tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76538129611633714102024-02-08T12:21:27.695-06:00Solitary ReasonOn Life, the universe, everything. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-4927236097356432402012-10-22T21:48:00.000-05:002012-10-22T21:48:27.665-05:00Time to kill this blogYes its that time again. Bury the past. What in the fuck was I thinking? I mean holy shit. I look back on the recent posts I have made concerning a girl - whom probably didn't care about me one fraction of how I cared about her. And just wow.<br />
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Anyway I am probably going to move over to WP Well yes Probably. I need a new start. Had an epiphany tonight and can't wait to blog about it. Downloading the app as I speak.<br />
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http://lokakuuta.wordpress.com<br />
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See you on the other side. Symbolically killing this blog kills the past buried within.<br />
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Its been real<br />
ChrisChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-16415741505864285972012-08-29T20:19:00.000-05:002012-08-29T22:55:59.844-05:00Jury DutyToday I was called in for Jury selection. I have never been on a jury, once I was called in to go to Middlesex County court in Massachusetts in Cambridge. But - at that point, when the trial was to take place I had already moved to Tennessee.<br />
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So today I show up at 9 AM. and join roughly 60-70 others in a waiting area outside the courtroom. Then we all file in. The judge is typical southern, and old-timey. He starts talking about "this country" and "your duty" and quoting the Constitution. But then he started quoting the Declaration of independence and then he started talking about God. And about the Pledge of allegiance and how it was one nation "under God". I was biting my lip seriously.<br />
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After all the God talk he starts calling people's names up, 12 at a time. Then he asks them all at the same time, if they can serve. Most say yes, but every once in a while one or two give a reason. Either they have a medical condition, or they have a demanding job. He then proceeds to guilt them into serving. Only a few -probably about 2% actually were dismissed because of legitimate reasons. Me myself, well My work is paying me for it, and I had no problem with it, so.<br />
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I just disliked the whole God/Christianity thing he was preaching. I knew the conversation would go south when he proclaimed that "America is the greatest country ever".<br />
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Anyway I am on it (jury duty) and that was the process.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-70650799787239399522012-08-29T19:39:00.000-05:002012-08-29T22:55:00.567-05:00Quick thoughtsI can report that I am feeling better - like 100 % better. I came to the realization that the harder you look for something the more you aren't going to find it. I need to just enjoy life and quit being so depressed that something is not going to happen. I mean, yes my ex wife is out right now with some dude. She is getting "dates" so much easier than me. And I am having a hard time of it.<br />
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But as frustrated as I am, I just have to trudge forward, and see what life can throw at me. I mean, the delusion of Love can really cloud your mind. And also - to the free-thinker like myself (i.e. non-theist) I have an analytical mind, and I think too much about things. I came to realize yesterday, that I should just shut off my brain for a bit and go with the flow. Yes meeting people is difficult. It sucks, and when you do meet someone you like - they're never on the same page as you :(<br />
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But alas, I will move forward now, without a clouded mind, blinded by love, or whatever I think is love.<br />
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So here's to the future.<br />
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CheersChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-6547744708852253412012-08-28T21:23:00.001-05:002012-08-29T22:53:45.141-05:00Normal Thoughts ReturnWell it's been two days and I am still in a bit of emotional pain, but the pain is lessened. I am going to try and go for a streak. I didn't cry at all today. Let's see if I can keep that streak alive. I actually laughed while listening to the Adam Carolla show this morning. There was a Black Ford focus and a cream colored Chrysler 300 that were parked on the shoulder of I-440 at Nolensville Rd. A stereotypical "hillbilly" complete with a snowy white 12 inch beard and overalls comes out of the Focus and a 40-something guy comes out of the 300 and they start arguing and pointing at each other. It was some kind of road rage incident. An older (60-65 year old) TDOT guy comes out on site (we're across the interstate) and he points this out to me -a scene I would have otherwise ignored. He says, in his southern old-timey drawl "look at them they're fixin to start swinging" I thought they were going to get in a fight. His southern charm and humor rubbed off on me and I laughed - a real laugh.<br />
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I was able to concentrate on my work today, whereas I was not able to yesterday. I started feeling a little better. Yesterday I was a lot worse. I couldn't stop thinking about her. Everything I did reminded me of her (S).<br />
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<li>Driving down Nolensville, I passed by the zoo. We were previously making plans to go to the zoo. </li>
<li>I saw a Radnor Lake license plate and could see the Radnor Lake hills from I-440 as I was driving west to West End. We had previously planned on going to Radnor Lake together. </li>
