Whilst digging up a copy of Voyage into Space (a/k/a Journey into Space, a/k/a Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot (the Movie))for Doyce (don’t ask), I hit gold — Animaniacs…
Whilst digging up a copy of Voyage into Space (a/k/a Journey into Space, a/k/a Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot (the Movie))for Doyce (don’t ask), I hit gold — Animaniacs and Batman/Superman VHS tapes (mostly recorded off the TV) I’d stored away a couple of family room home improvement projects ago, long before they were in Kitten range, which they are now.
Heh. I look forward to sharing them with her.
STEVE TAYLOR. A bit neurotic most of the time, you’re handsome, intelligent, witty, and very funny. You like to explain your obsessions with lesbian porn at dinner parties, or…
STEVE TAYLOR. A bit neurotic most of the time, you’re handsome, intelligent, witty, and very funny. You like to explain your obsessions with lesbian porn at dinner parties, or maybe you just fantasize about Mariella Frostrup a little too often. You could be the perfect boyfriend … if you’d just learn to quit arguing with your girlfriend, mature a bit, get rid of your porn …
Which ‘Coupling’ character are you?
(Not the best of tests, but, heck, how could I resist?)
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The good news is, my ThinkPad A31p didn’t burst into flames and destroy every copy of my data when we tried to migrate back over to it. The bad news…
The good news is, my ThinkPad A31p didn’t burst into flames and destroy every copy of my data when we tried to migrate back over to it.
The bad news is, that’s about the extent of the good news.
Ghosted everything up, Ghosted everything down (to the older, larger HD), all went well — but the HD controller is different enough between the two ThinkPads that the image won’t complete a boot.
Rats.
So I have the tech looking at the whether he can get the correct driver file(s) onto the system (pulling the HD and putting it into another box), and, in the meantime, I have my temp computer still (needing some restores on it after stripping off the backed-up data files this morning).
Again, rats.
If this doesn’t work, then I’ll get instead a fresh baseline image, and I get to reinstall all my software and reconfigure (most of) it. Again. Not high on my list of things to do, though one of the dangers, of course, of heavily configuring your machine away from the baseline. Dagnabbit.
Galadriel Possessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility, while serenely dominating your environment you selflessly use your powers to care for others. Even the smallest person can change…
Galadriel
Possessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility,
while serenely dominating your environment
you selflessly use your powers to care for others.
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?
Heh. At least I’m consistent.
(via Steve)
Not enough time in the day to read all those SF/F books your friends keep pressing on you? Fear not. We here at Book-A-Minute SF/F have come up with a…
Not enough time in the day to read all those SF/F books your friends keep pressing on you? Fear not.
We here at Book-A-Minute SF/F have come up with a solution. We’ve taken several great speculative fiction novels and extracted the important stuff, cutting out all the filler. (You’d be surprised how much filler there is sometimes.) With our ultra-condensed versions of your favorite speculative fiction, you can read entire books — entire series, even — in just one minute! You can have your books and read them too! And it costs nothing!
Worth looking at in small doses (so to speak), but, in that context, mostly side-splitting.
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I can’t decide if I should let my blood pressure spike such that it spurts out of my ears, or if I should laugh a lung out. My only question…
I can’t decide if I should let my blood pressure spike such that it spurts out of my ears, or if I should laugh a lung out. My only question is, is it meaningful that I don’t even like baseball?
(via, originally, the Flea)
I protested this when it originally came up, and I’m deeply irked that the politicians didn’t listen to me. The House passed legislation Thursday that would prevent the Supreme Court…
I protested this when it originally came up, and I’m deeply irked that the politicians didn’t listen to me.
The House passed legislation Thursday that would prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on whether the words “under God” should be stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance.
In a politically and emotionally charged debate six weeks before Election Day, Democrats said majority Republicans were debasing the Constitution to force a vote that could hurt Democrats at the ballot box. Supporters insisted Congress has always had authority to limit federal court jurisdiction, and the legislation is needed to protect an affirmation of religion that is part of the national heritage.
