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>You Don’t Want to Miss This
>http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/10/rescued_from_a_chilean_mine.html
I know we in the United States always thought we could do anything better than anyone else, but after the debacle/disaster that was Katrina, we now know better. Here is proof. They’re not all out yet, but they are being rescued safely and a couple of months earlier than first projected. Well done Chile! Apparently NASA helped with keeping the miners healthy both physically and mentally by using techniques developed for astronauts. Well done NASA, too! I cannot imagine being down there for 69 days. Or even six days. Courageous men.
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>Good Reading (Funny, Too)
>Statistics, not demonstrations, people. I was aghast to see that ANY group, no, any PERSON actually thinks the earth is bigger than the sun. What kind of education are we giving people these days, and why?
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/
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THE ULTIMATE SILENCE
October 12, 1998
Listen to the mustn’ts, child.
Listen to the don’ts.
Listen to the shouldn’ts,
The impossibles, the won’ts.
Listen to the never haves,
Then listen close to me …
Anything can happen, child.
Anything can be.
~ Shel Silverstein
Twelve years ago, Matthew Shepard was murdered for being homosexual.
What will you do to end the silence?
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>Judge derails DADT
>Got this from DD’s blog:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39637073/ns/us_news-life
Some of us actually do have brains, it seems. Thank you, Judge Phillips.
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>It’s Raining
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Again. I do love the rain. I decided to add my ‘buck up, sir’ song to the sidebar. It reminds me that I am not a quitter, even though I start circling the black hole now and then.
My friend’s back surgery seemed to go well, and she will be home today. Her hubby has to do the housework for a few weeks. He is not well-trained in housework, but I say, so long as it gets done, it doesn’t have to be perfect. Or maybe it’s Flylady who says that.
I have been getting annoying calls several times a day for the past several days. Unknown name and number. If I let it go to machine, it cuts off as soon as machine picks up. If I brave it and answer, same thing happens. It starts around 8:45 am, which is practically the middle of my night, so my only alternative is to turn off the ringer and let the machine pick up all the time. Or just get up at 8:45 am. Nooooooooooooo!!!! I am NOT a morning person, nor have I ever been. It’s only gotten worse since I got fibro/cfs.
I seem to have lost my three whole followers on here. Whether it’s because they disagree with my take on things, or a glitch with Blogger, I guess time will tell. Such is the way of things, right?
My friend being out of commission for so long has made me face up to how dependent I have become. I knew it, of course, but kept it in the place I put things I don’t want to think about. So I have determined to at least attempt some independence. After the bad experiences I had before I gave up going out alone, it is a somewhat scary prospect, especially if I don’t have a back-up person I can call if I get into trouble. Fortunately I know someone who has offered to be that person for now, so I just have to get my courage up and take a lot of pain pills on the day. I’ll let you know how it goes, IF it goes.
EDIT: My followers are back. Must have been a glitch. I’m glad they’re back.
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>From the Daily Show
>The good stuff starts around 2:50. Interesting guy. I’m going to read the book. Their embed code is screwy, but it works anyway. (Update: I fixed it. I think)
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>A good day
>Except I haven’t heard anything from my friend who had the back surgery, or her hubby. Hope all is well.
I made a new friend today. Sort of, anyway. The guy who came to do the a/c maintenance and I started talking and we found out we both love Mythbusters and horse/tractor pulling. LOL We were throwing back episodes of Mythbusters to each other: Did you see the one where…? Did you see….? He is not a geek, in spite of being young enough to still live at home with his parents. I thought everyone in that age group was a geek. He also isn’t into sci-fi. What? No Battlestar Galactica, the new version? We had a really good chat with laughing, and he showed me a picture on his cell phone of a lawnmower from a lawnmower race at a fair he went to with his parents the other day. It was a good day.