<li>My ex wife complained to me that "Netflix sucks" because they didn't have certain movies that she liked (Twilight and Bridesmaids) -Me and S watched bridesmaids at her house on Saturday. </li>
<li>My ex wife asked me to bring her sushi, and me and S went out to Samurai on Elliston on Friday. </li>
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:( Nothing I could do would let me forget her.<br />
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When I get dealt crushing emotional blows like this, like on Sunday, when S sent me the Dear John letter via Facebook messages, I start reaching out to my friends. And my friends were there to catch me. Via FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Skype, phone calls, Facebook posts, and text messages. I would be in a very different place right now had they not been there to break my fall and offer their hands to help me up.<br />
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The ex wife (She's a part of the support group as crazy as that sounds) gives me an idea. She says "Hey lets argue about something - that'll take your mind off her." -She was right.<br />
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I finally ate my first bite of food last night since S and me were out on Saturday at Cabanna. I finally slept last night, whereas on Sunday night I didn't sleep at all.<br />
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Music helps. Just not music that we shared. Like special songs with meaning.<br />
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I've been here before. I know the way back up the mountain. I will make that climb.<br />
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<br />Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-9307156529503440392012-08-26T19:45:00.001-05:002012-08-29T22:52:51.308-05:00The bottomThe bottom can mean so many different things at any time. I have a steady job, a personal vehicle, I live in a single family house full time with my daughter - who loves me. So I can't fairly say I have hit "the bottom" but if you were to say -strictly on an emotional scale -there is a bottom and I have seen it. I saw it last February when the beginning of the end was for my marriage. I crawled around the bottom like a pair of ragged claws, scuttling across the floors of silent seas. I have been crawling there since the divorce last year. My friends have truly elevated me - in these times. Last May, I was dealt a severe blow and it was hard to recover from that, but I did.<br />
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Smash cut to the last two weeks. I am on top of the world. Nothing could bring me down. This weekend was the best weekend I have had in a very long time. Emotionally speaking, it was the top of Mt. Everest. I was with a very special person to me. We have shared everything. She was the best thing thats happened to me since the divorce. I will just leave it at that because the details would be too much.<br />
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Then to go from that place to the bottom of the sea in such a short time span. It really hurts. I am confused and upset. REALLY upset. I know I have good things in my life now - my daughter, my stable employment, and my friends. But all I want to do now is crawl in to a ball and shut down.<br />
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I can't really type now, I just wanted to get something out there quick to record my thoughts currently.<br />
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Feeling just awful.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-91916037475502005272012-08-19T21:33:00.000-05:002012-08-19T21:49:18.113-05:00HelplessIts been a while since I have written anything on here, but I felt compelled to write something that I felt deserved its own place besides Facebook or twitter. I will just get into the meat of the issue immediately:<br />
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This afternoon I went to the grocery store. Or rather, I went to a store that sells groceries among other things. This store is featured on a popular website whereby everyday people take photos with their cell phones in order to ridicule and or belittle them publicly. There seems to be a lot of unsavory people going to this local business. I found out first hand just the flavor of unsavoriness.<br />
I stopped for an iced coffee on the way and felt like enjoying the remaining 35% of it out in my parked vehicle with the windows down as it was a splendid 80 degrees and sunny out. As I was finishing the coffee, scrolling down the news feed in my Facebook on my iPhone, I heard the faint cries of a little two year old child. Then I heard the scary aggressive authoritative barking of an overweight man in his 40's threatening "I'm gonna give you something to cry about in a minute!". Now hearing this, immediately took me back to my childhood, the 1980's. I was the recipient of many spankings. Justice was swift and immediate.<br />
So when I heard this phrase -exact in word-for-word as I had myself heard it as a young seven year old. I didn't pay it much mind. I could see the fat bastard of a dad (let's call him Chuck from here on) in my rear view mirror with a young toddler I assumed to be about two years old in his firm grip. The child's arm was being stretched into the air because the hulking massive 6' 3" father was too lazy to either pick up the kid or hunch down to hold his hand like a loving father should. No instead he had his fat, greasy man-hands wrapped around the poor kids forearm like he was holding a piece of luggage or something. It was only then, that I took notice. My car windows were down and the nature of my car, I was probably hidden from view from his perspective.<br />
