Made for “Gilly-Guys (‘n’ Dolls)”?
The Kindle Oasis sounds like a good idea. Grab a snorkel or rebreather set, hide in the pool and read. . . (Maybe. *heh* Depends on what “waterproof” means though. 2 meters depth for 6 minutes? Deeper....
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Transitive Property
The old “Prepper” adage that “Two is one and one is none” makes some sort of sense, I suppose, in that if one only has one of a particular thing–tool, equipment, whatever–and that “one” is lost,...
View ArticleEducating Medical “Professionals”
Annual “permission slip” Dr. visit last week: ears so plugged up with gunk I almost didn’t mind having the same questions asked again. . . and again. . . by two different forms and three different...
View ArticleWell, At Least the Writer Is Trying
Reading a book today that is. . . amusing. It’s supposed to be an action-packed “thriller” set “25 Years from now” (whenever THAT is) that’s chock full of “advanced tech” and “cutting edge science.”...
View ArticleGrand Theft Under Color of Law
Civil Asset Forfeiture: a procedure by which government thugs can seize the property of citizens who have NOT been convicted of a crime, and especially NOT of any crime in any way associated with the...
View ArticleWondrous Advances in Tools
Finally! After many years of using paper clips to release optical media from powerless optical drives, I’ve acquired a new lil a mini-tool set that has a special tool just for that. WhatEVer did I do...
View ArticleI Don’t Really Care That it’s Your Money, but. . .
. . .since it’s mine, too. . . Some folks from a state government agency dropped by today as a part of state efforts to check up on people who may have been impacted by the April 30 floods and the...
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No, It’s “Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty”
My only problem with the shirt is that it’s based on the “Big Bang Theory” corruption of the copyrighted song by Edith Newlin, which is an adaptation of a Polish folk song, “Wlaz kotek na plotek.”...
View ArticleI Think This Was Part of EA Poe’s Problem with “Life As We Know It”
Frequent readers (OK, the frequent reader *heh*) here have seen me refer to “the voices in my head.” They’re not really there, at least not as delusional thoughts. But I do “overhear” arguments with...
View ArticleIs Your “Smartphone” Spying On You?
Maybe. Well, no: probably. If you use it to access social media sites (FarceBook, et al) or any Google service, almost certainly. Heck, there are growing claims that smartphones “listen in” to...
View ArticleFav Things
It’s funny, but of all the cutting boards I have, the two I use almost every day (one for meats and another for veggies–that one IS every day) are a couple I made in shop class 53 years ago (or was it...
View ArticleTOO MUCH STUFF!!!
*sigh* Purging. And not just household items. Data. Several years after my first computer, I went “big” for a 5MB hard drive on a 486. I ended up, in the long run, “purging” (well, discarding) most of...
View ArticleJust One of Those Things
Completely unrelated. . . Shoelaces are something of a “thing” for me. I had searched for years for just the right way to tie them that would a. prevent them coming untied and yet b. was quick and easy...
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“Net Neutrality” Advocates Are Either Morons or Liars
Is it wrong to experience a sort of “zloradstvo”1 when evil experiences a setback, no matter how small? Let me introduce the “poster children” for so-called “net neutrality.” Top 10 Internet-censored...
View ArticleWannabe (Usually 20-Something) Writers Are almost Cute, Sometimes
It’s almost cute how some wannabe writers try to emulate literacy. It usually shows up in more than a few misused words that are homophones (or close homophones) with whatever word they are groping for...
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Let It Snow!
So, front porch thermometer said 25°F. Car reported 24°F. Aaaaand (as usual) the report from the rural electric temp display in the bottoms (less than a mile away) was 15°F. Occasional flecks of “angel...
View ArticleWriters Who. . . Shouldn’t
Writers who have not bothered to become literate and who are too cheap, stupid, or stuck on the lefthand side of the Dunning-Kruger Curve to obtain the services of a literate editorial staff just...
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Missed It? Here.
Interesting lil tidbit that comes up every “supermoon” (a term I had never read until 2017, strangely enough) is “perigee-syzygy” (a particular alignment of three celestial bodies–a term I had...
View ArticleFWIW (a brief note on worship)
Many, many people worship Satan without ever considering their actions as such worship. As an Authority on the subject once said to some such, “You are of your father, the devil (diabolos = slanderer,...
View ArticleThis Is Rich
[With a tip o’ the tam to Ori Pomerantz, via John Lambshead] Soldier Decapitates ISIS Thug with Spade in Afganistan This is rich on so many levels. The primary story, sure: prevailing against odds with...
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