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Bad lip reading, Social crime, Obama
Someone has cut a series of videos called “Bad Lip Reading”, where they do their own voice-overs based on what it looks like the person is saying/singing. This one of Rick Perry (“Save a pretzel for the gas jet!”)brought me … Continue reading
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Anti-grav Slinky, I am the 0.1%, Costumes, Christmas books
A slow-mo analysis of a slinky as it falls seems to show that the bottom end floats in space. There’s a scientific explanation, but I just think the video is cool–not to mention anything to do with slinkies. Surely any … Continue reading
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Random Musings: Sprinklers update, Sports curse, Postage-paid protest
This weekend I got serious about sorting out my sprinkler system, and I think I’ve finally got it. The Internet came to my rescue yet again. I had spotted a valve inside the house that was either the main water … Continue reading
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Countdown to NaNoWriMo
As some of you know, I’ve committed to participating in NaNoWriMo this year. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writers Month, and is a program to support writers in their efforts by providing a yearly event wherein writers concentrate on completing … Continue reading
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Random Musings: HP PCs, Redbox, Ed Lee ad, Sprinkler systems, McRib
Meg Whitman, new CEO of HP, has decided to keep the embattled personal computer division. I had no idea HP has passed Dell, but then Dell has been struggling of late. It will be interesting to see what Whitman can … Continue reading
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Random Musings: Loud shirts, Falkirk Wheel, World Series, Pain, Halloween gorging,
I’m wearing a loud shirt today. Not the flourescent-hued hawaiian variety, but the new, stiff, never-been-worn variety. Every time I move it makes rustling sounds (yes, Bill, it sounds like it’s stealing cattle). It’s rather distracting. I need to wash this shirt … Continue reading
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Book Review: Donald Rumsfeld, “Known and Unknown”
I will admit to not having paid much attention to Donald Rumsfeld when he was part of the Bush cabinet. I thought he was a bit more pithy than some, but really had no opinion about him specifically. By the time … Continue reading
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Random Musings: Daddies, The 1%, Bad pet owners
It’s not easy being a parent on a good day, but being a parent from a distance is just plain tough for everyone. This video of a serviceman reading to his daughter by pre-recorded video warms the heart and reminds … Continue reading
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Random Musings: Acting locally, Internet trolls, Cosmetic surgery
It’s one thing to want to save the rainforests. It’s another to take the time to find out why they are disappearing and work on the root causes. Often in developing countries the people may be fully aware that what … Continue reading
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Random Musings: Estonia, Movie Cliches, OWS Sociology, Khaddafy, Landmines
I stumbled across this article on Estonia, Finland’s sister country across the Baltic. The country is dragging itself out of the pit that decades of Communist rule dug for it, but it’s not easy. The country has a very interesting, … Continue reading
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