Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Monday, December 24, 2007

New Word: Cacography

I don't know what happens with people with messy handwriting and people with "perfect penmanship." Why one ends up getting made fun of by his teacher and another gets gold stars from hers. I guess with computers and keyboarding, the question is moot. I try to write legibly. The problem is my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Henchman: It's better than being a crony

I have been reading the Catherine Jinks book Evil Genius. At this point I think of it as a companion volume to the Gaiman/Pratchett Good Omens. Hopefully it can get picked up by screenwriters and be made into a movie without whatever befell Good Omens happening to it. So today I took the Evil Genius... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Ex Chronicles: Tales of Crazy Woman #346

Chapter 7: Texas is Bigger Than France Texas is actually bigger than France. Not by much. Its area is about 1230 sq mi larger. When I first heard this after France "stood up" to Bush a few years ago I really wasn't sure if it was true. It's just not something I really bothered about. And I suspected... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 21, 2007

Fire Rainbow

This is a Fire Rainbow - The rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena. This picture was captured this week ont he Idaho/Washington border. The event lasted about 1 hours. Clouds have to be cirrus, at least 20,000 feet in the air, with just the right amount of ice crystals and the sun... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

I have the right attitude. You added crap to your message.

Over my years as a Christian I have run across people who say one of the following when they are about to say something they are pretty sure you are not going to like: I need to tell you something in love. I want to make sure you receive this in love. Now whatever they follow it with that you don't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Mini Me

Mrelia has a habanero plant and brought in these super red peppers. When I saw them I got the idea of posing one with a bell pepper in a sort of Austin Powers theme which only a geeky brain like mine would come up with. Then I thought up a gag of calling the habanero a "nano-bell" which I described... Sign in to see full entry.

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Indohyus: Proto-Whale

Years ago. I think it may have been back in the 1980s, I remember reading that the ancestor of the whale was believed to be a five-toed land animal. I don't recall the article listing a name for the creature. I also don't think I haves seen any shows about it on the documentary channels on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

New Rule

Going forward, coaches must walk laps during all team practices. This rule is being introduced because of the growing number of obese sports coaches. It is annoying to a player to be told to run by a guy who's dreaming of hoagies. We expect this to lead to much more exciting games. Coaches will feel... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Personal Safety

I have been a loner most of my life. Part of this has to do with growing up as an only child and there were other factors that contributed to it. But I have never been or tried to live in total isolation, knowing no one. Even when I lived in Los Angeles in the early 1990s there were people I knew.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Huh? Wha?

I just got an email from someone who wants to use one of my photos for an article about the SF mayor wanting to put a tax on sugary drinks. HOWEVER, the photo is of a jar of peanutbutter. Sign in to see full entry.

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