The woman was in the hospital bed surrounded by monitors, tubes and wires streaming from under the blankets. He eyed her for a moment before approaching. She was awake. The bruise around her throat from the rope used to nearly strangle her to death was an angry purple. "Miss Wilson?" he asked. She looked over at him with a wince that indicated that her neck was protesting the movement. Her eyes welled with tears. "Yes" she croaked. "Miss Wilson I am Detective Adams. I'd like to ask y...
dasfanvia. yet another spammer dredging up old threads to pollute the forums.
Like Google's search power but don't like the fact that they store your search information, IP address, and set cookies on your machine? Well now you can use Google without all of that. There is now a site that allows you to "scrape" google searches from behind their IP so that there are no records of your searches kept at Google. Ok, it's for the severely paranoid, but some folks might like it. Link
Damn I should have stayed in Florida. It's 15 degrees outside right now. That's just insane cold. And of course there's a nice wind blowing to make it feel even colder. I went out to get some smokes and even though I was wearing longhandles, a coat, gloves, and fur hat I was still freezing. I bought my smokes and beat it back to my hotel. I was going to go get some dinner someplace. To hell with that! I ordered pizza delivery. Let the delivery driver freeze, I'm staying in where it's warm....
As much as I enjoy the ritual of wet shaving, spoiling myself with a nice shave cream applied with a badger bristle brush and removing my whiskers with a good razor, it's getting into the cold season. I spend a good amount of time outdoors securing loads in all sorts of weather. It's time for me to set aside personal spoilage in favor of practicality. I have started growing my beard again. The cold weather is setting in and when out in a strong wind and subfreezing temperatures a beard ca...
I received yet another one of those fake eBay scam letters. Instead of deleting it as I normally do I decided to forward it to ebay's scam reporting address, not that I think it will actually do any good but what the heck. try to make trouble for scammers whenever you can, right? Here is an excerpt from the reply they sent me: Hello, Thank you for writing to eBay regarding the email you received. Emails such as this, commonly referred to as "spoof" or "phished" messages, are se...
You have to love the weather forecasters. While watching the morning news the weather man said that there was only a 10% chance of rain today. I'm certainly glad that it's only 10% of the rain that is falling right now. I'd hate to see what 100% of it looks like.
I've been surfing the net as I have a habit of doing, and came across an English Islamic forum. It makes for some interesting and somewhat educational reading. Of particular note were some of the forum rules, which I am listing here. 02- Posting in gender room by someone with a wrong or no gender icon: disable 5 03- Posting anti-Islamic link or offensive content: disable 10 + trash 05- Posting profane words: warn + edit post 06- Supporting un-Islamic Behavior: disable 10 ...
Star Trek fans should enjoy this. Link
Ok, I'll tell you right up front that I am writing simply because I'm enjoying a few beers and there's nothing good on television. If you're looking for something insightful or meaningful, go ahead and move on now because this ain't it. For the rest of you, here it is. How well do you know yourself? Are you totally honest with yourself? Really? Ever since I was a little kid I was told by my parents, teachers, and various other people who should know that I was quite bright and could ...
Ok, I know that this is THE question. The one that has been pondered since the dawn of human intelligence. When we look around us we see everything that makes up this world, this little rock we crawl about on while it spins around and flies through the universe. I am not presenting this question as a religion vs science debate forum, but rather as a chance to knock around some ideas about how this all came to be. If your belief is creation, fine. If your belief is something other than creatio...
As I've been on a more or less vegetarian diet (not strict) for most of the year I am feeling a serious meat over load after Thanksgiving. My system simply isn't used to eating this much meat and I'm feeling it. I eat small amounts of meat here and there, even having a steak once in a while, but I don't eat it on a daily basis and never a lot of it. I had to go buy some groceries for the remainder of my home stay and decided to avoid any more meat products so as to try and get my digestiv...
I had to go to Wally World today to pick up some kitten food, cat treats, and some Gatorade for myself. I was expecting the Black Friday crowd. Amazingly enough the place wasn't any more crowded than it normally is, and maybe even a little less so. I was able to get in, get what I needed, and go straight to a register without having to stand in a line to check out. I was a bit amazed as I had steeled myself for the rudeness and bustle of manic shoppers.
I've been playing around with the Gnome desktop environment and desktop settings. I kind of like the results.
I just discovered this guy. He makes custom made pens from wood and acrylics. They are beautiful one of a kind pens and could make a great Christmas gift for someone. He states that the pens are made individually without the use of duplicators, which makes each one unique. I found one style that I especially like and have already emailed him to inquire about it. It can be my Christmas gift to myself. For a custom made pen, the prices are quite reasonable. Link