about genetics? I'll tell you one thing, it isn't with stories about frost resitant tomatos.
It's with gene engineering and transhumanism manifestos.
Thats right, crazy cool quotes or memes as the transhumanists call them. Like:
"Reengineer yourself"
"We prove ourselves by improving ourselves"
I like "Perfect your lineage. Genengineering."
I made up that last one.
I think I might stick that guy on CafePress. and I just did .
Well it's been a while hasn't it? It's PSSA testing this week so I've had some serious downtime, and a chance to catch my proverbial breath.
Well making those t-shirts sucked up all my time for today. Go buy some. Look cool.
Protein out.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Don't you die on me!!
Wow.
It's been a while.
Student teaching is pure madness.
I wake up at 6am, get to work by 7:15am.
Work till 4:30pm-5pm
Go home, eat dinner between 5pm - 5:30 pm
Play with the girls till bathtime and bedtime at 7:30-8pm
Work on school work till 1am
Rinse and repeat.
But I love it.
I need to work on organization for next week though.
Pray. It was the greatest word ever written right next to the emergency pull handle on a subway train in the Bronx.
It's been a while.
Student teaching is pure madness.
I wake up at 6am, get to work by 7:15am.
Work till 4:30pm-5pm
Go home, eat dinner between 5pm - 5:30 pm
Play with the girls till bathtime and bedtime at 7:30-8pm
Work on school work till 1am
Rinse and repeat.
But I love it.
I need to work on organization for next week though.
Pray. It was the greatest word ever written right next to the emergency pull handle on a subway train in the Bronx.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Under the Knife
Well, seeing as I have a 4 day weekend I think I have time to actually blurp about something.
I wake up tomorrow around 4:45am and then will drive up to the hospital where, hopefully, the good doctors will surgically remove my navel.
Yeah I said hopefully, I kind of think it'll be cool not to have one. No more navel lint.
I mean, that alone is worth the trouble. Not that I have a problem with navel lint. It isn't like I have some unsightly illness that causes mounds of fluffy lint to come pouring out of my embilicus, but the concept of never having lint is intriquing.
Started listening to the Killers during a moment of weakness. Yeah, definately posers, it's all been done before and better by their betters. Still, they are a bit catchy, if not a bit tired and cliched.
Well I should get to bed. What a lame post.
I wake up tomorrow around 4:45am and then will drive up to the hospital where, hopefully, the good doctors will surgically remove my navel.
Yeah I said hopefully, I kind of think it'll be cool not to have one. No more navel lint.
I mean, that alone is worth the trouble. Not that I have a problem with navel lint. It isn't like I have some unsightly illness that causes mounds of fluffy lint to come pouring out of my embilicus, but the concept of never having lint is intriquing.
Started listening to the Killers during a moment of weakness. Yeah, definately posers, it's all been done before and better by their betters. Still, they are a bit catchy, if not a bit tired and cliched.
Well I should get to bed. What a lame post.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Yeah, don't expect to talk to me anytime soon
I'm about to download the new Heroes V beta.
See ya on the otherside of those Pearly Gates.
See ya on the otherside of those Pearly Gates.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Anal bum cover for $400
Ya I saw it on E-bay and thought that price was way to high.
Just a little post here saying howdy do and all that. Some excellent good friends are stopping by this weekend and it'll be great to see them.
I'll be cooking up a mean brunch for Saturday, Coast Guard potatoes and all that. Ever since Quayle had that snafu with spelling potato I can't figure out how to spell it myself. Seriously, I think the media attention on that whole issue has caused a generation of misspellings of that poor tuber.
My niece is now allowed to eat eggs which is a wonderful thing since 3 of the main dishes have about 6 eggs apiece.
And I'll be making a quiche lorraine which I've just discovered is actually called quiche Alsacienne since I put onions in it.
Not sure what I'm doing for dinner but it better match the '04' Dry Creek Chenin Blanc we'll be drinking!
Any suggestions? Something quick, light, but yet not lumpenproletariat.
I'm using my words like my mamma taught me.
Just a little post here saying howdy do and all that. Some excellent good friends are stopping by this weekend and it'll be great to see them.
