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Remembering My Grandmother

Remembering my grandmother. In the summer she would give us kids iced tea in colorful aluminum glasses. The metal tumblers were super ice cold with condensation on the outside. The icy tumbler was better than the iced tea! My sister always like the pink one. I think I’ll send her a set for Mother’s Day.

Into the Void Alexa Toolbar

I’ve been using the Alexa toolbar for several years because of the extra site information it provides. Click the picture to download your own copy. PLUS they finally got with the program and made it Firefox-compatible. Enjoy!

Objectifying Women

More blog-fodder from Yahoo! Answers. I think we can all agree that consistently objectifying women is not just wrong, it is dysfunctional. By objectifying I mean that the viewer isn’t concerned with the woman’s needs and desires but only with his own. This lack of empathy, **when taken to extremes**, is the hallmark of a […]

A-theism = Loving Our Planet

Email to a Fundamentalist who obsesses on what he claims is a religion that “espouses rejoicing.” Your religion also espouses killing members of other religions as part of its teachings. That makes you a danger to many members of this list. I have never understood why people have to have “faith.” Is it because their […]

Office Pranks

Top Office Pranks. This is good, a series of pictures of what folks do to co-workers who are away on vacation. My favorite is the sprouts in the keyboard, a nice “welcome home” for the nature-lover in the office. I’m reminded of what the entire office did to DH before we were dating. Moths in […]

Murphy Is Alive And Well

Murphy is alive and well. The power supply blew in the middle of a push to get a design out the door. Fortunately we found a cheap replacement at my electronics store of choice, NewEgg.com. Athena Power AP-P4ATX35 350W Power Supply

Genetic Roulette

Genetic Roulette Genetic Roulette is based on the book of the same name by Jeffrey M. Smith, director of the Institute for Responsible Technology. Seeds of Deception is rated the number one book on the subject and has had a substantial influence on public perception and even legislation. Smith has reached tens of millions of […]

Kwashiorkor

You don’t make sense « Life-changing things that don’t matter Came across this while researching PlumpyNut. The United States are inhabited by about 300 million people with an unemployment rate of about 5 percent. If you’re interested in the rest of the world, look up Kwashiorkor. According to Medline, Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition […]

Learning Lessons from Disney

This rather chilling video demonstrates through video clips and interviews that children’s programming can have a profound effect on them, from predisposing them to subliminal messages to changing their entire worldview. The depth of dark manipulation by Disney is a definite must-see for parents and professionals alike.

codpiece

I think we should bring back the codpiece. Tiberon Film festival picture: Codpieces in the Stanley Kubric film A Clockwork Orange. Presidential Piece:

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