This Halloween is going to be hilarious if this is the costume of the year!
Xanth
I’ve finished reading the 2nd Xanth book entitled “The Source of Magic”. I’m waiting for the 3rd and 5th book to arrive in the mail and I have the 4th book already.
I really liked The Source of Magic, although the 11th and 12th chapter had me shaken up because of Chester, Crombie and Humfrey, what happened to them. But when I got to the last 2 chapters I felt more at ease. I don’t want to give anything away for those who haven’t read these books yet. I know this one was written in 1979 (or at least published) and many have probably already read them but I’m just now reading them so I’m sure there are many others who have not read them yet.
A friend of mine, Alyce, bought me the 3rd and 5th book and sent them yesterday along with a few other goodies hehe so I have to wait for those to come before my adventure continues. And I’m sure it will be here on Monday (crosses eyes, fingers and legs).
But what to do with my time while I wait… Hmmmm…. what shall I do?
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eBookwise
I went to eBay to find how much the Kindle 1 cost used and it’s not that much cheaper. I did find this though. eBookwise 1150 Reading Device for $135.95 +$10 shipping. It has a sad 64mb of internal memory but you can add more with SmartMedia Memory Cards, up to 128MB.
Go ahead and read their website from that link above. I’m thinking that if I am able to save the money for the Kindle 3 by the time it comes out and I still can’t buy it or it still doesn’t have the features I want then to heck with it, I’ll just buy this one. Or I might just save up for eBookwise e-reader to use as a test e-reader and use it until the kindle goes down in price. There is no sense in spending money I can’t afford to spend on something I probably won’t be able to use that often. And if I bought books on this new one I’m almost positive I can transfer them over to Kindle if I do decide to get one of those. Then I can give the eBookwise to Darrin.
Hehe I’m always giving him my hand me down electronics.
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Howard Goes To Jail
Howard K. Stern turns himself in today for allegedly illegally obtaining prescription drugs for Anna Nicole Smith.
It’s about freakin time I say. If he hadn’t been allegedly supplying her with drugs she and her son might still be alive today. Although I don’t know for a fact that her son died from this but I’m certain it probably had something to do with it.
Every time I watched her reality show on E! I knew something was wrong with her, no normal person acts like they are drugged up if they aren’t taking something. She was constantly slurring and walking as if she were drunk. And that crazy clown video should have been proof enough that she was on something.
Despite her crazy behavior, I really liked her and it was very upsetting when she passed away. I felt really sorry for her when her son died but then she died and it was a real tragedy.
I really hope that Howard goes to prison for this.
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Steve Wilkos Show
The episode of Steve Wilkos show called “He beat me in my sleep” was just on and it was about this young, very young couple who are 18 and 19 years old with a 1-year-old baby. The boyfriend admitted to beating his girlfriend in her sleep because he was mad at her. What? What the hell was he mad at for? Did she pull the covers off of him? Did she snore too loud? What could possibly make this guy beat his girlfriend while she slept? She ended up going to the hospital with a black eye, split lip, concussion, bruises all over. And yet she didn’t leave him.
At the beginning of the episode, the girlfriend told a story of how he beats their 1-year-old son. One morning the 1-year-old threw the hair brush into the toilet and he got beat for that. He’s a frickin’ 1 year old douche bag! That’s what 1 year old’s do, they throw things. They don’t even know they are doing it.
He said that he beats his baby or spanks his baby to teach him but a 1-year-old isn’t going to remember any lesson about anything because he’s ONE!
In the first segment, the girlfriend was asked by Steve, if he doesn’t pass his lie detector test are you going to leave him and she said I suppose I have to but then at the very end of their half of the show he gave her a choice. Either walk through the door that her abusive boyfriend walked through or go through this other door and have a lifetime of friendship and help with me and she walked through the door to go to her boyfriend. What the hell did she even go on the show for? What a complete waste of time for Steve, for the audience, for me… And what lesson is being learned here? Because I’ll bet you anything that as soon as they left and went back to the hotel or wherever, he beat her for bringing him on the show.’
You know, this guy totally reminds me of my step-dad when I was a baby. He met my mom when I was 18 months old and basically moved in right away, they didn’t even know each other and he moved in. He assumed the role of dad to me and my sister and of course with the dad role that meant child beater role too. He would beat me in front of my aunts, uncles and grandparents to show dominance. To show who the alpha male was. He was trying to show them how tough he was and all he showed was how much of a coward he was. And these times he would beat me in front of other people, my aunt told me that I was just sitting there, not doing anything. I totally didn’t deserve that but he did it anyway to me.
I am so sick of coward men beating women and children but what I’m mostly sick of are women who stay with these men because they are not just hurting themselves, they are also hurting their young children who don’t deserve to be involved in that abuse. That is when I say that not only is that guy a coward but that girl is a coward as well and their child should be taken away from them and put into foster care. He would be better off with another family.
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Andy on US of Tara
I just finished watching next weeks all new United States of Tara. How? I don’t know why but they always have new episodes a week early in the On Demand channel only. I only found out by accident when I first started watching the show.
I won’t give anything away but next weeks episode will answer any and all questions about Andrew Lawrence’s character on this show.
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Satellite Clock
I bought this satellite clock from Publisher’s Clearing House last year because I wanted to increase my chances of winning money hehe. I know, buying doesn’t increase your chances blah blah blah.
So I’ve always wanted a satellite clock ever since they came out but I really don’t NEED a satellite clock that much so I just never bought one. I don’t really look at a regular clock, I always look at a cell phone or the cable box or the clock on the computer and all those clocks are basically satellite clocks.
