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8 Health Foods That Are Bad For Your Health
#4. Fish
Fish has always been pushed as something good for you, by doctors, health nuts and the Japanese, opposed only by people who don't like fish, and of course, fish.
And occasionally, Don Knotts.
However, in recent years, a lot of people have been jumping on the fish-are-poison bandwagon, which is alarmist and inaccurate. Fish aren't poison. They're merely filled with poisons.
Fish are similar to Brisk Iced Tea in that way.
The good news is you have a choice of what kind of poison you want to eat in your fish.
Do you prefer mercury? Try ocean fish. Apparently, the oceans are full of mercury, mostly thanks to coal-burning power plants and chemical processing plants and people dumping their defective T-1000 Terminators. And almost all fish contain at least some trace amounts of mercury.
And it's not the good or "Freddie" variety.
According to the EPA, children, pregnant women and women who think they might possibly get pregnant someday should completely avoid four species of fish that seem to be mercury superstars, while not eating more than one moderate serving of even a low-mercury fish a week.
You can avoid mercury by eating farmed fish, that have grown up nice and safe in a little fish farm, eating, uh, pesticide runoff. One expert suggests the safe limit on farmed salmon is one dinner every five months. Holy crap! Is that right? We're pretty sure doctors want you to smoke cigars more often than that.
"No. That's not true."
#3. Fast Food Salads
In the recent crusade against unhealthy foods, fast food chains like McDonald's have been the first against the wall. Their clever (and mildly diabolical) two-pronged defense aims at targeting communities where the healthy eating trend hasn't spread yet and where the residents are currently the highest-risk demographic for heart disease and other diet-related issues (witness this official McDonald's-sponsored website, 365black.com). Meanwhile, they aim to hold onto the health nuts by promoting "healthy" items to the menu, like yogurts and salads.
Bacon salad bowls would satisfy both demographics.
The reason that "healthy" is in quotes is that fast food restaurants' salads are often even worse for you than their burgers. The Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad, for example, beats the quarter pound Wendy's Double Stack cheeseburger in fat, sugar, carbs and total calories.
Not as healthy as a Wendy's cheeseburger. Seemingly impossible, but true.
Fortunately, most fast food restaurants have nutrition information brochures stuffed somewhere out of view that you can use to research menu items before diving in. The new health care bill actually requires them to put the info somewhere visible but that takes all the challenge out of it. So let's just say if the salad has lots of dressing, meat, cheese or bits of fried food on it, the addition of lettuce does not negate the damage.
#2. Protein Shakes
People associate protein with muscle, because that's what muscles are mostly made of. However, muscles going into your stomach doesn't translate to muscles coming out of your biceps. Your body breaks down what you eat into tiny components, and rebuilds these components into whatever it thinks it needs.
So if you needed a second set of Goro-like arms, protein shakes could provide that. Probably.
And to most Americans' annoyance, what it thinks it needs is usually fat.
Again, you have to take a look back at evolution. Your body doesn't know we haven't moved out of the Stone Age. And the only way to convince your body that all this extra protein is supposed to be for making new muscle, and not fat, is to work out like a mofo.
If you are sitting on the couch or in a desk chair all day, your body doesn't give a shit about whether you are giving it carbs or protein, it's going to make what it wants to make out of them. Except that in making protein into carbs (or fat) it dumps the protein's nitrogen and makes it into urea or uric acid which, in large amounts, can screw up your kidneys.
According to one expert, even a heavy exerciser would only need to double their protein intake at most. Most people need about 50 to 70 grams a day, depending on how much they weigh, and the average American eats about 100 grams a day as part of their normal diet. If you need more, you can easily get 30 to 60 gram from just a chicken breast.
Or two...
If you want to lose weight, it might help to replace meals with protein shakes (not add protein shakes to your meals, as some people do) but then you're missing out on the vitamins and nutrients you get from real food, and could run into some trouble in the long term. Ever wondered exactly what scurvy was? Try complete meal replacement and you just might find out.
"No. For the love of all that's holy, please don't."
So whether you're a bodybuilder looking to buff up with minimal effort, or a fatty looking for a magic food substance that doesn't make you any fatter, protein shakes aren't really the answer.
#1. Herbal Supplements
Herbal supplements are not only a creative euphemism for marijuana, but also a booming market of remedies ranging from old school to New Age. None of them are regulated by the FDA, so your bottle of Ancient Chinese Vitality Root could be powdered dog shit for all you know. It could also cure cancer. It's a crapshoot.