He was driving a black pickup truck that was parked next to me. And he had finally gotten the kid to the driver's side of the truck so he still hadn't seen me probably. I then hear him and creep my head around to witness him beating the living shit out of the kid. and the kid's screams amplified and resonated through probably the whole parking lot of the place. After this this fat bastard didn't stop. I almost felt like getting out of my car and telling this useless skinbag to pick on someone his own size. But I didn't. I let out an audible cough and a shake of my iced coffee cup with a bit of ice and a small amount of coffee in it. He immediately stopped. The guy's apparent wife was by this point hastily loading the groceries in the bed of the pickup, because she had made eye contact with me in my side mirror as she was loading the groceries on the truck's passenger side.<br />
Her body language said it all. She was scared and cowering. Submissive and subservient. Chuck at this point buckles the kid in and gets in the truck and starts the engine while his apparent wife is still loading the groceries. He belches out a "Hurry the fuck up Renee!" and she replies "I'm trying honey." half of the groceries loaded she loads the rest with almost super human speed. Not two nanoseconds later Chuck throws the truck in reverse and starts backing out, leaving Renee to go and return the shopping cart to the corral in the parking lot, while Chuck was on the move to go pick her up. It was apparent this asshole wanted out and wanted out quick. Maybe because he finally realized I was in the car next to him with all the windows down, and witnessed his ass-hattery. Either way I felt helpless.<br />
He obviously was one of those traditional obvious Christian southern men who think women should do everything. By not even helping with the unloading of the groceries, he probably expects her to do everything for him. I know I am making huge assumptions here and huge generalizations, but it was all in her body language.<br />
A scary thought came over me as I was in the store getting my groceries. If this asshole acts like this in public, what the fuck is he doing in the privacy of his own home?! I really felt bad for that family. And worst of all, I felt Helpless. Helpless to do anything. He would have been long gone before any cops could come on scene and if the cops did come on the scene, they would have needed proof of wrongdoing, which -what I witnessed was a huge grey area. I could place an anonymous tip to DCS but then again, they need proof to take action. Its a lose-lose. Lose for the government agencies designed to protect victims of domestic abuse, and a lose for the victims themselves.<br />
And this kind of stuff happens every single day. Worse things happen all the time.<br />
I felt like complete and utter shit for the first few minutes of my shopping experience. And ultimately I felt helpless.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-30417152287244393092011-12-18T12:50:00.001-06:002011-12-18T12:50:21.578-06:00Check out 1. Erä<div></div><div> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>1. Erä</title> <p style="font:17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">This album kicks.</p> <table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right:10px;vertical-align:top"> <a role="text" aria-label="1. Erä" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1.-era/id279627698?ls=1"> <img border="0" alt="Cover Art" height="170" src="http://a1180.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/036/Music/91/e8/fe/mzi.jgkecqjr.170x170-75.jpg"> </a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <a aria-label="" role="text" style="color:black;text-decoration:none" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1.-era/id279627698?ls=1"> <h1 style="font:bold 16px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:-2px 0 3px">1. Erä</h1> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 2px">Giant Räbät</p> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 2px">Hip Hop/Rap</p> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 2px">Released: 2008</p> </a> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0;"> <a role="button" aria-label="View In iTunes" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1.-era/id279627698?ls=1"><img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/email/images_shared/view_item_button.png"></a> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br> <br> <table align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #696969; font-weight: bold;"> <a style="color: #1b1b1b;" href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/">iTunes for Mac and Windows</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #696969;">Please note that you have not been added to any email lists.<br> Copyright © 2011 Apple Inc. <a onfocus="this.blur();" style="color: #1b1b1b;" href="http://www.apple.com/legal/">All rights reserved</a><br> </span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad </div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-79775706135538779992011-12-11T19:23:00.001-06:002011-12-11T19:23:51.794-06:00CIA : Operation Ajax<div></div><div> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>CIA : Operation Ajax</title> <p style="font:17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Highly highly recommended. If you ever wondered why the terrorists hate us, this app (graphic novel) teaches about the history of how the US & Britain conspired to overthrow the government in Iran in 1953. </p><p style="font:17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br></p><p style="font:17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Check out this application on the App Store:</p> <table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right:10px;vertical-align:top"> <a role="text" aria-label="CIA : Operation Ajax" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cia-operation-ajax/id472099770?mt=8&ls=1"> <img border="0" alt="Cover Art" height="170" style="-webkit-border-radius: 30px;" src="http://a68.