company: Apple. “Last year,” Mr. Manjoo writes, “I praised the iPhone in something of the way Romeo once praised Juliet: The device, I said, is revolutionary — ‘it marks a new way of life. One day we’ll all have iPhones, or things that aim to do what this first one does, and your life will be better for it.’ ” But because he mentioned that the phone was a bit pricey, “several readers alleged that I was an Apple-hater.” One wrote him to ask, “Does Salon actually pay you or are you being paid under the table by rival companies?” Anybody who has ever written about Apple products will tell the same story — introducing even a hint of negativity into a review or article will bring down the wrath of Apple’s most fanatical fans. What explains this? Mr. Manjoo cites a study (a pdf is available here) by Robert P. Vallone, Lee Ross and Mark R. Lepper, psychologists at Stanford University, in 1985. That study measured perceptions of media bias relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. People who held strong opinions on the conflict going in were more apt to perceive bias in news accounts. Pro-Palestinian subjects saw a pro-Israel bias, and vice versa. When “a reporter, editor, news network, or pundit mentions the other side’s arguments, it stings,” Mr. Manjoo writes. “Psychologists call this the ‘hostile media phenomenon,’ and it goes far in explaining how both Apple and PC folks can see the opposite bias in the same news story.” But the phenomenon is particularly stark when it comes to opinionated reviews — however laudatory — of Apple products. That’s because many Apple fans “care little for honest opinion,” Mr. Manjoo writes. “They want to pick up the paper and see in it a reflection of their own nearly religious zeal for the thing they love. They don’t want a review. They want a hagiography.” What I might take from this in my own ahem "discussions" with Apple fans is that although I advocate Windows for most users for a variety of reasons I don't love windows in the same way Apple people love say Leopard. And that kind of satisfaction might be worth paying for. =) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
6:30 pm	Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ninja_parade_slips_through_town (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
10:11 am	3-D Gaming (From Penny Arcade) This was posted along with today's Penny Arcade. Thought it was pretty cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw (1 Comment |Comment on this)