Friends, Photos, Favors, Feeling Ill

October 13, 2007 – 12:43 pm

I practically begged Will and Karen to get on a carnival ride with me so I could get portraits with the lights streaking behind them. Will warned me that he doesn’t do well on rides; I argued that no ride with so many kids under four feet tall could be too dangerous for us.
We boarded, [...]

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Pravda March 18 Headline: US To Collapse on Feb 5

March 18, 2006 – 4:59 pm

I regularly check the English language online edition of Pravda for laughs and sometimes for their take on US domestic affairs. But today’s headline left me scratching my head. What calendar are these people using, anyway?

The headlined story is offered without any context or explanation. As it turns out, author Ian Magnussen really did mean February 5th 2006, not 2007 or later. Had it appeared two months ago it might have been called speculative fiction, though more likely seen as a crazy conspiracy theory. I just find it a bit scary. But still, why publish it now?

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Peanutty ? Peanut Butter

March 4, 2006 – 12:17 am

Treehugger pointed out these P.B. Slices as an example of excessive packaging. What they didn’t mention was the ingredients or processing used to make a non-sticky, peanut flavored “food product.”
It’s worth mentioning here that I have a rule about things I find in the supermarket: if it says “food” on the label, you probably shouldn’t [...]

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Humanoid Robots Are Eerie

December 3, 2005 – 9:36 pm

My friend Troy pointed out a while ago that the more “realistic” our 3-d models of humans get, the scarier they look. Apparently it applies to robots to, at least judging by the “actroid” above.
Maybe I better put How To Survive a Robot Uprising closer to the top of my reading list.
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Those Crazy K-Fee Ads

September 30, 2005 – 7:53 am

It turns out that K-Fee, the company that pushes its energy drink with the scary TV ads, has a English-language website. It also turns out they’ve got the scary car ad and eight others online. Here they are:

Angler
Car
Buddha
Golf
Beach
Meadow
Yoga
Soothing Waves
Ocean Path

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