Been reading a lot of Tales from Tech Support, as well as other videos about Reddit posts.

I've noticed a ubiquitous problem that I first noted in second or third grade. People can't read something out loud.

Oh, they can "read" it. But what they say is *not* what the text says. They change words. Usually to some other word that they *think* is the ( Read more... )

I was thinking about kids playing and the "game" of "keep away" came to mind.

That's where someone snatches something of someone else's and a group of kids "keep it away" from the owner. Can be harmless fun.

But usually it *isn't*. Because they'l grab it from some kid who isn't big enough to make them give it back nor fast enough to catch one of them ( Read more... )

The other day my internet went done late at nite. a call to my ISP informed me that it was "scheduled maintenance" and service would be back by [4 or 5 hours later]

So I crawled into bed and read on my Kindle. Which got annoying when I finished one book, but since the net was down I couldn't load the next in the series. But I had others to read ( ( Read more... )

While going through a bunch of quotes I came across two that are among the most damaging ideas in circulation.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. -Denis Waitley

If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve. -Brian Tracy

Both are contrary to reality.

Much that is wrong with our ( Read more... )

In Union county, Oregon, they went from 22 Covid-19 cases last week to 224 this week. this in a rural, low population area.

It appears that the increase is mostly due to *one* church there. Even though the county was in phase 1, which means no large gatherings they had a service with several hundred people in attendance. There was a video of it up ( Read more... )

As an asthma sufferer who has had a few (thankfully few) *bad* asthma attacks, let me assure you that while you do have to be breathing to talk, that does *not* mean that you are getting enough oxygen.

Your blood oxygenation level can be really bad long before you become unable to talk. When someone is no longer able to talk, it's likely too late, ( Read more... )

I was watching the season finale of NCIs: New Orleans and at the end, there was this misogynist white male complaining at the person who'd exposed him as a major league jerk and cost him an important appointment.

He was ranting about all the effort and time he'd put in to get the job.

and that's when it clicked. He was equating effort with success.

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In a word, these folks are *idiots ( Read more... )

Been catching up on shows from last season I hadn't gotten around to watching. Latest one was The Orville 02x05 - All the World is Birthday Cake ( Read more... )

Ok, they finally quit letting me grab things about 3 pm on Monday. Got most of the stuff I wanted, I think ( Read more... )