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/112/Purple/f0/1d/25/mzm.ttsenaiu.170x170-75.jpg"> </a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <a aria-label="" role="text" style="color:black;text-decoration:none" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cia-operation-ajax/id472099770?mt=8&ls=1"> <h1 style="font:bold 16px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:-2px 0 3px">CIA : Operation Ajax</h1> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 2px">Cognito Comics</p> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 2px">Category: Books</p> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 2px">Updated: Nov 07, 2011</p> </a> <ul style="display:inline-block;margin:0 0 10px;padding:0;-webkit-box-reflect: below -10px -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(transparent), to(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)));" role="text" aria-label="5 stars"> <li style="display:inline;margin:0 -2px 0 0"><img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/email/images_shared/rating-star.png"></li> <li style="display:inline;margin:0 -2px 0 0"><img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/email/images_shared/rating-star.png"></li> <li style="display:inline;margin:0 -2px 0 0"><img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/email/images_shared/rating-star.png"></li> <li style="display:inline;margin:0 -2px 0 0"><img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/email/images_shared/rating-star.png"></li> <li style="display:inline;margin:0 -2px 0 0"><img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/email/images_shared/rating-star.png"></li> </ul> <span style="display:inline-block;font:bold 11px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#4f5459"> 104 Ratings</span> <p style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0;"> <a role="button" aria-label="View In iTunes" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cia-operation-ajax/id472099770?mt=8&ls=1"><img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/email/images_shared/view_item_button.png"></a> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br> <br> <table align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #696969; font-weight: bold;"> <a style="color: #1b1b1b;" href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/">iTunes for Mac and Windows</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #696969;">Please note that you have not been added to any email lists.<br> Copyright © 2011 Apple Inc. <a onfocus="this.blur();" style="color: #1b1b1b;" href="http://www.apple.com/legal/">All rights reserved</a><br> </span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad </div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-58712128991646326442011-02-07T12:41:00.000-06:002011-02-07T12:41:58.991-06:00My Twitter follow back policy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ine7Slt3Trg/TVA8lFLFkZI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/qTA2c7gF2Zg/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ine7Slt3Trg/TVA8lFLFkZI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/qTA2c7gF2Zg/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I started on twitter back in April 2007 - and it has since grown into the beast that it is today - not that that's a bad thing, but one has to set guidelines these days with follow-backs.<br />
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I used to feel, and still do feel as though some respect should be given to someone who follows you on Twitter. I also have a sense that if I am following you and you don't follow back, it exudes an air of arrogance - an I will explain this when I explain my follow back policy:<br />
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If you follow me I will follow you back if:<br />
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<ol><li>You are a real person and not an artificial life form.</li>
<li>You are not trying to sell anything. </li>
<li>Your account passes my bull shit detection. Examples:</li>
<ol><li>You have 0-2 tweets in total but yet you follow 200+ people including me. How on earth did you decide to follow me? </li>
<li>You have nonsense tweets to start, and have an avatar of a "hot chick". I have seen far too many scams from so-called "software" devs trying to "feed their family" writing bullshit crap ware like tweet-tornado.</li>
<li>Your profile is about something I just tweeted about. I once tweeted about the bible being bullshit and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/mikeydee1010">this person</a> started @ mentioning me. I looked down the persons tweets and it was obviously a bot and the person once in a while came to respond to @ mentions to them. Their lame bot message? It was a variation of the current one : "I'm trying to get people to follow @the140bible for some biblical tweets, are you interested?" Instead she said something like "Have you heard of the @the140bible? check it out" Just because I mentioned the bible in one of my tweets.</li>
<li>I click on your link and it takes me to bullshit. The photo I used for this blog post is a screenshot of a person that just has followed me this morning. Their web link takes me to <a href="http://lifesup.ru/">this SEO bullshit.</a> (figure 2)</li>
</ol><li>You have something interesting to say (offer). This one has a huge grey area. I am not interested in tweets that have nothing but links, thats an obvious feed for a blog. If I see you personally interact as well, this is a huge plus. I admittedly place a feed to this blog in twitterfeed, and I sometimes go a while without posting. anything but <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/getglue">@GetGlue</a> updates. But if you scroll down long enough you'll see some interaction with other people or you will see what I believe Twitter was meant for in the first place, and thats short, messages - micro blogging - thats highly interactive. </li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ine7Slt3Trg/TVA8oRp6cHI/AAAAAAAAA3c/cL_4NeHVEvQ/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ine7Slt3Trg/TVA8oRp6cHI/AAAAAAAAA3c/cL_4NeHVEvQ/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Figure 2. Russian SEO Bullshit)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>So, there you have it. I get 3 -5 followers per day and I can't always give each immediate attention, but if you are real, and have something meaningful to say, you will be followed back.</div><div><br />