I'll be cooking up a mean brunch for Saturday, Coast Guard potatoes and all that. Ever since Quayle had that snafu with spelling potato I can't figure out how to spell it myself. Seriously, I think the media attention on that whole issue has caused a generation of misspellings of that poor tuber.
My niece is now allowed to eat eggs which is a wonderful thing since 3 of the main dishes have about 6 eggs apiece.
And I'll be making a quiche lorraine which I've just discovered is actually called quiche Alsacienne since I put onions in it.
Not sure what I'm doing for dinner but it better match the '04' Dry Creek Chenin Blanc we'll be drinking!
Any suggestions? Something quick, light, but yet not lumpenproletariat.
I'm using my words like my mamma taught me.
Monday, January 09, 2006
The future is here! The future is now!
New nanotech armor called
5 times stronger than steel
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, January 9, 2006
TEL AVIV — An Israeli firm has developed armor based on nanotechnology.
ApNano has tested armor said to be five times stronger than steel and twice as strong as any impact-resistant material used in protective gear.
Last year, a sample of the ApNano material was subjected to tests in which a steel projectile traveling at a speed of up to 1.5 kilometers per second slammed into the material.
Executives said the impact was the equivalent to dropping four diesel locomotives onto an area the size of a human fingernail.
They said the nano-based armor, which stemmed from a new carbon form called Inorganic Fullerenes, withstood the impact.
The company's chief executive officer, Menachem Genut, said the company would launch initial production within the next six months. Genut said this would mean the production of between 100 and 200 kilograms of the nano-material per day.
By 2007, Genut said, ApNano, based in Nes Ziona, Israel, would begin full-scale production of the armor. This would mean the production of several tons per day.
The company began development of the nano-material in 2004.
Genut said the nano-material would require additional field testing before it was ready for the market. He said the first product could be ready by 2009
5 times stronger than steel
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, January 9, 2006
TEL AVIV — An Israeli firm has developed armor based on nanotechnology.
ApNano has tested armor said to be five times stronger than steel and twice as strong as any impact-resistant material used in protective gear.
Last year, a sample of the ApNano material was subjected to tests in which a steel projectile traveling at a speed of up to 1.5 kilometers per second slammed into the material.
Executives said the impact was the equivalent to dropping four diesel locomotives onto an area the size of a human fingernail.
They said the nano-based armor, which stemmed from a new carbon form called Inorganic Fullerenes, withstood the impact.
The company's chief executive officer, Menachem Genut, said the company would launch initial production within the next six months. Genut said this would mean the production of between 100 and 200 kilograms of the nano-material per day.
By 2007, Genut said, ApNano, based in Nes Ziona, Israel, would begin full-scale production of the armor. This would mean the production of several tons per day.
The company began development of the nano-material in 2004.
Genut said the nano-material would require additional field testing before it was ready for the market. He said the first product could be ready by 2009
Cyclops Kitten
A ragdoll kitten was just born with one eye and no nose!
it only lived one day but this picture was released by the AP.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Life is enveloping me like the salty brine, swirling about my feet as the sodden timbers of my stricken ship groan in protest. The mizzen mast a ruined shattered spear, the sails ephemeral tatters whipping in the storm. The fore and main masts sunk deep into the roaring sea as my life sinks itself before my very eyes.
Well, not really. Things have been busy though. That's why I haven't blogged recently. Christmas was great. New Years...meh. I can't see why everyone gets all revved up for that one. Although I would like to start a pool on whether or not Dick Clark will be at the next one, and if he is which limbs will rot and drop off his ancient form (unless he's a robot, I hear Sony and Honda were doing some great things with robotics..in anticipation for the PS4 which could walk and carry itself to your friends house)
My student teaching is coming up Jan 23rd. I must admit I am a bit trepidacious.
On the music front, just discovered Andrea Bocelli and his song, Con te partiro. Whole Crap do I love that song.
I've been playing Magic Online like a complete fiend. My brother has ruined me.