Consumer organizations do their best to keep an eye on these things, however, and Consumer Reports made a list in 2004 of herbal supplements that are downright dangerous. Number one on that list is a Chinese remedy for eczema. This FDA alert tells of two people who took it hoping to clear up some skin problems and ended up needing kidney transplants.
One of the more well-known supplements on that list is kava, which is supposed to be a kind of herbal Prozac.
It is rather cheerful looking, as roots go.
Unfortunately, evidence started to appear indicating that, while it might make you feel good, it also destroys your liver. Kava advocates theorize this might have been caused by companies looking to cut costs by grinding up the entire kava plant, including leaves and stems, which may contain toxins, in addition to the traditionally used root.
Which brings us back to the beginning: There's no FDA to ask manufacturers, "Hey, what are you guys doing with the leaves and stems over there?" So they'll just throw any old thing right in. They could be grinding up used condoms and bear fur in there.
Remember: People still sell snake oil. They just put pictures of leaves on the bottle now.
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5 People Who Escaped Death By Being Lazy
#2. Avoiding an Assassination Due to a Late Dinner Guest
Tsar Alexander II ruled Russia from 1855 to 1881, a time when grenades were chucked at world leaders like water balloons and the man in charge was whoever was blown up the least. In April 1866, a man shot at the tsar while he was walking in his garden. He missed. That summer, a man shot at Alexander while he was visiting France. He missed. In April 1879, another man shot at the tsar while he was walking in his garden again. This guy missed, too, and all garden walks were canceled. If they were going to kill this guy, they were going to have to come up with a plan.
"Step one: Shave his bullet-deflecting mustache."
In June of 1879, 11 young Russians came together and formed a group called the People's Will, which took a vote and decided that the tsar had to die. Since he was bulletproof, they decided to use a newfangled invention called dynamite.
The original plan was to blow up the tracks under the train he traveled by at the exact moment the train passed over them, but it turns out that's even harder than it sounds. After failing on multiple occasions (though successfully blowing up a train car full of fruit at one point), they decided to just blow him up in his own house.
They were not wildly imaginative assassins.
The Near Miss:
The People's Will had connections. They had a man working in Alexander's palace, directly under the dining room. He spent more than three months sneaking more than 300 pounds of dynamite into his room. At this point, it was just a matter of finding an exact date and time when they knew for a fact the tsar would be in there.
Finally, they got it: The tsar was scheduled to have dinner with Prince Alexander of Hesse on a particular day at 6:00 p.m.
Their beards were fraternal twins.
The day came. The assassins knew the tsar and his entire family were in fact in the palace. The bomber in the basement lit the fuse and got the hell out of there. He walked out of the palace and waited. A few minutes later, the bomb exploded, turning the dining room into a crater.
But the tsar and his family weren't in it. They were home, yes, but there was a blizzard in Russia, and all of the trains into the city were late, so their visitor, Prince Alexander, was late for dinner. And starting dinner without their visitor would have just been rude.
Assassination attempts are less of a faux pas by comparison.
The tsar and his family waited, and were in fact walking toward the dining room when they heard the boom. The tsar was unharmed, and probably believed himself to be immortal (he would be proven wrong a year later, when another assassination attempt finally got him).
#1. A Gas Explosion Claims No Lives Because Everyone Was Late
Church choirs are serious business. It takes a lot of practice to properly testify, so the West Side Baptist Church choir in Beatrice, Nebraska, had practice every Wednesday at 7:20 p.m. Somehow, every single member of the 15-person choir showed up late for their practice on March 1, 1950. All of them. There were no holdouts. Every single person in the choir decided that the importance of the petty bullshit they had going on was far more important than showing up to pay tribute to the Lord. Jesus would not be pleased! Or would he?
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We'll never know. He was out sleeping one off.
The Near Miss:
Practice was to start at 7:20. The church literally exploded at 7:27.
The flame in the furnace ignited a gas leak, sending the roof of the church straight down, killing all of the nobody inside. Like we said, every single member of the choir was late and, as a result, missed not only their date to sing for the Lord, but also their date to meet him. And they each missed it for completely different reasons. Seriously:
The pianist was going to get there half an hour early, but she fell asleep after dinner. Her mother woke her up, but she did that whole "Yeah I'm up zzzzzz ..." thing and hit the snooze button. So both she and her mother, the choir director, were late.
"I'm an atheist for the next half hour, piss off."
