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Lesbians of Lesbos

It seems that the some of the people of Lesbos are offended with anyone else being called a lesbian.
“The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the islanders, and disgraces them around the world.”
Personally, how exactly is it disgraceful [...]

More in passing

Last week my Aunt passed away. She was my Father’s last remaining sibling. She had been in the hospital for several weeks before she passed and I spent most all my free time there with her until her death. It was not something that I care to repeat anytime soon. Watching someone slip away day [...]

Interesting Camera Phone Stats

I was wandering around on flickr this afternoon and somehow ended up on one of their available stats pages. It lists which camera types are most popular for taking pictures to upload. Granted it does not list all camera types as some cameras do not provide the information, but it is pretty interesting nevertheless. I [...]

A lifetime of video games

I was watching this YouTube video of the history of video games (1972-2007) and it is 4 minutes and 57 seconds of video game clips. As I was watching this little gem of a video and reminiscing about Adenture, Castlevania, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Pac Man, Leisure Suit Larry, Tetris, Lemmings, and many many many more. [...]

One Mundane Meme

Favorite laundry detergent: I use Ulta Tide because it cleans my clothes and that is all you can really ask of your laundry detergent.
Favorite item used for an unintended purpose: I use toothpaste to polish the silver and it really works. I can’t stand the smell of the silver polish stuff, so I have a [...]

The trouble with Easter

Normally, I don’t have any problems with Easter. Overall it is a pretty good holiday. My main focus at Easter is usually all the candy (especially the Peeps). But this year the sugary holiday appeared far more quickly than I was ready to deal with. While Easter was here and all the people around me [...]

gay bashing

I don’t usually get political on this site, but for this I had to make an exception:
It would seem that being gay “is not a lifestyle that is good for this nation” and that the homosexual lifestyle “is a death knell for this country” according to Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern. The previous quotes were [...]

Coming of age

At this point in my life I have seen quite a bit of technology come and go. Gadgets gleefully appear before your very eyes and then disappear in a dust cloud. I have lusted after many different types of gizmo’s at various times throughout my life and almost never regretted it in the morning after [...]

Possessions that posses us

Most everyone I know collects or has collected something. I think this is a normal, healthy part of life.  The desire to own the complete set of this, that or the other thing is something that passes the time and puts a smile on our faces. But when does the collection of something move into [...]

Snoozefest

I was reading this post over at Neatorama (the original source is here) and it got me to calculating (which is never really a good thing - as it takes all my fingers and toes). Part of the post said:
“More than a third of American adults hit the snooze button every morning an average of [...]