I might have to discontinue my D&D night due to student teaching. It stinks since last Thursdays adventure was generally thought to be the best. It took me, a paladin, a ranger and sorceror, all lvl 2, approximately 30 seconds to kill 3 huge orcs and 2 human (and weird looking) fighters. I mean it was brutal. But the thing they were protecting...we didn't have a chance. It was all beaks and tentacles and, well..we ran away fast after my strongest blows just bounced off it's ropey tentacled hide. At least we saved the blacksmiths wife from a fiendish death.
you want the play by play on those 30 seconds? OK!
We were outside the village of Sullywick and about 2 miles into the woods they have an abandoned brick kiln. Through some snooping we leanred some no goods were going to show up at night so we waited to ambush them. The ranger, Sprit, was up a tree across the road from the kiln, the Sorceor Rykon was riding in a ruined kiln, and I, Gregory Thurmaturgus Paladin of Tyr, was hiding in a really rickity foremans shack. The enemy party arrived, 3 huge orcs taking the lead, a nasty hunched over figure dragging a protesting and tied female (the blacksmiths wife) and two really pale really tall human warriors taking up the rear.
Well 2 orcs (and they were huge) enter the only intact kiln with the kidnapped women and the hunched figure (my detect evil ability nearly knocked me out, that hunched nasty looking indivdual was reeking of badness) The two humans took up guard at the road and 1 orc waited right outside my shed. Perfect!
Well the hunched over figure it turns out was some wierd host for some even even weirder being and when that thing came out I saw Rykon (who could see inside that kiln) blanch. I mean he almost lost his cookies. it didn't help when the tentacled monstroisity that erupted out of the figure completely repelled his magic missile. Well the magic missile was the sign and I smashed through the wall of the shed (it was really rickity) attempting to cleaved the head right from the orcs shoulders. Well, my longsword got caught on a bit of window from dangliign from my arm and I missed! The orc grunted and swung around dropping his bow in favor of a long curved dagger.
At this same moment 2 arrows went sailing out of the woods, good old Sprit, and one sunk deep into a human guards neck. The seond guard turned to see what had splashed against his cheek and another arrow streaked out, plunging deep into his chest. Both guards slumped against each other, each trying to rally the other to action.
An orc came tearing out of the kiln headed straight to Rykon, a blue nimbus from his Mage Armor blurring his features. The orc and I at the shed where locked in single combat, me deftly dodging his feeble blows. The 2 humans recovered and ran towards me a blue streak from Rykon knocking one to the ground for good. A brutal swing from me and the orcs arm went a dangling, another and his head bounced off the redish ground. The other human ran and I took him out before he could cry mommy. I ran to assist Rykon who was now frantically fighting off a wildly insane orc, a blow across his back took his attention off of Rykon who buried his trusted morning star in his chest. The third orc gave a hug bellow has he left the kiln to avenge his collegues when 2 arrows strunk him nealry simultaneously, approximately 3 seconds later 3 feet of hardened steel shot through his chest as a massive Paladin of Tyr crushed him to the kiln door. And that was that. oh and Sprit told us after about this rogue who tried to sneak up on him but snapped a twig. Both her shots went wide and his got her right in the eye. Yup.
not going to go into the horror we found in the kiln, suffice to say we ran away. But still...
We are the bomb. And I'm gonna miss it. Just wait fellas this summer will be great!
Well, not really. Things have been busy though. That's why I haven't blogged recently. Christmas was great. New Years...meh. I can't see why everyone gets all revved up for that one. Although I would like to start a pool on whether or not Dick Clark will be at the next one, and if he is which limbs will rot and drop off his ancient form (unless he's a robot, I hear Sony and Honda were doing some great things with robotics..in anticipation for the PS4 which could walk and carry itself to your friends house)
My student teaching is coming up Jan 23rd. I must admit I am a bit trepidacious.
On the music front, just discovered Andrea Bocelli and his song, Con te partiro. Whole Crap do I love that song.
I've been playing Magic Online like a complete fiend. My brother has ruined me.
I might have to discontinue my D&D night due to student teaching. It stinks since last Thursdays adventure was generally thought to be the best. It took me, a paladin, a ranger and sorceror, all lvl 2, approximately 30 seconds to kill 3 huge orcs and 2 human (and weird looking) fighters. I mean it was brutal. But the thing they were protecting...we didn't have a chance. It was all beaks and tentacles and, well..we ran away fast after my strongest blows just bounced off it's ropey tentacled hide. At least we saved the blacksmiths wife from a fiendish death.
you want the play by play on those 30 seconds? OK!
