Easy to Please

July 31, 2006 --

Some people need constant attention or never-ending reasurrance that everything will be all right. All it takes to please me is a new computer.
I was talking to Jill the other day about computer names; she noted that I call my computers “machines” instead of anthropomorphizing and naming them like people do with [...]

TV

July 25, 2006 -- Tags: Observations, Recommended-TV

Last night I stretched out on my livingroom floor in front of a whirring box fan and read and thought.
When you want to change something, all you need is consistency. Small, consistent actions lead to huge, seachanging results.
For instance, I read somewhere recently that in order to reduce your TV viewing time, you [...]

Melting

July 24, 2006 -- Tags: Observations, Recommended-Books, Video-Games

So hot… So very, very hot…

Yesterday was my thinking day. I spent a few hours thinking at the Hammer, then went to Borders to think some more but it was too crowded (filled with air-conditioned air moochers!) so I had to come home and think here.
I got some good thoughts down [...]

People Who Wear Monocles

July 21, 2006 -- Tags: Monocles

Fearless Leader.

Eustace Tilley.

Fritz Lang.

Mr. Peanut.

The Penguin.

Charlie McCarthy.

Colonel Klink.

Colonel Mustard.

Squealer (from Animal Farm).

Count Von Count (thanks Kim!).

Coffee and Beans

July 20, 2006 -- Tags: Nerds, Recommended-Links, Technology

The day I have been dreading has come to pass.
My laptop is dying! The screen comes up dark, but when you wiggle the hinge it lights up again.
If it were consistent in this behavior I’d still be able to use it, but it’s pretty erratic.
I’ve had this machine for over four [...]

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July 17, 2006 -- Tags: Recommended-News

Via Poe-News, a very interesting article from Pompano Beach, FL: Seeking a new mosque, they find a cultural turf war.
A local mosque wants to relocate into a predominantly black neighborhood. But the neighborhood won’t have it:
“…That [Dozier], a 57-year-old black Christian minister, who gets teary-eyed when he talks about how he was [...]