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26 days ago
Some time ago I wrote about various accidental, "impossible" ways to injure myself. Until the times at which they came to pass, none would have even occurred to me. I had not given them any forethought, and if I had, I still would have believed them to be extremely low in their probability of occurrence. I do not believe that I am accident prone. That would imply that I had some character flaw or an unconscious need to punish myself for my past misdeeds. I have no such need, as I usually get caught. No, this is a stranger phenomenon. Accidents actively pursue me, stealthily awaiting their chance for a sneak attack. Although I am almost always on my guard, my finely attuned senses working overtime to ward off the inherent danger they pose, they sometimes slip past my carefully guarded perimeter and get me . Such was the case as I gathered my bags of recyclables, garbage, and cat poop. There seemed to be little danger in this act and it would be a good thing ...
34 days ago
I have temporarily returned from my trip away from Spaces. No, it was not the type that a youth of the 60's and 70's might have taken along with Dr. Leary. Actually, I never did that. I was afraid of what I might find. Given the disproportionate amount of strangeness which I have amassed during my adult years, I believe that was a good decision. Neither was this a literal vacation, wherein I left the apartment to travel a distance of greater than five miles. I didn't even go anywhere with premeditated fun in mind. I was prepared, though, with all the repairs made to the car and even having most of my laundry done. I almost always want to go toward something rather than away from a problem or place, but in this case it started as going toward something from which I intended to return immediately, but ended staying for a while. More important to my staying for a while was that it was simply a trip away from something before I began to dislike it . I was beginning ...
46 days ago
Now, I am usually not one to complain much (we know I'm lying here, don't we?) however, I must report a most grievous error in an interview conducted by none other than the newest Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP), Technogran. I will simply link to her usually excellent magazine page and allow you to read for yourselves the seriousness of this situation. Now, I'm sure you can all see why I am so upset! … You can't? … Can you not differentiate between the Queen's English and good old American spelling? The interviewer has most clearly used a British spellchecker on the article! One can see this for themselves as the last word in the second sentence of the final paragraph of the interview. How could you have missed it? Quite clearly, I have a "sense of humor," not a "sense of humour !" Windows Live Writer even underlined the offending word in red as I wrote this sentence. In one of my rare moments between depression and paranoia, I would ...
49 days ago
Anniversaries Celebrate the past Recall a better season Gone without reason Peace, Doc Copyright © 2009, Thomas A. Blood, Ph.D. Thank you, Dr. Lindsay Bates. Your works are good. Technorati Tags: poetry,haiku,anniversary,twenty-two years ago today
51 days ago
I am quickly coming to the conclusion that this Dell laptop is becoming as quirky as its owner. Everyone gets their settings and preferences arranged to a configuration that just feels right to them. There are a number of ways in which that can be done incorrectly, but mostly if it only involves poking keys without digging into system or protected files, you're OK. It can be fixed relatively easily. This Vostro, however, seems to be displaying some early signs of AI (Artificial Intelligence.) It isn't as big as HAL of 2001: A Space Odyssey so I should probably give it a smaller name like AL (Artificial Lunatic.) Yes. It has begun to develop odd behaviors for which I have no logical explanation. For instance, during boot up, it has taught me to wait until it makes a small "screep" noise before I may proceed or I am doomed to a really unusual session. I don't know if it resents my placing it on the floor when I go to the refrigerator (or elsewhere), but it ...