We were outside the village of Sullywick and about 2 miles into the woods they have an abandoned brick kiln. Through some snooping we leanred some no goods were going to show up at night so we waited to ambush them. The ranger, Sprit, was up a tree across the road from the kiln, the Sorceor Rykon was riding in a ruined kiln, and I, Gregory Thurmaturgus Paladin of Tyr, was hiding in a really rickity foremans shack. The enemy party arrived, 3 huge orcs taking the lead, a nasty hunched over figure dragging a protesting and tied female (the blacksmiths wife) and two really pale really tall human warriors taking up the rear.
Well 2 orcs (and they were huge) enter the only intact kiln with the kidnapped women and the hunched figure (my detect evil ability nearly knocked me out, that hunched nasty looking indivdual was reeking of badness) The two humans took up guard at the road and 1 orc waited right outside my shed. Perfect!
Well the hunched over figure it turns out was some wierd host for some even even weirder being and when that thing came out I saw Rykon (who could see inside that kiln) blanch. I mean he almost lost his cookies. it didn't help when the tentacled monstroisity that erupted out of the figure completely repelled his magic missile. Well the magic missile was the sign and I smashed through the wall of the shed (it was really rickity) attempting to cleaved the head right from the orcs shoulders. Well, my longsword got caught on a bit of window from dangliign from my arm and I missed! The orc grunted and swung around dropping his bow in favor of a long curved dagger.
At this same moment 2 arrows went sailing out of the woods, good old Sprit, and one sunk deep into a human guards neck. The seond guard turned to see what had splashed against his cheek and another arrow streaked out, plunging deep into his chest. Both guards slumped against each other, each trying to rally the other to action.
An orc came tearing out of the kiln headed straight to Rykon, a blue nimbus from his Mage Armor blurring his features. The orc and I at the shed where locked in single combat, me deftly dodging his feeble blows. The 2 humans recovered and ran towards me a blue streak from Rykon knocking one to the ground for good. A brutal swing from me and the orcs arm went a dangling, another and his head bounced off the redish ground. The other human ran and I took him out before he could cry mommy. I ran to assist Rykon who was now frantically fighting off a wildly insane orc, a blow across his back took his attention off of Rykon who buried his trusted morning star in his chest. The third orc gave a hug bellow has he left the kiln to avenge his collegues when 2 arrows strunk him nealry simultaneously, approximately 3 seconds later 3 feet of hardened steel shot through his chest as a massive Paladin of Tyr crushed him to the kiln door. And that was that. oh and Sprit told us after about this rogue who tried to sneak up on him but snapped a twig. Both her shots went wide and his got her right in the eye. Yup.
not going to go into the horror we found in the kiln, suffice to say we ran away. But still...
We are the bomb. And I'm gonna miss it. Just wait fellas this summer will be great!
Thursday, December 22, 2005
I shouldn't be surprised
I was reading the Washington Times today. Found an interesting article. Chaplains in the army aren't supposed to pray to Jesus. God is ok, Christ? Lord forbid. You aren't to pray to Christ or mention the Trinity or Holy Spirit. Lame. They also aren't to mention Allah or pray in Hebrew...so what the heck is the prayer for? Moral support? A nice feel good time together? What does the government think we pray for? As they say there are no atheists in foxholes. The government can't control how we pray in our hearts. Still just another example of control.
And speaking of control I just saw The Island with Ewan McGregor and some chick. Starts off great! Any person with even a limited amount of sci-fi chops figures out what they are in 5 minutes, but still its nice. Action scenes? Good. Especially when that car gets split in two by a piece of steel. Cable guns? Stupid. Double Ewan MacGregors? A cool cliche. The final 10 minutes? Stinks. Totally lame. Way too Hollywood. But what was I thinking, it's Micheal Bay.
