YAST (Yet Another Stupid Thing) I’ve noticed is how every time I stick a post-it note to my computer monitor, I have to attach a piece of scotch tape to it so it doesn’t fall off of my monitor after a day or two. What the hell is the point of the notes if they won’t stay stuck? Phooey.

Once again the news has pissed me off. The republican economic platform is so completely full of shit, it astounds me that people don’t notice it. A true expression of their campaign plank for the upcoming campaign ought to be

We believe in completely unrestrained free trade and free competition unless some of our rich buddies start to lose money, in which case all bets are off

I won’t get going on the whole ‘states rights, unless our candidate is going to lose’ issue again, I promise

I wish my dimwitted fellow citizens would wake up to this bullshit. God, and I thought I really hated Reagan.

Meldon, what’s yours?

For my next trick, I’ll start hanging with the trekkies and posting in Klingon.

😉

Check out these awesome little remote controlled cars. For $50 you can race a car around your desk and amaze your co-workers… or torment your cat, whichever floats your boat. Check out the movie for a sense of how small and maneuverable they are.

courtesy of /.

This via slashdot:

“There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute or common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.”

Anyone else recognize the RIAA in this quote? Heinlein wrote this roughly 40-50 years ago, but it’s especially relevant today.

….you would have said ‘bullshit!’

And yet it happened.

Can you believe that man’s luck?

I’m addicted to lip balm. Yes, it’s true. Especially in the winter months, I can’t live without it. Today I made a gross observation. Take your lip balm out of your pocket, especially if it is one of those plastic – mini-toothpaste shaped tubes of Carmex or some other brand. Give it a good sniff. Nice huh? What the hell kind of toxic goo is growing in my lip balm, that’s what I want to know.

Think legos are for kids? check out what these folks are building with legos, they’re really very impressive.

Today I did my weekly hotmail cleansing. I use the account as a clearing house for junkmail. Some of the email is legitimate so I have to look over the emails somewhat carefully. It usually takes me 10 or 15 minutes. Today I noticed an invitation to visit the adult Boob village. I never read the actual email beyond the subject line, but I have to say I find the prospect of there being an adult boob village out there somewhere in the world compelling, if best left to my imagination.

So today on the ‘steampunk’ yahoo mailing list, someone wrote:

Hello Sarah, it's meatloaf from planet jazz!!! I'm a steampunk person and loving it!!!

So, umm, its time for me to get the hell off that list. I’m not a steampunk person, seems to me, nor do I want to be 😉

steampunk is a genre of fiction that proposes an alternative history. Generally this history has some version of a victorian society that’s evolved somewhat from what actually occurred in that time period but with advanced technologies based on steam power. The Difference Engine from Sterling and Gibson is a good example of the genre and a fairly entertaining book, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a decent example of the genre in comic book form