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08-11-28 15:42 Jim2Jrn

Free bus rides today, as I found out after I was abou to put my dollar in. jsut didn't feel like biking today.

Blind man named Del or Dale with a guide dog named Roxy
album he looked for was Survival of the Fittest by The Amboy Dukes. Jay of Sunburst recrds found it for him at a record show in Birmingham. He brouht it back and sold it to him at his home for $15.
He said last time he saw Jay he as working in a body shop. I said, "Bet he finds the work a lot easier than runnng his own bsiness. He laughed and said, "That's what he said."

These are one day behind. I don't know why.

• 14:20 Sleep clinic followup Wednesday. Forgot about it and had to call work to tell them I'd be late. Laundry done. Dishes next. Whee. #
• 16:53 @Team_Edwards Sorry about your cat. Always hard to say goodbye to a friend. #

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I'm still playing around with all these Web 2.0 sites.

The 3 (make that 4) that have made the best and most lasting differences for me so far are Netvibes, pbwiki and Twitter (Along with LoudTwitter).


Most of that is due to RSS feeds finally becoming much simpler and easier to use, so the learning curve is nowhere near as steep as it was in 2004 when I was first trying to understand them.

But I keep coming back to LJ for the best social interaction. The other sites are more useful for other things. Twitter for random thoughts or heat of the moment stuff, pbwiki for my online life conolidation, netvibes for RSS aggregation.

Input.
Consolidation.
Output.

Amazing how much of my life can be sorted so easily into those 3 overarching containers.

Here's the paradox. I want centralization for me. Just not anyone else to centralize me too much (Google's a little _too_ good at that for my taste).

I want my own portal, without being limited to using only one portal.

Server down on one, I hop to the next. Ideally.

Probably not going to happen.

/Random ramblings off.

These are one day behind. I don't know why.

• 11:52 Working on moving stuff around at work. Whee. #
• 12:02 @fingerhead signed up for twitter to reserve the name.He's gone.I'm going to miss that man. Still foolishly hoping it's a Tom Sawyer trick. #

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Happy Birthday, seamusmoon

"The announcement last Wednesday was a mistake in regards to Basic accounts, as the change was not clearly stated, it did not allow for you to provide feedback, and went into effect immediately. Many of you have pointed out that the decision worried you less than the way it was communicated. You should have been given a voice, and you were not; we didn’t follow our own rules, and we apologize."

although the post that came from:

http://community.livejournal.com/lj_2008/3846.html

really should have been in NEWS instead of this post:

http://news.livejournal.com/106909.html

that caused such an uproar.

Every time I think about getting a paid account, something like this:

http://news.livejournal.com/106909.html

happens and I am glad I stuck with my basic account. which apparently is not an option for new users anymore. Wow, that--ahh, go read the comments to the link. many people there put better what I was about to rant about.

Netvibes has released its "Ginger" version, which means I can finally share all my RSS feeds easily with the public page.

http://www.netvibes.com/cainmark

Emily Chang has a great post about her Data Stream here:

http://www.emilychang.com/go/weblog/comments/my-data-stream/

This is a link to an old post, but after re-reading it, I still stand by it.

http://cainmark.livejournal.com/81888.html

d0minique Alley is a colloquial term most often used in reference to the area of the United States in which d0minique's are most frequent

-cribbed from wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Alley

Happy Birthday d0minique!

Wow, I was going to commerate my 5 years on Livejournal but, um, it's 6 now. Lots of the business background stuff irritates me, but it's still the best blog with built-in social aspects (IF wordpress had that function that's the blogging software I'd mainly be using). Funny thing is, I would have set up a paid account until the background business stuff turned me off that idea. It works well enough for me as it is for now.

http://cainmark.livejournal.com/425.html

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Mostly links I shared. I skipped over private entries and birthday wishes.