The bill, which the House approved, 247-173, would prohibit federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from hearing cases involving the pledge and its recitation and would prevent federal courts from striking the words “under God” from the pledge.
It’s not “debasing” the Constitution (the Constitution does provide that Congress can restrict jurisdiction), but it’s a precedent that’s a troubling upset of the tradition of separation of powers. And, as everyone with half a brain is pointing out, it’s a horrid precedent, which will come back and bite the GOP in the butt — next time it could be a gun control law, or a less-religious-“friendly” law (e.g., “Nobody will mention anything about God in any public building — and the Supremes can’t say otherwise”).
I don’t know which I find more troubling: that such a law could be passed by the House over such a relatively trivial matter (there are more profound religious freedom issues out there) like the wording in the Pledge of Allegiance, or that it was passed (with little hope of Senate concurrence) simply as a calculated wedge ploy by some in the GOP. The former is goofy, the latter is recklessly dangerous.
(via Les)
Mmmmmm. Wings ……
Mmmmmm. Wings …
My ThinkPad A31 is back from IBM, at long last, supposedly with a new HD, a new motherboard, and no BSODs lurking under the hood. Which means tonight I need…
My ThinkPad A31 is back from IBM, at long last, supposedly with a new HD, a new motherboard, and no BSODs lurking under the hood.
Which means tonight I need to do a final home backup of files, and then in the morning trash most of My Documents (8Gb) and any unnecessary applications. And write down all the aps I’ve installed. Then when the techs get in at 7:30a, they’ll Ghost the existing HD image up, Ghost it back down to the (larger!!) HD on the A31, and WinXP will make everything automagically work.
Really. It says right here. On paper. Bill guarantees it.
My A31 has a slower processor, a scosh, than the T40 I’m using, and it’s a much heavier notebook. On the other hand, it has more RAM, almost twice the HD (which means I can reload my MP3s), a DVD/CD-RW, and a larger screen that permits resolutions over 1024×768, sing Hallelujah.
It’s worth the trade. If it works. If it doesn’t, it’s going to be a looooooong weekend.
I don’t know which is funnier, my incredibly nostalgic reaction to seeing a Pee-Chee folder in this Defective Yeti story, or that I had the same sort of thing happen…
I don’t know which is funnier, my incredibly nostalgic reaction to seeing a Pee-Chee folder in this Defective Yeti story, or that I had the same sort of thing happen to me regarding the band in question, except it only happened about five years ago (and not in the context of a Pee-Chee folder). *Sigh*
Those who are interested in this Parish Profile thingie I’ve been grinding my fingers to nubs over, it’s here. With luck, I haven’t misspelled the bishop’s name or something, nor…
Those who are interested in this Parish Profile thingie I’ve been grinding my fingers to nubs over, it’s here. With luck, I haven’t misspelled the bishop’s name or something, nor will I be run out of town on a rail over some blasphemous omission or commission. The goal of the document is to wow a good prospective rector with how swell it would be to be called to our parish, while at the same time let those who might not be a good fit.
Of course, given all the things the parish, committees, and Vestry identified as what they wanted in a new rector, the side comment of one other Search Committee member that we should add, “Oh, yeah, and only Jesus Christ need apply,” rightfully indicates that we may be aiming a little high, but better that than too low. Now — onward into the resume-sifting.
As droningly maddening as going through one of those phone surveys to keep getting a free trade journal can be (“Let me read you an interminable list of technologies -…
As droningly maddening as going through one of those phone surveys to keep getting a free trade journal can be (“Let me read you an interminable list of technologies – for each one, indicate whether you use it presently, are evaluating it for usage, or do not use it”), I cannot conceive of what it must be like for someone at a call center making those same calls over, and over, and over, and …
Jimmy Swaggart apologized for his comments the other day about, should a gay man look upon him romantically/lustfully, he’d “kill him and tell God he died.” Or so I read….