I didn’t have an alarm clock though so I bought this from PCH. I haven’t had it long enough for it to require a time change from the stupid twice a year time change. Right now it’s “Spring Forward” but my clock didn’t spring forward like it’s supposed to. I took a picture to show that it is still at 11am when it should be 12pm. I put it outside and pressed the sync button to see if it syncs or not. Here is a picture of what it looks like so you can beware not to waste your money on it.
The only way that the camera was able to take a picture of this so you can see the display was from an angle. In fact, the only way I can see what time it is is to tilt it so I can see it from this angle. Otherwise the LCD display looks blank. It always looks like the batteries are dying even though it has brand spanking new batteries in it. It does have a lovely blue light when you press the snooze button so you can see it better in the dark.
I could set it manually but that’s not way I bought it. I bought it so I wouldn’t have to. I’m going to go check on it to see if it’s changed or not. It’s been out there for about 10 minutes…. OK good, I just went and got it and the time has indeed changed to the current time according to my cable box. It is currently 12:23pm.
It would be nice if it set itself in the house and I wouldn’t have to take it outside to have it set itself properly. But you know, it’s only twice a year and during battery changes that I have to deal with this crap. So I guess I take it back. Buy it but beware, you have to tilt it to see what time it is and you have to take it outside to sync with the satellites.
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Cell Phone Popcorn
I was just sent this video that shows these people with cell phones sitting in a circle on a table with about 5 or 6 pieces of pre-popped popcorn and they each call their perspective cell phones and all of a sudden these pieces of corn just start popping. Then they show another group doing it then another group doing it all getting the same results, popcorn.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pXg0TifZpQ
However, I went to YouTube so I can get the video so I can embed it in here much easier than just putting in a link and I found this one instead. It’s from a radio show called “The Regular Guys” on 100.5 FM in Atlanta, Georgia. They try the same thing but get no results. I don’t know if it’s because one of the cell phones was vibrating away from the corn or not but the corn did not pop thus debunking this myth.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC4eeB2M7hk
There is a spoof video of these guys trying it with a steak. Check it out it’s so funny.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przkFZJSkOc
I went to Snopes.com to get the whole truth about this and it’s false. The snopes page that I actually went to was about cooking an egg with a cell phone but towards the bottom of the page they showed these videos about popcorn. They show a CNN news story where they talk to the guy who created these videos for a blue tooth company who basically made this up to sell his product and these stunts are all for a commercial. Not meant to scare people but meant as a joke and to sell their product.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOZZ6dJiIgo
Update 2011-02-09: Apparently it seems that 2 out of 4 of the videos in this post have become private. I’m assuming because the people who put the first video up knew that it was fake so they made it private because they were probably getting negative messages. The last video at the bottom (above this update) is private and I don’t know why. I do know that this was a hilarious stunt and it should be back up for all to enjoy.
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Michael Jackson’s Final Curtain Call
Michael Jackson is doing his final curtain call by doing 10 concerts in London. He says “this is it” no more after that. Is this supposed to be a come back? Because I’m not seeing come back when he says it’s his final curtain call. Why is he doing this? Money! He’s broke because of all his financial problems due to his court issues a couple of years ago.
He has to do 10 concerts so he can have the money to buy a new Neverland in London because his Neverland has been sold and all of his possessions are being auctioned.
I really do feel sorry for him. He was a gorgeous black man once upon a time and now he’s a gross skeletal white woman. I really don’t understand what is going through his mind. His nose is so small and it looks like he doesn’t have a nose. I don’t want to trash Mike because I like him but come on dude, stop doing weird shit. You are a very talented person but your BDD is way out of control.
I have BDD also but I don’t have the money to fix my issues. The only issue I have is my weight so all I’d need is a treadmill and possibly a personal trainer and I’m done. Maybe go to the hair club for men and get some contact lenses but that’s it lol.
I wish Michael Jackson the best of luck with his final 10 curtain calls and I hope he makes enough money so he can be comfortable even though our shitty economy is spreading like wild-fire to the rest of the world. Good luck taking all the English people’s money away from them, making them homeless so you can get rich again.
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Eye Video Camera
Filmmaker shows off eye-mounted wireless video camera – Source Dvice.com
Check this out. This filmmaker invented an eye mounted wireless video camera that he can plans to use to film a documentary. He lost an eye as a child and so he has a prosthetic eye.
This would have a very good use for blind people, that is if it had a chip that attached to the brain so that the blind person can see everything that the bionic eye can see. They could remove the blind eyes and put in 2 prosthetic eyes with the camera installed into them. I don’t see how you would be able to move the eyes though so I don’t know how that would work. Although, they could just remove 1 eye because you probably only need 1 good eye to see.
I can see some other uses for this like for example video making, since it’s wireless you can have it recording to a hard drive in your pocket like the size of a USB drive then when you are finished recording you can put it on your computer to edit.
But the con side of that is you could be intimate with someone and they won’t know that you are video taping and then you could put it all over the internet and that person would be humiliated forever.
But, I can also see a good side. If you are robbed at gunpoint or maybe even killed the police can look at the video to see who robbed and or killed you.
Piracy would be so much easier with this too. People would go to the movies and be video taping it with their eye, they’d have to keep real still, don’t sneeze. Then put it out there for all to see. Same with concerts. It’s bad enough that there are too many pirates out there stealing money from the movie industry by selling illegal DVDs, I can just imagine that they would find out that they are using a bionic eye then they would have an eye scanner all over the place so you can’t record. But what if you are blind? What then?
There are many pros and cons to this and I’m not exactly sure if this will ever happen but who knows, it might be sooner than you think. I’m sure it will cost several thousands of dollars and it will only go to those who can’t see and there probably won’t be a hard drive for video taping but more a chip attached to the brain for blind people to see. That’s fair enough. If they knew it could be used for illegal purposes then they would become illegal to have very fast.
Xanapus` Lair 