3 out of 5 stars for stinking the neding up Bay. After seeing Brazil. Gilliams masterpiece, I just can't tolerate movies with super rot your teeth sweet happy endings. But because the theme is a resounding Philip K. Dickish one I say go ahead and rent it.
And speaking of control I just saw The Island with Ewan McGregor and some chick. Starts off great! Any person with even a limited amount of sci-fi chops figures out what they are in 5 minutes, but still its nice. Action scenes? Good. Especially when that car gets split in two by a piece of steel. Cable guns? Stupid. Double Ewan MacGregors? A cool cliche. The final 10 minutes? Stinks. Totally lame. Way too Hollywood. But what was I thinking, it's Micheal Bay.
3 out of 5 stars for stinking the neding up Bay. After seeing Brazil. Gilliams masterpiece, I just can't tolerate movies with super rot your teeth sweet happy endings. But because the theme is a resounding Philip K. Dickish one I say go ahead and rent it.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
First!!
I don't have the luxury of time to put up an elaborate review of the past 2 movies I've seen this weekend/week but I did want to at least mention my seeing them.
Saw Chronicles of Narnia with The Spouse of Proteinstar Sat. Best literary film translation ever, hands down. It helps that the book is less than 200 pages long.
Superb acting, pacing and special effects, after this one and Kong there is no doubt what special effects company reigns supreme.
And speaking of Kong, King Kong is probably one of the greatest remakes ever made. I mean the original is good in that 1933 way. This one? I have never shouted out in a theatre from sheer fear, not ever. But there are 2 scenes that had me squirming in my seat, one with a log and another after a log. What was it with logs? The movie is insane, slow for 45 minutes then BANG! I was laughing from the complete insanity that Jackson bombarded by retinas with...and by insanity I mean pure celluloid gold. Action sequences that were just blow your mind awesome. Jurassic Park eat your heart out.
So there..this year has been amazing for movies...Star Wars III, Harry Potter 4, Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong. Just awesome. Here's something for you, all these movies rocked the box office, the all happen to be sci-fi or fantasy, most of Hollywood is tanking right now, guess what kind of movies we're going to see made in the near future? Oh yeah, sci-fi and fantasy. And they're going to run it into the ground. Gotta love those suits.
So run to your local theatre and feed my lust for all things science fiction/fantasy. Hollywood's finally going to make what I want.
Saw Chronicles of Narnia with The Spouse of Proteinstar Sat. Best literary film translation ever, hands down. It helps that the book is less than 200 pages long.
Superb acting, pacing and special effects, after this one and Kong there is no doubt what special effects company reigns supreme.
And speaking of Kong, King Kong is probably one of the greatest remakes ever made. I mean the original is good in that 1933 way. This one? I have never shouted out in a theatre from sheer fear, not ever. But there are 2 scenes that had me squirming in my seat, one with a log and another after a log. What was it with logs? The movie is insane, slow for 45 minutes then BANG! I was laughing from the complete insanity that Jackson bombarded by retinas with...and by insanity I mean pure celluloid gold. Action sequences that were just blow your mind awesome. Jurassic Park eat your heart out.
So there..this year has been amazing for movies...Star Wars III, Harry Potter 4, Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong. Just awesome. Here's something for you, all these movies rocked the box office, the all happen to be sci-fi or fantasy, most of Hollywood is tanking right now, guess what kind of movies we're going to see made in the near future? Oh yeah, sci-fi and fantasy. And they're going to run it into the ground. Gotta love those suits.
So run to your local theatre and feed my lust for all things science fiction/fantasy. Hollywood's finally going to make what I want.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Here's some introspection for ya
"If you made a charnel pit of all my varied dead, from the flickering pixel-men of that long-ago castle to the latest normal-mapped shrapnel victims, it might blot out the sun.
Such is the magnitude of my carnage."
Such is the magnitude of my carnage."
A Revelation
I don't have a serious bone in my body. Well, I tend to be serious about games and movies, music, but a point could be made that those things aren't serious. And by serious I mean actually pertaining to life and imparting value to it. So in fact, I'm not serious. And I find this aspect of my character to be a serious flaw. Well there's something, the only thing serious about me are my faults.
