Click here to read an
Click here to read an article that is a good example of how ignorance can be well-educated and eloquent and still make you want to vomit in disgust.
October 20, 2001
October 14, 2001
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[22:44] <dippo> jesus man
[22:44] <dippo> you’re going into debt for a 360 modena?
[22:44] <dippo> you’re baiting me
[22:44] <dippo> i know you are
[22:44] <phillipe> well not really debt
[22:44] <dippo> you’re so full of shit
[22:45] <phillipe> no i’m not
[22:45] <phillipe> i’ve wanted a ferrari my whole life and i’ve got the money these days
[22:45] <phillipe> so i figure fuck it
[22:45] <dippo> why don’t you just buy an older one?
[22:46] <phillipe> nah
[22:46] <phillipe> an old spider or something
[22:46] <phillipe> i thought about it
[22:46] <phillipe> this one will retain it’s value better
[22:46] <phillipe> you get what you pay for
[22:46] <dippo> you sure about that?
[22:46] <phillipe> yeah
[22:46] <dippo> a lot of people were criticizing this year’s for the interior stylings
[22:47] <dippo> well, that’s cool, I guess
[22:47] <dippo> it’s a badass car that’s for sure
[22:48] <dippo> i don’t know that it makes very good financial sense to buy one when you can’t pay cash for it, but whatever
[22:48] <phillipe> you’re right
[22:48] <phillipe> i’m not arguing
[22:48] <phillipe> but who cares
[22:48] <dippo> this is gonna be the part on Behind the Scenes: Ween
[22:48] <dippo> where they’re like
[22:49] <Port-> Behind the Music or Behind the Scenes?
[22:49] <dippo> “everything was flowers and rose petals for mickey .. but then, the ferraris of fortune turned to daggers of debt”
[22:49] <dippo> er, behind the music, yeah
[22:49] <Port-> yeah i THOUGHT SO FAGGOT
[22:49] <dippo> SHUT UP
[22:49] <Port-> NICE ONE
* dippo stabs port with a dagger of debt
[22:49] <dippo> +2 enchanted
[22:49] * Port-/#ween rolls a saving throw
[22:50] <Port-> eat mychaotic warlock dust dippo…when are you going to learn that bards can’t fight?
[22:50] <brygo> yo
[22:50] <Port-> i knew that would wake up brygo
Amanda and I currently work
Amanda and I currently work opposite schedules (I work during the day and she works evenings), so we found ourselves going out to eat a lot, snacking on our own, and eating lots of junk food..
It was unhealthy AND expensive..
So we decided to do what we had talked about doing in the past, and went to the grocery store and got ingredients to make about 3 or 4 big meals.
Amanda was a nonstop, lean, mean cooking machine.. She made pork chops, curried chicken, beef.. you name it, and then when it was all done, froze it all in individual portions with an assortment of vegetables and side-dishes.
It’s great — now when I go to work, or when I need a quick dinner, I just grab one of these..
Check it out:
I’m hoping this will end up saving us a lot of time and money in the long run!
October 3, 2001
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is still pursuing any peer to peer file sharing programs relentlessly.
This internal memo leaked from the RIAA is further proof of that.
Trying to stop this kind of file/information transfer, peer-to-peer or otherwise, is pointless. It’s like trying to plug a leaking dam with your fingers.
Are they evil, or just stupid?
You be the judge.
October 2, 2001
I normally avoid everything on
I normally avoid everything on rotten.com like the plague, but this is really amazing/sad.
Don’t worry, it’s nothing disturbing (like most of rotten.com is).
October 1, 2001
This is what I have.
This is what I have.
From http://www.hkmj.org.hk/skin/urticari.htm:
8. CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA
A common condition in young adults with intensely itchy and short-lived eruption developing in response to sweating, exercise, emotion and hot foods. It is postulated that an increase in blood temperature triggers a neural reflex which releases acetylcholine from sympathetic nerve endings, in turn activate the mast cell to degranulate. Characteristic small wheals, less than 2 mm in diameter with surrounding red halo are more profuse on the upper trunk and proximal parts of the upper limbs. Thus it is also called micropapular urticaria. Associated systemic symptoms include faintness, headache, wheezing and palpitation.
Diagnosis is established from the history and the finding of characteristic rash during an attack. The rash can also be brought up on exercise or whole body warming. These lesions can often be reproduced by intradermal injection of cholinergic drugs, e.g., metholyl or acetylcholine.
Treatment is unsatisfactory. Patients, especially those with associated systemic symptoms, should be told to avoid situations that can precipitate an attack. Some patients improve with antihistamine therapy. This can be taken regularly or at times when they anticipate attacks. Fortunately for most patients the condition tends to improve spontaneously.
It really sucks.
Well, I’d have to say
Well, I’d have to say the most interesting facet of this whole national tragedy for me has been observing the reaction of the people..
I’ve been really amazed at how easily people rally for war, and how easily people are manipulated — and how astonishingly ignorant people are.
I also got sick of CNN and most of the major news agencies after about two days.. Thankfully, I had http://www.stratfor.com/ for news and analysis. It was useful enough to me that i went ahead and subscribed. It was worth it!
