Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Sunday, July 20, 2008

The final exercise of mind, spirit and life

You are surrounded by 1 Billion dots of roughly random sizes and at roughly random distances from one another. Your primary task is to connect them by traveling from dot to dot carrying a white silken thread. The dots are all related to one another. Your secondary task is to discover how. Take all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Generous Jerk

I was approaching a traffic light at an overpass. About five cars ahead of me a car slowed and the driver reached out to give the cornerwalker a dollar. As this car was slowing down the light turned to amber. When the cornerwalker took the money, the driver floored it and zipped through as the last... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Teef

It's an understatement to say I've been a bit lax with the toothcare. I went to the dentist on Tuesday and it had been a year and two months. A couple of contributing factors...laziness, hating to floss and some other crap I was dealing with back when my six month check-up appointment came around.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Dangerous Distinctions

We gotta get the phrase "...to American Citizens..." and "...on American soil..." out of our discourse. When the subject of torture and some of the more extreme actions authorized to the President in these post 9-11 documents come up, one or both of those phrases gets tacked on to it. If it's not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 11, 2008

Shaking up Insurance

It's time for the GEICO Caveman to get a date with Flo from the Progressive commercials. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Revelation...

The New Innocence: Not having bought into the lie of what isn't possible. Sign in to see full entry.

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New Cars

I am drafting a letter to Pontiac to inform them that as a practicing Wiccan I will not purchase the Solstice but will wait for the Sabbat. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The answer is to be found in patience

One thing that ancient man had that we do not have is leisure. Now the common man of his day, whether he was a builder of pyramids or an agriculturist probably did not have much leisure but there was a very broad deep scholarly class particularly the priesthood, then the custodians of all knowledge,... Sign in to see full entry.

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CFL Eye

I know they're supposed to save energy, give the planet a break, lower my carbon Sasquatch print. BUT. I have to wonder if eventually my optical response to available light will not eventually taper off towards the output of these squiggly-q bulbs. I try to burn the ones a step higher than the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 5, 2008

FSA: Frustration Spending Account

So we have these accounts through our insurance that allow us to put aside money from each paycheck for health related stuff. Then we pay for things and submit claims for reimbursement. I've sent in and been reimbursed for the same item purchased at pharmacies several times since January and all of... Sign in to see full entry.

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