</div><div>-C</div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-89309164235862836182011-02-07T12:00:00.001-06:002011-02-07T12:13:14.490-06:00Ahhh Monetization<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br />
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Last.fm</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:no-reply@last.fm">no-reply@last.fm</a>></span><br />
Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:59<br />
Subject: Changes to our radio service<br />
To: Chris1051 <<a href="mailto:dogstar1288@gmail.com">dogstar1288@gmail.com</a>><br />
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<div style="background: #fff; color: #1b1b1b; max-width: 600px;"><div style="background: #DA352D; border-bottom: 2px solid #AD2A25; border-top: 1px solid #DE7771; padding: 5px 10px 0px 14px;"><img alt="Last.fm" height="29px" src="http://cdn.last.fm/mobile/logo.gif" style="display: block;" /></div><div style="border: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0; padding: 15px;"><div style="color: #d51007; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 10px 0;">Dear Chris1051,</div>We want to share with you an important update about our radio service: <br />
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<div style="background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 5px solid #eee; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; padding: 5px 10px;">From February 15 you will need to be a subscriber to listen to Last.fm Radio stations on devices, including your Last.fm Android app.</div><br />
No other features are affected by this change. <br />
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In taking this decision, we have given a lot of thought to how this impacts some of our early adopters and long-time users like you. We truly appreciate what you have meant to our growth and success, and offer you the following as a token of our thanks; <br />
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<div style="color: #d51007; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 10px 0;">A free 3 month subscription to Last.fm</div>This will start automatically on February 15th 2011. As a result you will continue to be able to use Last.fm as you do today until the end of your subscription. If you'd like to see the other benefits of your free subscription, please visit the subscription page. <br />
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We appreciate you may have questions about this announcement, so visit <a href="http://www.last.fm/e/link?abgroup=&lang=en&placement=&resid=&restype=&source=device_notification_2011&subscriber=&time=1297101572&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.last.fm%2Fdevice-radio-announcement&urlhash=838e4f6e5451c1180379dc52670497ac&userid=5557288" style="color: #0187c5;" target="_blank">our blog</a> to read more about these changes and offer feedback. <br />
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<div style="border-top: 3px solid #eee; color: #999999; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.2; padding-top: 10px;"><span style="color: #888888;">Last.fm Ltd, Karen House, 1–11 Baches Street, London, UK, N1 6DL <img height="1" src="http://www.last.fm/e/view?abgroup=&lang=en&placement=&resid=&restype=&source=device_notification_2011&subscriber=&time=1297101572&url=&urlhash=effe3411657a7548680d0751ed686ff4&userid=5557288" width="1" /> </span></div></div></div></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-37601024608294221252011-02-03T21:00:00.000-06:002011-02-03T21:00:45.261-06:00Thievery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ine7Slt3Trg/TUtm48TXQ5I/AAAAAAAAA3Q/hI8W0Uv29Mw/s1600/cctv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ine7Slt3Trg/TUtm48TXQ5I/AAAAAAAAA3Q/hI8W0Uv29Mw/s320/cctv.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>At work we have been having a little burglary problem. There was an "office creeper" who would get his jollies off by breaking into our suite at 7 AM and look for shit to steal. He went through a colleague's m&m candy jar and through everyone's office, before he was caught by our office admin who happens to come in at 7 AM each morning. It is scary - at the same time pretty damn annoying. The guy probably used a coat hanger to get in. Since then we have upgraded the security on all doors, started locking everything up in cabinets as well as changed the code on the cipher. Still everyone feels uneasy. I was told yesterday that the 3rd floor got broken into on Tuesday night. Several laptops were stolen among other things. Nashville Metro crime lab was on hand to process the scene. On the 5th floor - oddly enough there are several Metro Police who use that office space. The burglary took place after hours though.<br />
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Well today when arriving to work I was chatting to one of the building owners and they told me that the police were reviewing the cctv video of Tuesday night. One of the officers saw me on the video walking out. Of course, off I go, the gadget guru, with my backpack, and another laptop case, as well as a cup of coffee, and my water jug. So I have my hands full. Fortunately the building owner recognized me and told them: "No. That's just Chris." haha<br />
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Apparently though - these thieving thugs (yes there were three) had been stealing shit before, during and after I exited the building. I was even asked if I saw anything or could identify anyone. Of course my mind was on the hellish commute home - or I may have been thinking about bills, etc etc so I was miles away. I felt shitty for not having a good enough memory to help them out.<br />
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I understand times are desperate, but I can only imagine this kind of shit is going to continue. back in 2009 one of my bosses had a lot of stuff stolen from his Explorer in the parking garage. Vanderbilt Police caught his dumb ass on West End with all the stolen property. The idiot was a meth head and was desperate for a fix. The dude broke his window and took the stuff in broad daylight.<br />
