Wherein I ponder, rant, rave or babble semi-coherently on the nature of life, the universe and everything (and here there be memes)

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

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NaBloPoMo Day 30
I’ve got a lot of blogs and websites and web comics in my RSS feed.  And for this last day of NaBloPoMo, I thought I’d share some of them with you.
In the Art category, two of my favorite blogs are dot art and The Art of Madelaine.  Dotartdude creates fabulously colorful square abstract [...]

The End Is Near

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NaBloPoMo Day 29
So, it’s the penultimate day of National Blog Posting Month.  I really didn’t think I’d be able to post every single freakin’ day for a whole month.  I’m pretty sure I deserve a prize or something.
Will I continue to post here every day once December rolls around?  Um, well… maybe not.  Probably not.  [...]

Sometimes I Delete Comments

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NaBloPoMo Day 28
Well, actually I mark them as spam so Akismet knows to shut the door in your face next time.
Listen, if you have something to say that pertains to the post, that’s cool.  It does need to be written in fairly coherent English, but I’m not going to hold you to the same standards [...]

Spam Comments Can Be Funny

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NaBloPoMo Day 27
I don’t get many spam comments compared to other blogs, simply because I don’t have the traffic that other blogs do.  Most of the spam is pretty boring stuff.  But every once it a while, there will be one that makes me wonder what drugs the commenter was taking, or one that makes [...]

Gratitude

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NaBloPoMo Day 26
I am grateful for a lot of things, but mostly I’m grateful for the people in my life.  I’m grateful for my family and friends, co-workers and chorus-mates, my mail carrier and the UPS guy, the guys who take away the garbage and recycling, the cashier at the grocery store who is always [...]

Stuff I Don’t Want to Do

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NaBloPoMo Day 25
As a homeowner, I have the opportunity to do many things I have no real interesting in doing.

I could paint the inside or the outside of my house.  Some people think that I would enjoy doing this, because painting large expanses of walls and ceilings is just like painting on canvas or paper.  [...]

Yo. Microsoft.

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NaBloPoMo Day 24
You put this Windows Defender thing on my computer without my permission.  And you update it every other frackin’ day. You’re really bugging me, Microsoft.
Why do you think you know better than I do?  Huh?  Why?  I have an anti-virus/anti-spyware program already.  It’s a program I really like, and I trust its ability [...]

A Confession

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NaBloPoMo Day 23
Sometimes when I’ve driving around, I see color combinations that make me want to stop the car and pull out my paints right then and there.  This compulsion is especially strong when I see that orange-pink-purple combination in the sky.  This usually occurs in evening rush hour, and is why I don’t carry [...]

I Love to Read

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NaBloPoMo Day 22
I really like words.  When I was a kid, I used to read the dictionary.  Yes, yes… I was a complete dork by age 10.  (And, um, I still enjoy reading the dictionary.)  Loving words and loving to read are all tied up together.
I remember that there were always books to read in [...]

People Who Should be Committed

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NaBloPoMo Day 21
There are certain people who do inappropriate things in and to cars who ought to be locked up in a mental health facility because they are a danger to themselves and others:

The person who drives 20 (or more) miles per hour below the speed limit…  someday, someone driving a Hummer is going to [...]