2007

Jan

thought cookies in a pink box were fortune cookies. They weren't. They were almond. So I asked if they were misfortune cookies

Feb

These were pretty funny. Science fiction mashups.

http://jaylake.livejournal.com/923339.html

Mar

Jamendo has a Creative Commons music portal now. Looking for something to re-mix or use in your vidoe? here's another site that might help!

http://www.jamendo.com/en/creativecommons/

Apr

Darth Cheney
mood: blank
http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney07052006.html

May

Cool.

Join the first experiment in social tagging of art museum collections.

http://steve.museum/

Jun

This is just one of the important things going on in congress now about copyright

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.1353

Jul
But of course, I would think that.
mood: calm
I take issue with him being called a loon, though. He was just waaaay ahead of his time.


Which Historical Lunatic Are You?

Aug

I hate it when I'm so busy I can't remember what the heck I was so damnable busy with. I'll find out later when I have time to look back through my private entries.

Sep

My devilgirl and I are on our way to my Aunt and Uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary party in Indiana.

Oct

So after watching Dark Star http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(film) again, I remembered a couple of things I’d read about Dan O’Bannon (Pinback) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O'Bannon

Nov

Miro-The Free Open-Source Video Platform
I really like this feed aggregator. I didn't like its predeccesor so much (democracy) because it didn't have mefeedia as a channel. Now it does.

Dec

Cool library sides as bookshelves.

http://deputy-dog.com/2007/11/30/can-you-spot-the-library/

Happy New Year to all! May 2008 be a blessing for you and your house, despite what happens.

annettefox


Do you smoke cigarettes? Yuk. No.

Do you lead people on? Not that I'm aware of.

Are you married? Yes, happily.

Is there anyone that doesn't like you because of something you didn't even do? Used to be. Often. Not this year it seems.

Do you miss someone? My best friend.

Do you think they miss you too? I know they do.

When is the last time you laughed? Yesterday.

What are you wearing right now? Pants, boots, sweatshirt, vest.

19. Are you mad at anyone right now? No. Irritated, but not mad.

Do you like your first name? Sometimes.

What's one thing you've learned this year? I use research to avoid doing things.

Last person you laughed at? My wife.

Last person to tell you they love you? My wife.

Do you love this person too? Yes.

Last person to pick you up? My wife.

Has a friendship ended recently that you wish hadn't? No.

What annoys you? Small talk.

Next vacation you're going on? To Arizona to visit my big Bro.

Last time you went to the mall? Which mall? Probably July to Mad Square, the Insane Cube.

Do people ever spell your name wrong? No.

What's the last compliment you received? Don't remember.

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1. Have you had any relationships this year? Yes.

2. Have you had your birthday yet? Yes.

3. Kissed two people in the same night? Yes.

5. Pulled an all nighter? Too many times.

6. Drank Starbucks? Coffe=yuk.

7. Went camping? Nope. Don't like bugs.

8. Bought something(s)? Uh, yeah.

9. Met someone special? Already met.

10. Been sick? Not as much this year.

12. What are you thinking about? Schrodinger's cat and our cat.

___________________________________________________________
HAVE YOU

1.) Hugged someone? Yes.

2.)Have you slept in someone elses bed? Yes.

3.) Got a job? Yes.

4.) Borrowed money? Paid off the 10 bucks to my wife.

5.) Gotten in a car accident? No.

6.) Gone over your mobile phone bill? Don't have mobile. Yet.

7.) Been bullied? Someone tried. They regretted it.

8.) Done something you regret? No.


LAST :

Last Person you hugged?: My wife.

Last Person to call you? My wife.

When was the last time you felt stupid? This morning.

Who did you last yell at? My best friend, but it was in the context of a story, so I don't know if that counts.

What did you do today? Still working, and pausing to take this because I needed a break.
___________________________________________________________
TEN FACTS :

01. Hometown? Moved around too much. But Huntsville has started to have that feeling for me after 22 years here.

02. Single? No.

04. Hair style? Shaved bald.

5. Eye color? Brown.

06. Height: 6'


07. Pets: 1 cat

08. Mood: Just okay today.

09. Where would you rather be: Outside bicycling.

10. What was the last thing you drank? A tall, cool glass of chocolate milk.

__________________________________________________________
TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE:

01. Have you ever been in love: Yes.

02. Do you believe in love? Yes.

03. Why did your LAST relationship fail? She went all schizophrenic. Plus, our weaknesses fed on each other and we both neeeded emotional support at the time.

