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Tech QotD: The Internet 10 Years Ago...

What do you miss most about the internet of ten years ago?

Pulling an all nighter in the Simpson's Trivia chat room.

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When sleep is elusive...

xkcd - A Webcomic - Can't Sleep

I think too much.

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QotD: In Honor of Mother's Day...

What is the most unique thing about your mother?

When I was a kid, I swore she had eyes in the back of her head. She always knew what I was up to. Even now, she has an uncanny ability to see into my head. As if she's been there, done that. It sometimes comes in handy now that we get along.

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Things on Tuesday

of interest:

Bus People 

• the young guy who wears a kilt
• the pretty 20 something blonde girl who seems somewhat simple-minded, wears a diaper, and has a black eye that is probably a result of the heavy hand of the mean guy she follows around
• the black woman who is surrounded by "dead people who won't stop talking"
• a woman who carefully tends to a baby in a stroller that turns out to actually be an infant-sized plastic doll
• the heavily-bearded homeless man who takes time out from napping at various bus stops to cool off for a bit on a bus ride and plays the air drums with real drum sticks
• the old biddy who shakes her cane and verbally threatens the bus driver because he did not lower the bus as she was exiting to the curb
• me - twice a day for 30-45 minutes I completely take advantage of the opportunity to zone out and not affect anyone else's life

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Sure I'll try it and maybe post an update, but if I'm not successful I will never speak of it again

7 Ways and 7 Days to Renew Your Life

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What Plastics Do to Your Body

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Self Discovery

It fucking sucks. I suspect it's a crock of shit.

I loathe getting bogged down in existentialism.

Say you habitually pick the wrong people to get involved with. Say you're impressionable, a gemini, in flux, easily emotionally attached to others...someone who at times resembles a chameleon. Not in a bad way - rather an avid learner of all things of the world, eager to absorb all that it and it's inhabitants have to offer. You embrace the intricacies of life. You understand the necessity of good and bad to co-exist. You understand the need for balance of all things and that we've inexorably strayed from that... but I digress.

The wrong people will effectively break you down and mold you to into their servant, robbing you of your individuality. This is not always intentional and it can be hard to turn away from them. But maybe, once the fog is lifted and a few rays of common sense break through, you have just enough moxie to rebel. Consequently you are no longer of any use and cast aside. This is supposed to be your cue to "find yourself". This is supposed to be growth.

It is extremely difficult to find the way back to your path. If there ever truly was one. Maybe some of us are wanderers. And maybe that's okay despite what "they" say. When do you know you've had enough "self discovery"? When does it ever feel right? What if you've never felt that? What's wrong with knowing you're already strong enough and ignoring what "they" say we should do and think and feel? I say fuck their definition of growth. It makes you feel old.

I've had enough "growth" to last my lifetime.

But when does the loneliness go away so you can be comfortable simply with being?

What do I want?

I want to be real. I want to be adored for being the genuine novelty that I am. I want to dart in and out of the various phases of my life. I wish I could meet more people like me. Where are you?

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Music QotD: First Concert

What was your first concert?

My face is slightly pink as I write this...but the very first concert I ever attended was in Wichita and the hottest boy band at the time danced their jigs and sang from their hearts as if we were the only crowd they had ever sung and jigged for...those Boys from Boston: New Kids on the Block.

Hey! My uncle bought the ticket! I was obligated to go. 

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL ANYONE.

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Culture QotD: What food reminds you of your childhood?

What food reminds you of your childhood?

Liver and onions. Gag.

To this day I very clearly recall a select few traumatic incidents involving liver and onions and at the time was convinced I was being abused. This is the type of food that penetrates every nook and cranny and is impossible to escape for HOURS. I would sooner eat an entire tub of butter. My parents finally gave up their enjoyment of it when they realized I was never going to be fooled into trying liver again.

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Things on Tuesday when it's almost Wednesday

Is it really still only Tuesday?

good:

• Py Jingo Pale Ale
• O. Henry
• vacation anticipation
• birthday anticipation
  

could do without:

• having ever seen the Baby Snuggie...it's like something out of Alien IV
• boring first dates
  

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