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Oh well, I definitely think twice now about working late. As a kid walking to school in Tacoma, I had to maintain situational awareness more often. I had to learn that skill the hard way. You have to not appear scared, or the thugs will pounce. Thats just one of my conscious raising lessons. People will never stop stealing shit, we just have to learn to deal with them. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-31368453841189160762011-02-03T19:45:00.001-06:002011-02-03T19:45:19.773-06:00Art time<div><p>I love art time with my daughter. She is already a talented artist at 6. I have always liked to draw but she draws at a level I have never been able to attain - at the age of 6. We draw animals, (mostly dogs) and I usually color them. Being away from home from 7 am until nearly 7 pm for five days a week, its a special treat to come home and spend some quality time with her. I hope (with permission) I'll be able to post some of her drawings here. Keep an eye out </p>
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Find me on http://twitter.com/Chris1051Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-79959738193616608252010-05-13T10:33:00.000-05:002010-05-13T10:34:02.961-05:00DeplorableTrue story:<br><br>A friend of mine does handy-man work. That's what he does on the side - in addition to being the maintenance guy at several office buildings around here. He knows several people who were affected by the Nashville floods, and was willing to lend a hand with his handy-man skills. He quoted a woman in a local subdivision that had about 6 feet of water in the first floor house, a certain dollar amount, that was - we'll call it $1600. The only work to be done was dry wall replacement and prime painting. So materials for this job were relatively inexpensive and labor would add to that cost. The woman asked him to verify his cost because the other people whom she had gotten quotes from had quoted her twice that amount or more. <br> Turns out that some cunting asshole from Atlanta was scoping out work in this neighborhood, passing out business cards, sub contracting the work out to a sub contractor and collecting double the cash. How someone could see dollar signs in the wake of a tragedy is deplorable. I am sure you will see a story on WKRN soon about this greedy son of a bitch from Atlanta. I will try and get info on it and send it to WKRN myself. <br> <br>They need to publicize this dickheads name and plaster his face all over the TV. There was already <a href="http://thatismessedup.com/2010/05/12/scamming-flood-victims/">a post</a> about scammers that doesn't go far enough. <br> <br>I am extremely mad about out of towners coming in looking to collect some coin. <br> Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-7642438341163477712010-04-13T11:35:00.000-05:002010-04-13T11:36:28.291-05:00So that settles it then<div class=Section1> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Attention British people (and British Colonists) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#Etymology">Wikipedia entry</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The earliest citation given in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a> for any word used as a name for this element is <i>alumium</i>, which British chemist and inventor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy" title="Humphry Davy">Humphry Davy</a> employed in 1808 for the metal he was trying to isolate electrolytically from the mineral <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumina" title=Alumina>alumina</a></i>. The citation is from the journal <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</i>: "Had I been so fortunate as to have obtained more certain evidences on this subject, and to have procured the metallic substances I was in search of, I should have proposed for them the names of silicium, alumium, zirconium, and glucium."<sup id="cite_ref-46"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-46">[47]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-47">[48]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Davy had settled on <i>aluminum</i> by the time he published his 1812 book <i>Chemical Philosophy</i>: "This substance appears to contain a peculiar metal, but as yet Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state, though alloys of it with other metalline substances have been procured sufficiently distinct to indicate the probable nature of alumina."<sup id="cite_ref-Davy1812_48-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-Davy1812-48">[49]</a></sup> But the same year, an anonymous contributor to the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterly_Review" title="Quarterly Review">Quarterly Review</a>,</i> a British political-literary journal, in a review of Davy's book, objected to <i>aluminum</i> and proposed the name <i>aluminium</i>, "for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound."<sup id="cite_ref-49"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-49">[50]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The <i>-ium</i> suffix conformed to the precedent set in other newly discovered elements of the time: potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strontium" title=Strontium>strontium</a> (all of which Davy had isolated himself). Nevertheless, <i>-um</i> spellings for elements were not unknown at the time, as for example <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum" title=Platinum>platinum</a>, known to Europeans since the sixteenth century, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenum" title=Molybdenum>molybdenum</a>, discovered in 1778, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum" title=Tantalum>tantalum</a>, discovered in 1802. The <i>-um</i> suffix is consistent with the universal spelling <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumina" title=Alumina>alumina</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxide" title=Oxide>oxide</a>, as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanthana" title=Lanthana>lanthana</a> is the oxide of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanthanum" title=Lanthanum>lanthanum</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_oxide" title="Magnesium oxide">magnesia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceria" title=Ceria>ceria</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoria" title=Thoria>thoria</a> are the oxides of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium" title=Magnesium>magnesium</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerium" title=Cerium>cerium</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium" title=Thorium>thorium</a> respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The spelling used throughout the 19th century by most U.S. chemists ended in <i>-ium</i>, but common usage is less clear.