04. Have you ever been heartbroken: See above. Just because it sucked by the end doesn't mean it didn't hurt.

05. Have you ever broken someone's heart: No. They never felt the same. Anyone else I'm oblivious of.

06. Have you ever fallen for your best friend? No.

07. Have you ever loved someone but never told them? No, always told whoever I loved that I loved them, causing no end of freaking out on their part, usually.

09. Have you had more than 5 different serious relationships in your life? Yes.
___________________________________________________________
4 EMOTIONS

01. Are you missing someone right now? Yes.

03. Are you eating anything? In 5 minutes I will be.

04. Do you like someone right now? Several people, but I love my wife more'n anything.

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I thought I was bored, which I don't usually get anymore, then I yawned for a minute and a half straight. Apparently, I'm not bored, just sleepy.


Repeating that word in the title has a more that 50% chance of working on native English language speakers, as in, they physically yawn after reading or hearing that word.

I wonder if there are similar words in other languages that cause a physical reaction or actions that cause a similar action in other countries?

Yawns here in the Southeast US are highly viral.

20070901Jim2Jrn_Sat_14:45

CT-Biography

My devilgirl and I are on our way to my Aunt and Uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary party in Indiana. My wife decided that since it was a 10-hour drive (minimum) we should stay in Louisville, Kentucky. I agreed and we headed out this morning.
All day yesterday I kept thinking of how we could have enough time to visit one of my friends (he was a groomsman at my wedding) who recently moved from Decatur, AL to Nashville, TN, then decided we probably wouldn’t have enough time.
So she drives up the first half and thinks she wants to stop at a Cracker Barrel, then, for reasons she’s unsure of, changes her mind. She sees a whole bunch of restraunts, but I distract her asking a question and she misses the exit. She rationalizes that since we’re probably going to have a big dinner, we should eat some small quick fast food. She pulls off for a Burger King. But neither she nor I see the building. Then we realize it’s on the other side of a truck stop as part of the same building. She pulls in and we find we can’t get to the Burger King Parking lot from the Truck Stop parking lot, and there’s no parking spaces. So we go out to the road and pull into the other side where the Burger King is.
While eating, we notice men with beards and no mustaches wearing suspenders at another table, and women with white bonnets on their head. At first I think they work at some tourist frontier village, then it occurs to me; they’re probably Quakers. Later, my wife corrects me and says they’re probably Amish. I mention how I thought it was odd that they were in a BK being against technology and all. She said they’re not all like that and some of them have found out they have to compromise to live in today’s world.
So they were leaving and my wife was trying to not look at the Amish when she saw my friend I just wrote about in the 2nd paragraph above. I don’t believe her, since he lives in Nashville and we’re already in Kentucky. She gets up, and it is he. He’s there with his father-in-law and they just stopped in to get something to go and some water for their dog. We agree to call him and his wife on the way back on Monday, since we know where we’re going that time. I mention how I was thinking about him most of the day before, and my wife mentions how she really wanted Cracker Barrel, but changed her mind.

Now, I understand that human brains always make patterns out of seemingly random events. We can’t help it. It’s the way we’re wired. Because of the random events and seemingly arbitrary decisions that led up in our lives to having been at the same spot, away from our regular respective homes, at the same time within a five-minute window of opportunity, I would say, “Freaky man.” But, really, this kind of stuff happens to me all the time.
I wonder how much of it is truly random-and how much my hindsight places patterns onto a complex series of events? In the past, “going with my gut” has never led me astray, but double-thinking my gut response or trying to be out-and-out logical has often failed me.

Happy birthday to feuerkugel!