Rally for Sanity? Or perhaps fear?

Signs by the ralliers.

The 100 Best Signs At The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear: Pics, Videos, Links, News

I especially like the gangbang one.  That's hilarious considering the (estimated)  more than 200,000 people in attendance.

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Disappear! A "How-To" of Sorts

Some of these I already knew and some I already practice to limit my gubment footprint.

How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever

The changing of addresses and spellings of names on bills and the like were some good advice, though. That I hadn't thought of. Of course, most of my mail goes to a mystery address anyway. :)

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Free is My Favorite Number

I've used a couple of these over the years: GIMP, Thunderbird, Firefox, Google Desktop and OpenOffice.

Amazing Softwares That Are Free

Anyone have any experience with some of these others?

And CCleaner now has 64-bit support.  Nice!

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Transparency

Hey, Mr. President! Where;s your promise of transparency in government?

The 8 worst countries on Transparency International's list - Chad - CSMonitor.com

Why are we falling? I know Bush had a lot to do with it, but you really haven't cleaned the windows in two years, yourself.

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Science Fiction Writer's By Party

Kind of neat, actually.

A chart that groups classic science fiction fans by political affiliation

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That's good to know

Foods that are good for burning the belly flab:

12 Foods That Burn Belly Fat - Quick & Simple

Apparently we want all-natural, high fiber, B12 and calcium rich foods. Oh, and whole grains.

But fried foods are so tasty!

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Space: the (mostly) final frontire

Pictures of the solar system.

Around the Solar System - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Enjoy!

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Let's All Make Fun of Glen Beck!

Who wants to go first?

10 Funniest Videos Mocking Glenn Beck | Media and Culture | AlterNet

Okay, Mr. Duck, you're first.

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Tea Party People

Can you really be any dumber?

CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Debate Bloopers

Stop talking already! Right now you're just embarrassing yourselves and your Right Wing (nutjub) followers.

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Spelling, sometimes when it's bad, dolphins die

Here's a list of words you might be spelling wrong.

10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling - The Oatmeal

If you are misspelling these words, you might definitely be an a-hole. :D

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Dating For the Modern Man?

Dating Dealbreakers for the Modern Man

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Dating For the Modern Man?

I'm not sure about this as the article writer doesn't say how old or how experienced her son is and it seems as though she has a huge generation gap in there.

Dating Dealbreakers for the Modern Man

I do love the line:  "You're on Facebook?  Slut."  That made me laugh.

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It's NOT Supposed to Smell Like Roses?

In short, if it smells like teen spirit, woo hoo -- if it smells like dead animals, don't go there.

How Are Vaginas Supposed To Smell? | BlogHer

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I'm Pretty Sure This is Fake

Weird.  Really really weird.

How to Untangle MP3 Headphones�Video

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"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it." ~ H.E. Luccock

I sometimes forget that I can't do it all and to delegate certain tasks to other people.

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If You Wish to Soar With Eagles, They Why Surround Yourself With Turkeys?

Something else to think about. If you wish to advance both personally and professionally you must accept greater challenges.

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." ~ Ronald E. Osborn

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Fool me once...

"It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time." ~ Laurence J. Peter

Something to remember in this modern age of "you can do no wrong" and "it's everyone else's fault."

You are not perfect. You are not all knowing. You are fallible. Remember that when criticizing others.

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Do You Have Your Tin Foil Hat?

This is this week after-all.

Retired NORAD Officer's New Book Predicts a Tentative Worldwide UFO Display on October 13, 2010 - Yahoo! News

Got telescope? Or, at least some good binoculars.

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A Little Bit Tony Star's Work Room?

That's kind of cool. Have you seen Iron Man and Iron Man 2?

Q&A: Microsoft LightSpace, one step closer to Star Trek holodeck

As far as I can tell, from this article, this project is a stepping stone into what Tony Stark used in his garage/workspace.

How cool is that?

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Devil is my Co-Pilot

As seen in the passenger seat of a party bus filling up at the gas station last night. Devil as my co-pilot was scaring the heck out of my roommate. Ha ha ha ... I love Hallowe'en.

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This is how live my life

"Most of our obstacles would melt away
if, instead of cowering before them,
we should make up our minds
to walk boldly through them."
- Orison Swett Marden

But it seems as though society isn't set up that way. Rules, laws and current "norms" are designed to strongly encourage us to be non-confrontational to our problems.

Have a problem with society? Blame a sub-culture or a politician. Have a problem with your neighbors? Don't confront, ignore. Have a problem with your co-workers? Don't complain, suffer through 1/3 of your daily life.

Whatever happened to addressing your problems, confronting them before they conquer you?

Most religions want you to give your problems to someone else, yet that remove your problematic co-worker or neighbor. Politicians, both red and blue, tell you your life is in your own hands, but to call the police (or other government agnecy) when you're having problems. Even your significant other will advise you to be non-confrontational to your problems.

Why?

What's wrong with addressing that bothersome neighbor? What's wrong with telling that co-worker they're creating a work environment that's counter-productive?

Why are we supposed to ignore our obstacles or use an intermediary when dealing with them?

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Jason Dangerously ON

Last Name: ON
First Name: Jason
Middle Name: "Dangerous"

"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!"
- Friedrich Nietzsche

That's right, Jason Dangerous ON.  How you like me now? ;)  That's right ladies, take a number and wait patiently for your turn: I'm dangerous and you love it!

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More Poverty = More Religion

There's also a direct correlation between crime and poverty, so are we saying religion = crime as well?

More Poverty = More Religion | The Big Picture

If:

a) Poverty = Religion

and

b) Poverty = crime

then

Religion = Crime, right?

I'm just sayin...