Here’s something I just came across. I would have just posted the vid, but the comments are quite interesting reading, too. I have never listened to Glenn Beck, but if this is representative of what he’s saying, OMG. OMG OMG that there are people out there who believe what he says and agree with him. I think I ‘ll immigrate to some deserted island somewhere. Here’s the link:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/pages-for-twitter/donald-duck-meets-glenn-beck.html
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>A Favorite Song
>One of them, anyway, but redone for SCIENCE. I love science.
It is another gray and cool day. Actually had to close the windows around 6pm yesterday cause it was in the fifties in here, and I was cold. Opened one slightly later because I need fresh air. I fired up my fake fire last night briefly, too. Nice.
One of my friends is having back surgery today for a herniated disc that has been causing severe pain. Hoping it goes well. I am having a good day myself. Rearrange the kitchen a bit. I had to empty the closet in the bedroom for the a/c guys to update the central-heating filter and whatever, so I am in the reorganizing frame of mind. Since I can’t do the bedroom til they come and go, I did the kitchen instead. Yay, me.
Is anyone watching Rubicon on AMC? I really like it. It’s fascinating to watch the team figure things out, putting this bit of info together with those bits of info and coming up with something completely new and different. And scary. Then there’s Will. Oh, clever and brilliant guy. Really good actor playing him, James Badge Dale, who I had not been aware of before. If you like brainy shows, this is the one for you.
Here’s the song:
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>Spirit Day
>Don’t know if Spirit Day is only in Britain, but posting this anyway.
Originally posted by neo_prodigy at http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/866100.html Spirit Day
It’s been decided. On October 20th, 2010, we will wear purple in honor of the 6 gay boys who committed suicide in recent weeks/months due to homophobic abuse in their homes at at their schools. Purple represents Spirit on the LGBTQ flag and that’s exactly what we’d like all of you to have with you: spirit. Please know that times will get better and that you will meet people who will love you and respect you for who you are, no matter your sexuality. Please wear purple on October 20th. Tell your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors and schools.
RIP Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh (top)
RIP Justin Aaberg, Raymond Chase (middle)
RIP Asher Brown and Billy Lucas. (bottom)
REBLOG to spread a message of love, unity and peace.
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>Meme
>Remember the test that I skewed way over on the ‘Why yes, I am a guy’ side? Just found this on my test blog from June:
You Are 8% Girly |
 Um… you’re a guy, right? If not, you’re the most boyish girl in the world. And for you, that’s probably the ultimate compliment. |
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>Four Links
>to stuff you wish I’d stop posting, but I wont. Not sorry about that. LOL
The first two are about what they say they are about. The third is about the Republican pledge, the fourth is just darn funny, some of the comments especially.
http://pewforum.org/Other-Beliefs-and-Practices/U-S-Religious-Knowledge-Survey.aspx
http://factcheck.org/2010/09/factchecking-the-pledge/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1
Bill Maher interviews Pat Tillman’s brother:
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>It Is Self-Pitying Rant Day
>At the old homestead. It is gray and cool, with a north breeze coming in my windows. Not ranting about that. Ranting about the darn CFS, life in general, feeling like crap stuff.
Slept ten or eleven hours last night, in a daze this afternoon, with not enough energy to scramble an egg to eat for….what’s a good word for breakfast eaten at 2pm? Too late to be called brunch. I know I should eat after I get up, but I’m usually too foggy to even decide what to eat, let along dump the cereal in the bowl and pour on the milk once I decide to fall back on that bowl of cereal, as usual. Some really healthy but yucky stuff Amazon mistakenly sent me instead of what I wanted. Twice. Twelve boxes of yucky but healthy. Oh, joy.
I’ve been more ill than usual since my day out, so the house is a mess, the guys are coming sometime starting Friday to prep the central heating for winter. I’ve lost my friend Jukka yet again, my friend Tess has been incapacitated with a bad back for weeks, and my friends Beth and John are moving an hour away. Woe is me.
