Brain Bits To Go

October 5, 2011

Summer’s Over, Autumn’s Waning. Loving Each Day, Not Complaining.

I know this picture doesn’t look like, but it’s getting close to the end of the season at my trailer. I’m going to miss it. It’s peaceful, quiet and incredibly relaxing. As you can see, it’s just plain beautiful. Today was a gorgeous, sunny day. The first after several days of rain. So Lynn and…
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October 5, 2011

Anonymous Has A Plan To Save The World

Apparently Anonymous has a plan to change the world. Yay! I’m so excited I can hardly keep from gagging. For those not paying attention, that’s called sarcasm. Why would I not be more supportive of a group trying to change the status quo and make the world a better place? Fair question. If I thought…
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October 3, 2011

From Netbook Blues To Happy News

If you read this regularly, you may recall that I’ve adopted my daughters orphan net-book. Windows Vista was dead slow on it (go figure), so I installed Ubuntu Linux as a dual boot. After some tweaking and poking, I convinced it to do most of what I wanted. Mind you, part of that success depends…
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October 2, 2011

When Different Is Deadly

Fourteen year old Jamey Rodemeyer from western New York has allegedly killed himself as result of bullying and harassment over his sexuality. At a school dance attended by his sister who had just been to his wake, the dance organizers played his favorite song in his memory. Some of the students present chanted, “better off…
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October 1, 2011

What’s the best way to blow off steam when you’re angry?

I know that I have a nasty temper, so I’ve learned to be very careful of how I manage my anger. At work, I repress it and then vent to my spouse when I get home. Or I fire up a game console and spend some time on mindless violence. (Chucking people out the window…
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October 1, 2011

Just A Quick Random Thought

If the end justifies the means, what if there is no end? Does anything ever truly end? If not, then where is the justification for “by any means necessary”? If the means are justified by a non-existent end, it seems safe to say they were in fact unjustified. If there were no ends to justify…
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September 30, 2011

EA To Sell Gamers To Advertisers.

The nice people at Electronic Arts (commonly know as EA) are rolling out a new service called “Legend”. Sounds impressive right? Well here’s the thing, it’s not. At least not for gamers. Or is it? Confused? Sorry. I’ve got some mixed feelings about this one myself. First, let me tell you what “Legend” is. It’s…
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September 30, 2011

Psychology IS A Science

For a long time now, people have been saying that psychology isn’t an actual science. This is based on the standard “scientific method”. This method requires repeatable results from repeatable processes. Seems like a good way to do things, and it is. When it works. Psychology is one of the places it doesn’t work. Does…
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September 28, 2011

A Little Smile In My Day

I love National Geographic. They cover a huge range of topics and now and then, they just make me smile. Today was a good example of that. I recently liked Nat Geo on Facebook, and now get status updates from them. So far, so cool. An update from Tuesday ran as follows: “Hailing from China’s…
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September 27, 2011

It May Be A Double Standard… At Least It’s A Standard

Bob Dechert exchanged amorous emails and messages with Shi Rong. So how is that anybody’s business but theirs? He’s married, she’s married. She’s a correspondent for China’s Xhinhua News Agency, he’s parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. Dare I mention that Mr. Baird, and his parliamentary secretary are both members of the Conservative…
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