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Open criticism program #1
I made this very simple Python program here. What it does, is reads a file containing text and numbers, with one number on each line. All the characters are ignored except the numbers, and each line becomes an integer stored in a list. The program finally adds together all the numbers and prints the result ( Read more... ) -
Protecting the dog blood
Vigilance casts a great burden on my conscience when guiding Dog on her constitutional.
Every time I swat a mosquito that has landed on Dog, she flinches and stops and looks at me with her saddest eyes, wondering what she did wrong.
I can't help but give her a big reassuring hug.
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Pain Medicine
I went to the hospital some time about 5 months ago with severe abdominal pain. I didn't know what caused it, and I still don't. It was bad though; I was paralyzed on the floor and on the verge of passing out for about half a minute during the worst of it. The pain became bearable enough by the time I arrived at the hospital and was put in a bed ( Read more... ) -
The Chase
Out walking with Dog this morning by the lake, she spotted a lone gull roaming around. She likes giving chase to animals, and so as commonly it happens, I unleashed her and she dashed after it. The odd thing was that today this particular gull had a broken wing. By the time I realized this, she had come to an abrupt stop within a nose of the ( Read more... ) -
Obama
I began following his campaign 9 months ago with a tone of cynicism, not believing that the USA was yet able to change. It turned into hopefulness in the time since then, as I watched him battle the odds. And now here we are.
Congratulations, America -
Thought.
The world should have more spontaneous conga lines. -
Mold
There was this mold in my kitchen. I don't know how long it had been there. It was no regular mold. It's the biggest tuft of mold I've ever seen ( Read more... ) -
Pirates
There is piracy going on around my neighborhood. I took this picture while walking with Dog earlier today:
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Coyote
I saw a Coyote last night while walking my dog 1 Km north of here. It was a cool experience because I don't remember ever seeing a wild coyote irl before. Dog didn't see it; she was looking away the whole time. -
So I broke into a convenience store tonight.
I took the dog for a walk about 12:45am, and decided to see if the local convenience store was open so I could buy some Fizz. Probably got there at 1. The store was substantially illuminated so it appeared to me that they were open despite no cashier being present. I looked around the front for their business hours but didn't see any. I figured ( Read more... )
