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New computer, new dog

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Just put together a new computer and am very happy with it. I also managed to buy a “new” copy of Win XP Pro Retail from Amazon. With XP having become a valuable gem since its discontinuation by Microsoft, I’m happy to have two retail copies, one home and one pro. We also just got [...]

Thoughts on funding of “cures” for psychiatric illnesses

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

(Slightly abridged from something I posted to Usenet earlier tonight) We need to cut any and all government funding of public, private, nonprofit, and academic efforts researching “curing” mental illness, autism, retardation, etc. because there is a major conflict of interest issue. Unlike medication, which treats symptoms such as depression, anxiety, paranoia, attentiveness, etc., a [...]

conservapedia is down…

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

the internet is weird here. and it’s very hot. i hate laptops. At home it’s 99 degrees but it never reached that here. i hate the taste of hard alcohol even though the entire country likes it. there is just no sugaring out that terrible medicine taste. i’m getting kinda bored too. i was up [...]

red

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

You Could Use Some Red Your life may seem to be in a rut right now. Your wheels are turning, but you’re not going anywhere. You feel like you could be getting so much more out of every day, but you don’t know where to begin. Tap into some red energy by starting small. Do [...]

Some fun quizzes

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

(I used screenshots in certain cases to more easily comply with standards) Big Five personality test (click the thumbnails below): (Big 5 is the only “professional” psychological test I’ve found which works for me. Others like the popular Myers-Briggs are always inaccurate.) Computer Geek Quiz     You Are Teal Green You are a one [...]