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Druidism, the "Newest" Old Religion in Britain

It's about time, since druidry is one of the oldest religions on the planet, being older than any of the Abrahamic religions.

BBC News - Druidry to be classed as religion by Charity Commission

I'm glad to see the "official" recognition for these people.

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(really) Public OFFENDERS

I'm sure there's a correlating Donkey site like this, but thats not as much fun to poke fun at as the "moral majority" is to poke fun at.

REPUBLICAN OFFENDERS

Enjoy! Hit the Link ^^^

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Chrome, Ubuntu to Win 7

I have a question and could really use some advice if anyone has an answer.

As some of you know, my computah took a crap on me this past summer. The motherboard fried as far as I (no stranger to computers, A+ cert in hand) and my roommate, a network engineer, could determine.

I was dual booting Ubuntu 10 and WinXP SP3, using mostly Ubuntu and relying on Win for limited operations.

Okay, so fast forward a few months and I'm on my brand spanking new laptop and while I've been able to get my files and whatnot off the old harddrive, I was wondering if there is a way to get my bookmarks from the Ubuntu Chrome and move them over to the Win7 Chrome. More importantly, if I could get the tabs I had open at the time, that would be great. But I can forgo the tabs if I could get to my bookmarks from that older Chrome set-up.

Any advice? A how-to, or link to a guide?

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Wolf Cryer

Is the person who cries first and cries loudest always in the right?

Reason and logic would tell us the answer is 'No,' but it seems as though that is the case a number of times.

What do you think? Is the first and loudest always just?

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MisAdventure in Facebook

What happens when FB rolls out untested un-vetted technology? Bad PR, that's what. MZ believes privacy is dead and people don't have the right to control their own online personas -- I guess this is what he gets for that philosophy.

Mark Zuckerberg Joins The North American Man-Boy Love Association, And Other Adventures In Facebook Groups - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes

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3,000 Years of Drinking While Pregnant Hasn't Already Shown Us This?

How long have humans been drinking alcohol? In the form of wine and beer, I think more than 3,000 years. And since the stigma of drinking while pregnant is really only half a century old at best, how is this too far fetched to believe?

Light drinking during pregnancy: still no increased risk for socioemotional difficulties or cognitive deficits at 5 years of age? -- Kelly et al. -- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

So, like pretty much everything else in life, moderation is okay. not that I'm advocating drinking while pregnant, but if you want that glass of wine with dinner now and again, you're not going to turn your baby Republican.

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We should never reach for mediocre

And "good enough" should never be satisfactory.

"The greater danger for most of us is not
that our aim is too high and we miss it,
but that it is too low and we reach it."
- Michelangelo

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The Christian Thing

You know, I was wondering how this inaction by the firefighters to save a family's home was "the Christian thing" when I realized something we always seem to forget:

Bryan Fischer: Firefighters did the Christian thing in lett ...

we're looking at this from the wrong direction. This isn't about what Jesus would do, it's about what Christians would do and the Christian Bible is full of rape, murder, arson and pillage in the name of Abraham's god. So, yes, this was a very Christian act, because as we all know from TeaBagger rhetoric, God wants Christians to be rich, not save homes from burning to the ground for free.

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It's Like Talking With a Woman

Or, am I the only person who has conversations with women who don't actually hear what was said, but hear what they think was said?

"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." - Robert McCloskey

No, it's not sexist, it's point-of-fact.

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Are These Words in Your Lexicon?

Probably not.

� New York Times 50 Most Challenging Words (defined and used) - Currently Obsessed

But that doesn't mean you shouldn't know them, or at least be familiar with them. Remember, that which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger; and a Thesaurus is a terrible thing to waste. :D

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All Hail Judicial Activism!

Did you know: multi-national companies, held in part by non-Americans and with far deeper pockets either you or I have, now have the same rights and privileges you and I have? That's right. Per the Supreme Court's conservative judicial activism, corporations are now considered persons and have the rights thereof. This isn't new news, but this is important news. And there's nothing you can do about it. Score a win for conservative activism!

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The Colors of Unemployment

Here's interesting color -infograph of the unemployment rate throughout the past 60 years.

Historical U.S. Unemployment Rate - The Wall Street Journal Online

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ReBooting Spider-Man

While I don't like it, I understand the idea of the reboot, especially of a franchise that's 10 years old; gotta get in there and go back to the basics, because while comic book characters may never age out of their prime, actors and directors do.

Confirmed: Emma Stone Joins 'Spider-Man' - omg! news on Yahoo!

I think Tobey McGuire was a great Peter Parker and surprised everyone as Spider-Man, much as Michael Keaton did for his role as Batman and Bruce Willis did as John McClain.

Now, as Sony seeks to reboot the franchise after the dismal showing SM3 was, they've finally made a good casting call: Emma Stone. Let's face it, Andrew Garfield is about 30 years old and will be older than Tobey McGuire was when he first donned the red and blues. WTF? Was he the best choice to play a teenager? Really? There were no other actors closer to 20, 17 or even 16 as the character will be?

While I have some faith Sony doesn't want their golden goose to fail, I really hope they're making good decisions and not ruin Spider-Man's silver screen appearances.

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Toxic Sludge Floods Several Hungarian Towns - NYTimes.com

Wow! This sucks. Living in Hungary, while somewhat annoying due to my duties at the time, was one of the best experiences of my life.

Toxic Sludge Floods Several Hungarian Towns - NYTimes.com

Been trying to get back there ever since. Luckily, this flood isn't near where I was, about an hour south of Lake Balaton in Kaposvar (http://goo.gl/RJSl).

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Just Picked These Up From the Library

The Runaways
Daybreakers
She's Out of My League

(seriously, I know I say this a lot, but I'm going to try and blog more often. Thank the gods for iGoogle, now if only I can remember to launch it instead of GMail all day long.)

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