Whine, whine, whine, along with a good dose of moan and groan thrown in. It is what it is, right? I just have to get through it. Rats. Feeling sad.
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>More Things
>Recovered from my day out, then bit by the CFS bug again, sleeping, being awake for a couple of hours, more sleeping, awake a couple of hours, for almost two days. Not sure if it’s done. Last time this happened, it lasted for six weeks. Not a good thing.
The other Thing: If you at all remember the Fells Acres case, this will be relevant. Even if you don’t, this is very interesting and disturbing. It touches on something I’ve addressed here before: the lack of critical thinking and how people can so easily believe things that are clearly not true. The writer addresses this briefly, and helps with understanding self-delusion in a way. I think it gives me more hope for this country to understand that people can convince themselves of anything, rather than that they are just plain idiots. Not sure about that, though. Do you have to be an idiot to be able to convince yourselves of things that are clearly not true? Have I convinced myself of things that are clearly not true, and just don’t realize it? God, I hope not. Like most people, I like to think that “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.” (Al Franken) How can I be sure. How can anyone be sure of anything?
I find this very confusing, and somewhat frightening. I have to fall back on this saying of the Buddha: Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Here’s the article:
http://www.salon.com/life/excerpt/2010/09/20/my_lie_maran
And another:
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>Two Things
>First, I am finally recovered from last Saturday’s outing. Walking like a regular human, or one with fibro, anyway. Still basking in the memory of such a fun, gorgeous day, too. It was worth the recovery time needed to have such a day. I will always choose fun if I am at all functional. Life is too darn short to spend it being miserable and angsting over what I can’t do. I choose to enjoy what I can do, when I can do it, and just bide my time through the rest.
Second. This video. It’s good advice for any kid, not just those who are gay. Watch it and see how good the advice is.
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>A Special Day or Two
>Yesterday was a very good day. Went with my friends to see their new house, went to the local winery, the local brewery, the beach, to dinner, and home. Lovely day. The water was calm and peaceful, the weather perfect, not hot or cold, big clouds in the sky but lots of blue as well. Today is a recovery day, since I am relatively immobile after yesterday, but it was so worth it. I have the best friends ever, and not just the two from yesterday.
The second special day:
Today be ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day’. Who Knew? They even wrote a song about it.
http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/TLAPD-Streaming064.mp3
Here be th’ lyrics:
http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/tlapd.htm
Me pirate name is a couple of posts down.
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>My New Favorite Quote
>Bill Maher:
As long as you write something on the internet and do not add LOL, it is true.
Referring to people who will apparently believe anything.
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>Amazon
>I love Amazon. I buy stuff from them all the time. I’ve signed up for their grocery subscriptions, which mean you can have items delivered automatically on a schedule you choose, at a discount, and with no shipping charges. So I get Meusli delivered, six boxes every six months. Last shipment was the wrong product. You can’t return cereal, but I emailed them earlier this evening to mention it and ask that it be corrected for the next shipment in six months. I’ve already had an email back that they have already shipped a replacement order, no charge. I was Not expecting that. I love Amazon.
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>What’s Your Pirate Name?
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My pirate name is:
Mad Jenny Rackham
Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
part of the fidius.org network
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>My Life Today
>So. I was up for a day and a half and then slept all day yesterday til 5:30pm. So I’ve been up all night again. I have an appointment here any minute (when she gets here) or else I’d probably be on the couch.
I closed the bedroom door to keep the cat in here, because she hides under the bed all day and what’s the point of having a cat if she’s going to be invisible? She comes out at night when I go to bed so she can walk around and over me many times til she’s ready to settle (HA!) and sleep next to me. For five minutes. Then she has to change position several times, change sides several times, get up and eat something, come back and walk over me to get to her preferred side. Is it any wonder I don’t get a lot of sleep? LOL Right now she is hiding under the shelves where I keep the computer paper and discs and such. Okay, that’s it. Can you tell I’ve been up all night? LOL
strangely peculiar 