The reason I bring this up is because I was going to orginally post about the glory and wonder of watching my nearly 3 year old when we do advent every night. We light up to 24 candles , one for each day till Christmas Eve, and open a window in the advent calendar. We read a verse out of Luke and sing a nice little Christmas song, usually off key. But man does she love it...claps and sings along and begs to do advent before dinner. Now I still haven't lost the wonder and joy of Christmas. I'm the first barreling down the stairs to open my stocking. But if I had she would pour it all back in. Wait, I just did post about it.
Well look, I did comment on something serious. Scratch that whole first self-reflective, introspective garbage in the beginning. Which is why I never reflect on my thoughts and feelings. They usually aren't worth a second thought.
The reason I bring this up is because I was going to orginally post about the glory and wonder of watching my nearly 3 year old when we do advent every night. We light up to 24 candles , one for each day till Christmas Eve, and open a window in the advent calendar. We read a verse out of Luke and sing a nice little Christmas song, usually off key. But man does she love it...claps and sings along and begs to do advent before dinner. Now I still haven't lost the wonder and joy of Christmas. I'm the first barreling down the stairs to open my stocking. But if I had she would pour it all back in. Wait, I just did post about it.
Well look, I did comment on something serious. Scratch that whole first self-reflective, introspective garbage in the beginning. Which is why I never reflect on my thoughts and feelings. They usually aren't worth a second thought.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
I'm still collecting the pieces of my head from around my office
Mr.T once punched Chuck Norris at the exact moment he roundhouse kicked Mr.T in the chest.
The result was the 80's.
The result was the 80's.
5 by 5
A list.
5 Places That I Want to Visit before I Can't:
1. Tortorici, Sicily
2. Trafalgar Square, London, England
3. Olympus Mons, Tharsis bulge, Mars (that volcano is the size of Missouri)
4. The Ziggurat of Ur or The Ishtar Gate of Babylon (same country so I think 2 is fine)
5. Rome, Italy
My 5 Favorite restaurants:
1. Taco Bell
2. Newport Creamery
3. Dave & Busters
4. Texas Roadhouse
5. Brian Kents (Just gotta lay off the Pinot Grigio)
5 Sporting Events I Have to Attend:
1. The Octagon
2. American Gladiators
3. Worlds Strongest Man Competition
4. Flugtag
5. The Most Dangerous Game
5 People That I Want to Share Spaghetti and Meatballs With:
1. Optimus Prime
2. Saint Peter
3. The chick Cain married after moving to Nod
4. Settimo Franchina (My Grandfather)
5. Gabriel the Archangel (want to see if he knows Moroni the angel)
5 Things I Don't Know:
1. How they heck did they figure our universe was shaped either like a torus or a saddle?
2. Why the heck is a face transplant considered an ethical dilemma by the media?
3. Why is Pennsylvania completely devoid of natural bodies of water?
4. Why am I having difficulty typing this section when it should easily be the easiest?
5. uhhhh....um...
so there are 26 dimensions? And the scalar tachyon is the lowest energy state and is one of the energy sources for the antisymmetric tensor field? OK, so I think I have this string theory thing down. When's the test?....not.
Ummm. Rover you're it.
5 Places That I Want to Visit before I Can't:
1. Tortorici, Sicily
2. Trafalgar Square, London, England
3. Olympus Mons, Tharsis bulge, Mars (that volcano is the size of Missouri)
4. The Ziggurat of Ur or The Ishtar Gate of Babylon (same country so I think 2 is fine)
5. Rome, Italy
My 5 Favorite restaurants:
1. Taco Bell
2. Newport Creamery
3. Dave & Busters
4. Texas Roadhouse
5. Brian Kents (Just gotta lay off the Pinot Grigio)
5 Sporting Events I Have to Attend:
1. The Octagon
2. American Gladiators
3. Worlds Strongest Man Competition
4. Flugtag
5. The Most Dangerous Game
5 People That I Want to Share Spaghetti and Meatballs With:
1. Optimus Prime
2. Saint Peter
3. The chick Cain married after moving to Nod
4. Settimo Franchina (My Grandfather)
5. Gabriel the Archangel (want to see if he knows Moroni the angel)
5 Things I Don't Know:
1. How they heck did they figure our universe was shaped either like a torus or a saddle?
2. Why the heck is a face transplant considered an ethical dilemma by the media?
3. Why is Pennsylvania completely devoid of natural bodies of water?
4. Why am I having difficulty typing this section when it should easily be the easiest?
5. uhhhh....um...
so there are 26 dimensions? And the scalar tachyon is the lowest energy state and is one of the energy sources for the antisymmetric tensor field? OK, so I think I have this string theory thing down. When's the test?....not.
