October 2010
28 posts
“Ask yourself frequently, “Am I having fun?”
– The answer needn’t always be yes. But if it’s always no, it’s time for a new project or a new career. Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully: in Ten Minutes - Great Writing Creative Writing Community
“Don’t use screenshots of other people’s profiles or Tweets without their...”
– Twitter Help Center
“In tests in Massachusetts its fibre network has run as fast as 10,000 megabits...”
– Broadband in America: Come sooner, future | The Economist
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I lost 30 lb in 6 months
I have been on a diet since late April. In over a little over 180 days I have lost 30 lb. My first week average was 279.7 lb and my highest weight was 282.0 lb. Last week’s average was 249.9 lb and my lowest weight was 247.8 lb.
It has become increasingly hard to maintain weight loss even at a pace of just 5 lb per month so I am now going to aim to maintain...
“Zynga Game Network Inc.’s estimated worth surpassed Electronic Arts Inc.’s...”
– Zynga’s Value Tops Electronic Arts as Virtual-Goods Sales Surge - BusinessWeek
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Vote for a Democrat
Democrats are a painful choice: legislative and presidential overreach at the federal level, support for destructive union-friendly policies, and dogmatic adherence to keynesian big public project recession spending. In California, the Democratic Party candidates for Senate and Governor are two career politicians who lack vigor and ambition for the well-being of our nation and state. Yet, with the...
“Just wondering if the NPR lady who fired the black man for racial profiling was...”
– You’re Making a Bad Mistake, Juan Williams
“the crocodile also survived the crash but was later killed with a machete by...”
– Crocodile on plane kills 19 passengers | News.com.au
Big Monsters Are Not Scary
Just finished watching the terrible Monsters film and I have to rant about movies like it and Cloverfield. Big monsters may make striking visuals, but they are no threat to humans. Humans are very, very good at killing big things.
If you look at very early human history you will see a very common pattern: as humans migrated to new areas big animals went extinct. Animals like the dodo, bison,...
“…they “were having so much fun” out of their bodies that they...”
– according to a “channeler in a conference call conducted by Mr Ray, regarding the three sweat lodge deaths last year. James Arthur Ray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“He said that the initiative was unconstitutional and vowed to continue enforcing...”
– Someone tell this guy that he serves at the pleasure of the public, not the other way around. Here is evidence that those in government don’t get the process, that it’s about their own power. The New York Times and the leaders in government are basically trying to tell the people how...
The Aeneid by Virgil My rating: 5 of 5 stars Beautiful poem. Some parts are dry, but Virgil died before completing it. The translation is wonderful. Part Odyssey, part Iliad the story of Aeneas is pretty amazing. Loved the marriage ceremony between Dido and Aeneas, under the waterfall with gods present. Loved the games, and of course the war between the Latins and Trojans and the story of...
“We learned that the hard way in World War II, giving candy bars to prisoners of...”
– In reference to the statement: “People on starvation diets can be killed by eating carbohydrates too quickly; as the body struggles to make insulin in response, it can upset the electrolyte balance, stopping the heart.” Defying Predictions, Miners Kept Healthy - NYTimes.com
“It’s generally estimated that 1 out of 2,000 or 2,500 young adults who has...”
– Benefits of diagnostic radiation outweigh the dangers - latimes.com
Ezra Klein - 'This is the biggest fraud in the... →
“They were on him immediately,” he said. “They administered a little...”
– Gunman dressed in black opens fire at Carlsbad elementary school, injuring two students [Updated] | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
BBC News - Missing US balloonists 'unlikely to... →
Lost in the Adriatic sea to Neptune’s Triton like so many of Aeneas brave men in blazing bronze. Juno in all her fury would not have them pass, they are now in the dark waters of charybdis and scylla. A hundred slaughtered bulls to sooth Jupiter’s wife before the journey may have made a difference. Unless some merciful hero throws dirt upon their bones their cries to cross Styx will...
“It invites youth to become addicted to mind-altering pot”
– Schwarzenegger signs bill reducing offense for marijuana possession| PolitiCal | Los Angeles Times
I have never in my life met someone “addicted” to pot. I have met people addicted to alcohol though.