<sup id="cite_ref-wwwords_50-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-wwwords-50">[51]</a></sup> The <i>-um</i> spelling is used in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's Dictionary</a> of 1828. In his advertising handbill for his new electrolytic method of producing the metal 1892, Charles Martin Hall used the <i>-um</i> spelling, despite his constant use of the <i>-ium</i> spelling in all the patents<sup id="cite_ref-Hall-patent_43-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-Hall-patent-43">[44]</a></sup> he filed between 1886 and 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-51"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-51">[52]</a></sup> It has consequently been suggested that the spelling reflects an easier to pronounce word with one fewer syllable, or that the spelling on the flier was a mistake. Hall's domination of production of the metal ensured that the spelling <i>aluminum</i> became the standard in North America; the <i>Webster Unabridged Dictionary</i> of 1913, though, continued to use the <i>-ium</i> version.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In 1926, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chemical_Society" title="American Chemical Society">American Chemical Society</a> officially decided to use <i>aluminum</i> in its publications; American dictionaries typically label the spelling <i>aluminium</i> as a British variant.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The name "aluminum" is derived from its status as a base of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum" title=Alum>alum</a>; "alum" in turn is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title=Latin>Latin</a> word which literally means "bitter salt".<sup id="cite_ref-52"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#cite_note-52">[53]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>So some douchebag decides that “aluminum” had a “less classical sound”. When the Humphry Davy himself published it as “Aluminum”.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-49387731510793641292010-03-17T09:33:00.001-05:002010-03-17T09:33:40.774-05:00Today's WTF!<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.wsmv.com/news/22857038/detail.html">Link</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I was reading my google reader this morning and a frequently read blog <a href="http://nashvillest.com/">Nashvillest</a> I came across a seriously F’d up story, and I am wondering WTF is going on. Firstly, the article is written very poorly leaving out many details. Let me dissect this one quickly. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Baby OK After Being Left In Oven<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Man Charged With Wanton Endangerment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>POSTED: 2:53 pm CDT March 16, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>UPDATED: 7:57 pm CDT March 16, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>PADUCAH, Ky. -- Authorities in western Kentucky say a man left his infant son in a cold oven, probably for a matter of hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Paducah Sun reported 33-year-old Larry C. Long told police he had smoked marijuana at a Paducah restaurant where he works and then came home and drank alcohol.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ok stop right there. This kind of information needs to be shown in the latter part of the article – and I suspect it’s a hit-piece on marijuana The more likely culprit for such stupidity is alcohol, he probably got mad at the baby crying and placed him in the oven, alcohol makes you do stupid things. Alcohol makes certain people aggressive. Pot doesn’t make people aggressive. I am speculating here but I don’t have much to go on based on the small amount of details in the story. Why is this even relevant? Why not report on the conditions of the home, living standards, past criminal record? Anything? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden said the mother of the 5-week-old boy was awakened by his cries Monday morning and found him the oven. Hayden said the baby was taken to a hospital where doctors found no injuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Information gap #2. WTF! The mother was awakened by his cries. WTF! Where was she all night? Was she working the night shift? No, it says she was “awakened”. This leads me to believe she was in the house when the baby was placed in the oven. Was she incapacitated? Who knows? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Long shares the home with the child's mother, 33-year-old Brandy S. Hatton.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The newspaper reported child welfare officials placed the infant and his 10- and 14-year-old siblings in the care of one of Hatton's relatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Long is charged with wanton endangerment. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>So this leads me to believe the mother should also be charged with wanton endangerment. But of course we don’t hear a single word about her except she was awakened by the cries. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Awful writing and an awful story. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-18512528238005385472010-01-15T11:55:00.000-06:002010-01-15T11:55:52.890-06:00People who do not deserve to have kids - issue 6<a href="http://www.azfamily.com/home/Woman-allegedly-tries-to-trade-2-year-old-daughter-for-gun-81371737.html">Woman allegedly tries to trade 2-year-old daughter for gun </a><br />