Ummm. Rover you're it.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Public Service Announcement
Just discovered a free video on demand service called Sputnik 7 .
Sweet little site, all the music videos you can shake a fist at. I highly recommend Basement Jaxx and their Where's Your Head At, video. Simian. And if you want a good scare, the most frightening freakest video ever is still Who's Your Daddy by Aphex Twin. I have that video on VHS still in the shrinkwrap. Ain't no way I'm opening that in my house!
proteinstar out
Sweet little site, all the music videos you can shake a fist at. I highly recommend Basement Jaxx and their Where's Your Head At, video. Simian. And if you want a good scare, the most frightening freakest video ever is still Who's Your Daddy by Aphex Twin. I have that video on VHS still in the shrinkwrap. Ain't no way I'm opening that in my house!
proteinstar out
Sunday, November 27, 2005
MONSTERS!
According to a report in The SUNday Times UK,
50 babies a year are born after the result of a botched abortion. A fact I'm glad the agencies are becoming aware of.
"If a baby is born alive following a failed abortion and then dies (because of lack of care), you could potentially be charged with murder",” said Shantala Vadeyar, a consultant obstetrician at South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, who led the study.
Yet if you don't screw up and it does die in utero its ok? Absolutely monstrous!
I would have no problem if God decided to smash us with a big rock.
There, it's been awhile since I've made a social ill/bane of society type comment. Except that one about Thanksgiving...I hope I'm not seeing a trend.
50 babies a year are born after the result of a botched abortion. A fact I'm glad the agencies are becoming aware of.
"If a baby is born alive following a failed abortion and then dies (because of lack of care), you could potentially be charged with murder",” said Shantala Vadeyar, a consultant obstetrician at South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, who led the study.
Yet if you don't screw up and it does die in utero its ok? Absolutely monstrous!
I would have no problem if God decided to smash us with a big rock.
There, it's been awhile since I've made a social ill/bane of society type comment. Except that one about Thanksgiving...I hope I'm not seeing a trend.
Friday, November 25, 2005
Thanksgiving
A time to gorge ourselves on poultry and tubers and crush old women to the floor
in a mad rush to purchase tons of electronics
we never needed in the first place.
I love this country.
in a mad rush to purchase tons of electronics
we never needed in the first place. I love this country.
Monday, November 21, 2005
I'd like to go for a walk...
ah...I'm not fooling anyone.
I'll be stone dead in a moment.
Just a little note to let you know, I'm still here.
2 Girls +
Thanksgiving with both sides coming and I'm cooking +
Grad School =
________________
No time for anything
But I should leave you a nugget of something.
There's this program/website called Mercora.com.
it works like IM, except you stream music in the format of proprietary files that they made. What it means is that you can stream music from other peoples PC's. It also means you can record those streams. And it's legal, due to the same law that allows you to record music off the radio or shows off the TV. Nice huh? You can't burn them, at least I haven't figure a way around it using Audacity and a stream recorder yet. But for listening on your PC it's fine, plus you can get a mobile version for your PDA or whatever. So now I can listen to the latest albums of whoever before plunking down $15.00 for it.
hits on Proteinstar's PC right now:
X&Y by Coldplay (yeah I'm strapped to that bandwagon)
Demon Days by Gorillaz (the track Dare has me completely obsessed with them)
Transatlanticism by Deathcab for cutie (dragged to my death behind this indie wagon)
Give Up by The Postal Service (Since one of the leads are from Deathcab it's a given)
Aphex Twin (Got over his nightmarish face and have fallen completely in love)
Sigur Ros (so what if it's not English? So what if it's not actually Icelandic either?)
