Someone asked "why doesz lovee huuurt?". Oh, hell, I'm going to post their entire question because the spelling is so insane:
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There were several questions on Askville this morning from guys who were dumped by women who tried to let them down easily. This is, of course, the most refined torture that a woman can inflict on a man; the ultimate punishment she can mete out to some poor idiot for committing the capital crime of not being compatible with her, or not attractive ( Read more... )

On Wednesday I "graduated" from physical therapy. I still need to exercise my elbow, and it's not 100% yet, but it's a lot better.
Last weekend Teri and I went to King Richard's Fair with her brother, his fiancee, and some of their friends; we were the designated drivers. Unfortunately we couldn't bring Sebastian. He's never been there, but he ( Read more... )

Someone over on Askville asked a question today; it was for someone to basically write their homework for them, a book review of The Hobbit. Some users castigated the poor questioner, but I couldn't resist helping her. Here was my answer (quotes from her question are in boldface):

1) Give a summary of the plot.

The Hobbit is the story of a ( Read more... )

Askville seems to be pretty much going to hell. The management neglected the users for a long time, and then suddenly instituted a draconian punishment by suspending 16 or 17 users; these included some of their best. Factions have developed, partly along religious lines, and discussion boards quickly turn into nothing more than flame wars ( Read more... )

I lost most of my interest in Askville a couple of months ago. I'm still not 100% sure why. I continued to peek in now and again to adjudicate appeals, but it was mostly out of a sense of duty more than anything else. I didn't enjoy it much ( Read more... )

The first thing to try when you're having problems with almost any piece of electronic equipment:

1. Turn it off.
   
2. Unplug it - the power cord, plus any data connections
   
3. Wait a full minute, by the clock
   
4. Plug it back in (all plugs)
   
5. Turn it back on.
   

Four times out of five, that will solve the problem - at least for a while.

Be very skeptical about new medicines and procedures which haven't been in common use for at least a generation - call it 20 years. Longer would be better ( Read more... )

Okay. I've got my bonus, and my computer's hard drive seems to be getting unreliable. Plus the sound card and DVD-ROM are shot, and the CD burner is getting quite iffy. So it would seem that it's time to get a new computer, while I can ( Read more... )

[A 45 year old man whose wife recently died asked how to meet people. This was my answer ( Read more... )