Jimmy Swaggart apologized for his comments the other day about, should a gay man look upon him romantically/lustfully, he’d “kill him and tell God he died.” Or so I read.
Then I read the apology.
On Wednesday, Swaggart said he has jokingly used the expression “killing someone and telling God he died” thousands of times, about all sorts of people. He said the expression is figurative and not meant to harm.
“It’s a humorous statement that doesn’t mean anything. You can’t lie to God — it’s ridiculous,” Swaggart told The Associated Press. “If it’s an insult, I certainly didn’t think it was, but if they are offended, then I certainly offer an apology.”
Hey, way to go on the Sincere-o-Meter, Jimmy. How humble and humility-filled, how concerned over how others might be hurt or threatened by your words. If it’s an insult, if they’re offended … nicely said.
You mean you actually joke all the time about killing people, then nudge-and-winking God about about it? How Christ-like, again!
How …
… wait. I ought not attack someone’s motives, but give them the benefit of the doubt, right? Consider their actions, not debate or presume about their good will. So …
Jimmy, your words belie the Christian concept of “hate the sin, love the sinner.” They provide, even if not intended, both fodder for those who consider Christians to be intolerant bigots, and for those who are prone to un-Christian violence against gays. They were ill-considered to start with, and your “aw, shucks, I was just kidding, don’t take it so seriously” response is not an apology, but a dismissal, not a reaching out but a pushing away. That would be difficult to accept in anyone who considers themselves a Christian, but coming from someone who leads a public ministry in Christ’s name it seems particularly difficult to reconcile with Jesus’ ministry — as well as being difficult to reconcile with the stated mission of your Jimmy Swaggart Ministries — “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15) — or the intent of your World Evangelism Fellowship –“The call of God to win the lost is clear.” I do not understand how even such “jokes” can serve as such preaching, nor dismissal of feelings “win the lost.”
Or, put more bluntly, Jimmy, get your head out of your ass and stop being a scandal to the faith and cause you claim to profess. Yeesh.
A very tempting volunteer job just came up — but I think I’m all tempted out for the moment, thanks….
A very tempting volunteer job just came up — but I think I’m all tempted out for the moment, thanks.
Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments. Please do not show this to Katherine until after she moves out of the house … Are you a kid? Does your microwave oven belong to…
Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments. Please do not show this to Katherine until after she moves out of the house …
Are you a kid? Does your microwave oven belong to your parents? If so, then don’t even THINK about trying any of these experiments. I’m serious. If I wreck my microwave oven, I can buy another. Also, I’m a professional electrical engineer. I know enough physics and RF effects to take correct safety precautions when I’m experimenting. But you don’t know the precautions, so you should be smart: read and enjoy my writing, but don’t duplicate my tests unless you grow up to become an electronics tech, engineer, etc., and buy your OWN microwave oven.
Upon consideration, probably shouldn’t show it to Justin, either.
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“How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately,” a/k/a “The Surf At Work Page” Just a bookmark for later research … purely for technical research, mind you….
“How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately,” a/k/a “The Surf At Work Page”
Just a bookmark for later research … purely for technical research, mind you.
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Lengthy rambling “Can’t we all just get along” diatribe follows. Feel free to skip to the next post….
Lengthy rambling “Can’t we all just get along” diatribe follows. Feel free to skip to the next post.
Hnmmmmmmm….
Calling to RSVP an invitation is a Polite Thing to Do. Calling someone’s home at 7:20 a.m. (even on a weekday) to do so is not….
Calling to RSVP an invitation is a Polite Thing to Do.
Calling someone’s home at 7:20 a.m. (even on a weekday) to do so is not.
Cast-and-costume pics of the Fantastic Four cast. Nice. I know some folks will heartily object to the Ben Grimm makeup, but I think it’s acceptible enough. I worry more about…
Cast-and-costume pics of the Fantastic Four cast. Nice.
I know some folks will heartily object to the Ben Grimm makeup, but I think it’s acceptible enough. I worry more about being able to tell the diff between Reed and Johnny, at least based on the photos.
(via Rey)