Man I love that Dare song, just gets me bopping.
"You've got to press it on you
You just think it
That's what you do, baby
Hold it down, DARE"
No idea what they mean but the beat jams. Seriously Whole Crap jams.
Sounds like a novelty indie jelly company. Seriously Whole Crap Jams. Only the freshest Whole Crap is good enough for our Jams.
I'll be stone dead in a moment.
Just a little note to let you know, I'm still here.
2 Girls +
Thanksgiving with both sides coming and I'm cooking +
Grad School =
________________
No time for anything
But I should leave you a nugget of something.
There's this program/website called Mercora.com.
it works like IM, except you stream music in the format of proprietary files that they made. What it means is that you can stream music from other peoples PC's. It also means you can record those streams. And it's legal, due to the same law that allows you to record music off the radio or shows off the TV. Nice huh? You can't burn them, at least I haven't figure a way around it using Audacity and a stream recorder yet. But for listening on your PC it's fine, plus you can get a mobile version for your PDA or whatever. So now I can listen to the latest albums of whoever before plunking down $15.00 for it.
hits on Proteinstar's PC right now:
X&Y by Coldplay (yeah I'm strapped to that bandwagon)
Demon Days by Gorillaz (the track Dare has me completely obsessed with them)
Transatlanticism by Deathcab for cutie (dragged to my death behind this indie wagon)
Give Up by The Postal Service (Since one of the leads are from Deathcab it's a given)
Aphex Twin (Got over his nightmarish face and have fallen completely in love)
Sigur Ros (so what if it's not English? So what if it's not actually Icelandic either?)
Man I love that Dare song, just gets me bopping.
"You've got to press it on you
You just think it
That's what you do, baby
Hold it down, DARE"
No idea what they mean but the beat jams. Seriously Whole Crap jams.
Sounds like a novelty indie jelly company. Seriously Whole Crap Jams. Only the freshest Whole Crap is good enough for our Jams.
Friday, November 18, 2005
The BIG ONE is on its way
Did you feel that?
Boston just had a bit of an earthquake. Yup, that faults acting up again, gonna send that urban sprawl from Boston to Providence right into the drink.
Yup all I have time for, can't wait for school to be done.
Boston just had a bit of an earthquake. Yup, that faults acting up again, gonna send that urban sprawl from Boston to Providence right into the drink.
Yup all I have time for, can't wait for school to be done.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
I should feel real bad but it's hard
Watching France burn is a bad thing, yet satisfying. I know...People read this blog, you can't say things like that anymore. But it's true. The government of France is one of the most egotistical meglomanicial in Europe and it's nice to see them get their cumuppance.
Every single major city is having major riots, 4700 vehicles have been torched. Schools, businesses, warehouses, all aflame. What's Chirac and his guys doing? Nothing. It's been 12 days and they are finally thinking about curfew. CURFEW! That nation is nuts. Can you imagine riots in every major city in the US? Completely unimaginable, it would be civil war. The National Guard would be all over the place.
I think it's interesting that the Muslim extremists are attacking their biggest ally. We'll see what Frances view on Muslim immigrants will be after this, they do have 5 million after all. Europe looks at the US with such disgust but we can at least manage our population. Someone compared Frances riots with the LA riots in '92. Come on, they aren't even close! If the riots extented 2500 miles across the country maybe then it could be.
I sure hope we don't need to cross the Pond to bail them out again.
Every single major city is having major riots, 4700 vehicles have been torched. Schools, businesses, warehouses, all aflame. What's Chirac and his guys doing? Nothing. It's been 12 days and they are finally thinking about curfew. CURFEW! That nation is nuts. Can you imagine riots in every major city in the US? Completely unimaginable, it would be civil war. The National Guard would be all over the place.
I think it's interesting that the Muslim extremists are attacking their biggest ally. We'll see what Frances view on Muslim immigrants will be after this, they do have 5 million after all. Europe looks at the US with such disgust but we can at least manage our population. Someone compared Frances riots with the LA riots in '92. Come on, they aren't even close! If the riots extented 2500 miles across the country maybe then it could be.
I sure hope we don't need to cross the Pond to bail them out again.
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