I've got an elephant on my head and I'm not afraid to use it!
posted:11:42 AM | link |

I know this is just "wrong", but I'm laughing my ass off over here. You know how you can run a web page through a translator - either a serious language translator or even something like the "Mr. T" translator? Well, someone on metafilter found a translator that takes all the text from your site and makes it into a P0RN site! If you think you'll be amused by this instead of alarmed *grin*, click here and type in your favorite URL. The novelty will probably wear off quickly, but before that, it's pretty amusing. (For instance, I just ran this page through it and "out of context quotes" became "out of context sex fights" - LOL!) ;-)
posted:2:41 PM | link |

The weirdest thing happened when we were driving home last night. Halfway down our long country road, we heard this loud plasticy "wheeeeeeeeeee" sound, and a whitish line went flipping around crazily on the windshield. Made both John and I jump, to say the least - it was really freaky! At first, we both thought it was the windshield washer squirters going nuts, but there was no liquid spraying. We pulled over to the side of the road quickly and got out to see what was up. The only things we could see were a vertical line-smudge on the windshield and an actual GROOVE carved into the plastic shield in front of the sunroof. We still can't explain it with any certainty, but our best guess is that some kind of plastic fishing line (or even fiber optic cable) was strung across the road and we hit it, it ripped over the car and then broke. But we couldn't find ANY kind of line at all - no evidence - nothing left except that groove, and luckily, no other damage to the car. But... what... why... huh? Anyone else ever experience anything like this?
posted:9:03 AM | link |

Same word, different kind of story: Ewwwwwwww!!!!!!!
posted:7:49 AM | link |

One word: Ewwwww?!!?!
posted:7:35 AM | link |

Did you ever have a day when you felt REALLY disconnected from the so-called "mass reality" out there? Well, yesterday was stupid headlines day, and yet the only reason I can think of why I "attracted" them was just to see how much I didn't line up with them. For instance, a public school puts out a respectful newspaper about gay/lesbian issues to open discussions and a Christian minister protests saying that it goes against his Christian values. Well, duh, LOTS of things do, and I don't remember anyone needing to ask him permission to print anything! (This falls in the, "Why are they surprised to learn the whole country doesn't agree with them or pray the same way?" category.) Another instance... people trying to get things that could be 'obscene' (porn, satanic cult information, info about illicit drugs, etc.) banned from LIBRARIES. (First Amendment anyone? And yes, I AM thinking of the children - LOL) Editing Bugs Bunny cartoons from years and years ago to get rid of references that might be offensive. (Come ON! Get a life!) More and more states are legalizing medical marijuana use while the feds still insist there's a war against drugs and won't. (That's working SO well - just get over it and stop wasting tax money on it.) Going over the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis to remove any overt Christian references in it so that it will appeal to a wide audience. (I never noticed they were "Christian" as much as fantasy. Besides, C.S. Lewis WAS Christian. Marketing is the spawn of satan.) Okay - I think I'm done for the moment, as I don't really want to spend any more of my time thinking about these things instead of freedom of speech, diversity, appreciating history AS IT IS without worry about making it politically correct, and about being really creative instead of remaking old stuff all the time to make money.
posted:7:26 AM | link |

Looks like the Netscape Browser will soon be going away. (Lots of excellent comments about it in that link.) I don't know about you, but the more I see things like this happening, the more I want to investigate the Linux platform instead of Windows (particularly with what I've heard about XP so far!) I just wish that the applications I've grown to love would make Linux/Unix versions - or maybe I'll just have to learn all new things instead. The future shifts around every second, it seems! :-)

Of course, there's always the Opera Browser ("the fastest browser on earth!") which I use most of the time anyway and really like. It IS fast, and it's really easy to toggle on or off the loading of images - this comes in particularly handy when you have a slow dial-up connection. (BTW, I don't really have anything against Internet Explorer - our computer just has some messed up DLL files and so we can't run it. What DOES freak me out a bit is the idea that Microsoft will someday merge with AOLTIMEWARNER, and, in the words of my partner John, "create a corporation that's larger than the Roman Catholic Church." *grin*) CHOICES=GOOD. GOOD CHOICES=BETTER. LOL.
posted:11:10 AM | link |

Hydrochloric acid RULES! *grin* Living way out in the country, we have well water which is really high in mineral content. As a result, hard water (lime, calcium, rust) stains settle on our porcelin, particularly in the toilet where water just SITS a lot. (More like healthy DEPOSITS than mere stains) So I went to Home Depot and found this super deluxe toilet cleaner (FATAL if swallowed, will dissolve your eyeballs in seconds, etc. ;-) ) and went to work. After about an hour of dousing and scrubbing and stepping outside to breathe, the toilet is almost clean AND it's now flushing properly again - the deposits on the side had actually slowed down the flow of water so that, well, it wasn't flushing very powerfully at all.

That was all the day before yesterday. Yesterday, I tried to clean the bathroom sink with the same stuff, but it was foaming too much and not draining well. So I just CHIPPED the damn deposits off using the curved handle of an old pair of scissors. And then I used Draino on the drain so that would work again. Yes, it's toxic chemical week at our house *grin* and I even had some slight reddish skin irritation from the fumes as proof. Ahhh, what fun. And today? Today's episode will most likely involve the tub in some way - heh heh. Then we're going to research a "mineral deposit repulsing" spell to enchant the entire plumbing system.
posted:10:08 AM | link |

Yesterday at a stoplight I watched a man and woman walk their three leashed dogs through the crosswalk in front of my car. The man had two of the dogs, which were basic mutts, and the woman had the third. I didn't pay much attention to any of them at first, but out of the corner of my eye, I could see that the third dog just wasn't the right shape? When I looked closer, I saw that it wasn't a dog at all, it was a black pot bellied pig! Had excellent leash manners too. *grin*
posted:3:16 PM | link |

I think it's rude when people subscribe to a discussion list solely for the purpose of advertising their web site or services, no matter how 'related' THEY think they are to the lists' topics. It would be, at the very least, more considerate to simply send an email to the list admin asking permission to post or asking THEM to send it on to the list should they deem it applicable. It would be even BETTER if most people who DO subscribe just to advertise weren't laboring under the assumption that "getting the word out there" is so dang important or even crucial to the world's survival in some way. (uh... yeah) Having said all of that, I DO think it's really great when participating and/or long-term members of a discussion list share their work, website, whatever. :-) So there.
posted:12:26 PM | link |

Congratulations, tom on getting your laptop! I have this picture of you sitting on the tree platform in your back yard, at 3 in the morning, typing on your computer, with woodland animals all gathered around your back, illuminated by the soft glow of the LCD monitor. *grin*
posted:7:07 AM | link |