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<blockquote>by Alicia E. Barrón<br />
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Posted on January 13, 2010 at 5:01 PM<br />
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Updated yesterday at 10:15 AM<br />
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PHOENIX – A woman is accused of trying to trade her young daughter for a gun.<br />
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Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 33-year-old Tanya Nareau for allegedly trying to trade her 2-year-old daughter for a gun.<br />
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Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 9200 block of Apache Trail after receiving a tip that a woman gave her child away so that she could get a gun in exchange.<br />
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While at the home, deputies talked to a family friend who had the toddler and told deputies Nareau had traded her 2-year-old girl to him in exchange for a gun.<br />
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Nareau reportedly called the family friend and stated she still wanted the gun. The suspect reportedly also said the family friend would “do a better job in raising the child than she would.”<br />
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The suspect also told her friend she is unable to purchase a gun herself because she is prohibited by law to do so.<br />
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Nareau is at the Fourth Avenue Jail and faces charges of unlawful sale of a child and solicitation to commit possession of weapon by prohibited possessor.<br />
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This is just unreal. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-7321111052814864092009-12-30T11:15:00.001-06:002009-12-30T11:15:17.762-06:00Why the Luke Wilson at&t ads are stupid & a mobile handset rant<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>A)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>He is misleading. He says that at&t’s map really covers the whole country, or 90% of all Americans. While this may be true, its not countering the original charge of Verizon – which is at&t’s lack of 3G coverage. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>B)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>He makes a claim and doesn’t cite evidence. The claim is “at&t is the nation’s fastest 3G network” yet doesn’t back his claim with any evidence. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>C)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>He claims talking and surfing at the same time is necessary. On Verizon you currently cannot do this, however it doesn’t say that you can using a wifi connection. Besides, I use about 100 minutes <i><span style='font-style:italic'>per month</span></i> on voice calls –if that. I for one don’t see it as a problem to say to the person on the other end that “I will call you back”, check whatever, and then re-dial. To me I don’t think its that big of a deal. Its hardly something to brag about. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>D)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>He says at&t has the “most popular phones”. This is only because of Apple’s sweetheart exclusivity deal with at&t (and also the Garmin nuvi phone lately). Take away exclusivity and the mobile carrier is S.O.L. at&t built their backbone on wired plant. They get a lot of money from people like me who pay them for their DSL. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I disagree with handset exclusivity to begin with. And on that, I disagree with Verizon having exclusivity to the Droid. You don’t buy a Dell Studio 17 and have Dell say you can only use the computer on at&t DSL service at home. That would be stupid. So why not end this bullshit already and let us buy the handsets we want regardless of what provider we pay? Let the providers sell us on their service not exclusive handsets. And while I’m at it, lets do away with this bullshit 24 month contract business eh? Can’t we just switch as we please like we already do with our home internet service providers? Or our cable/satellite tv providers? I am buying access to a network, not buying a freaking car here. End wireless contracts NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Of course those things I spoke about will never be changed any time soon. I have hope though. It’s kind of like DRM. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-66613322957164561422009-11-21T16:18:00.000-06:002009-11-21T16:18:24.995-06:00Halloween Candy ProselytizingThis is beyond poor taste. I am just now still pulling Halloween candy out of my daughter's bag, and found two of these bible tracts in zip lock bags with the candy given by two different people. The way these are given to and marketed towards children with cartoons is nothing new, but to me, incredibly offensive. It would be the same as if someone were to draw political talking points as cartoons and handed out to children as young as two. You would say that's in poor taste wouldn't you?<br />
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</div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653812961163371410.post-59361969447934254932009-11-17T11:29:00.001-06:002009-11-17T11:29:11.541-06:00Bible Verse of the Day<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>There is some good stuff in the bible. I will not deny it. It is few and far between, but it is there. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1 Corinthians 13<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16804088690954765635noreply@blogger.com0