Two high school girls, Lucille and Dorothy, were late because Lucille was listening to a riveting radio broadcast and wanted to hear the end. Yes, kids, there was a time when you couldn't just download that kind of thing later.
The Estes sisters were going to be there on time, but the car wouldn't start. They called Ladona Vandergrift, a high school sophomore, to get a ride with her. However, little Ladona was doing geometry homework, and couldn't figure out a problem. She spent so long on that problem that they were all late.
Ms. Schuster and her daughter missed practice because they were helping Ms. Schuster's mother prepare for a missionary meeting.
Herbert Kipf decided that he needed to finish a letter before he went to practice. Because it's not like you can just pick up that kind of activity later, you know?
Joyce Black says that it was cold outside, so she delayed going for so long that she ended up being late. Cold weather in early March in Nebraska? A likely story, Joyce.
"The spirit of God warms me, but giving my car heater a head start helps, too."
Harvey Ahl and his two sons were late because he was talking to somebody and lost track of time. Talking to a person who makes you late for an appointment with God? Tell us, what does the devil talk about?
And finally, the reverend, who had lit the furnace earlier that day and then went home to dinner, ended up being late because his daughter made a mess in her dress, so he had to wait for his wife to iron a new one before they could all go.
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"Darling, you can have as many pudding cups as you want when we get back home."
So the church explodes, while all of the people who are supposed to be inside are ironing dresses and working on homework. Considering that it was a church choir, the members pretty much agreed that it was a miracle. No matter how cynical you are, you have to admit, they have a point, though if they had seen Final Destination, they would probably all feel differently. Unsurprisingly, this story was fascinating enough to earn a spot on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries.
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Just upgraded to Xcode 4.1 (and Lion).
Does anyone know what the gesture is for 'Jump to Next Counterpart' (or a reference for the gestures)? It switches between the header and implementation file. It was the 3-finger swipe up / down, but now the OS is using that gesture.
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About five years ago, there used to be a site called Irony Games that hosted a variety of useful map generator tools (Non-functional list of tools shown here). Have these tools ever been re-hosted elsewhere or are they lost forever? A quick Google search found a lot of dead ends.
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Severe financial problems. I couldn't afford the hosting and sold the domain name. All these years later I'm still working on recovery. Even so, I'm proud that I had a useful website before Microsoft was even on the net! ... I did keep the hard drives for a long time but they are gone now. Sad. And yes, 'irony' did come from the location of my packet radio repeater site located in IroNY located in Irondequoit, New York.
I'm so grateful to read how much it was used and I am sorry for the loss.
Ed no-longer-at irony.com
The irony games generator is long gone, as far as I can tell.
When it dissapeared, I started coding my own generators. I guess they'd be better if I dedicated a bit more time to them, but at least they help me with my games (they might be useful for you too).
And if you don't like them, check my "about" page. I try to link to other people's generators.
I've looked more than once for replacements for their tools over the last few years. I've found a couple of decent replacements for certain items at sites such as Inkwell Ideas, which has decent random generators for inns, cities, magic shops, villages and small dungeon maps. There are other good resources here and there as well to replace the tools that Irony offered.
As to what happened to the original Irony Games site, it just up and disappeared one day. I've never found re-hosted copies of the original tools they had there. I've seen various theories about what happened from legal problems to the owner died, but I've never found an "official" reason.
Most are probably lost to the public; the author may or may not have backups of the backend scripts that actually do the heavy lifting.
Most could be readily recreated from scratch by a competent programmer, as well. Several have been, by Inkwell ideas.
I managed to piece together the MapMagical encounter Editor from my browser Java cache at the time and the google cached version of the website and copied over the results to a webpage. I've been trying to reach Ed for years to figure out what to do with it.
Ed, please let me know if you are ok with me leaving it up there and/or if you want a copy of it.


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I want to share my 500 GB hard drive with a friend but I want to encrypt it in a way that all data can be read normally but cannot be copied or edited in any way.
Is that possible?
I want to share my 500 GB hard drive with a friend but I want to encrypt it in a way that all data can be read normally but cannot be copied or edited in any way.
Is that possible?
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If you can read it, you can copy it. A concept the RIAA or MPAA have yet to grasp.
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A "copy" is defined as reading data and then writing the same data to another location. Since he's read your data into his computer, the data will be under his control at the time. He can then do whatever he likes with it.
The one thing that may be barely possible is to protect your data against unauthorized modification. You'd need an NTFS or similar filesystem. But even in that case, he'd be able to read all data, format your disk, clear any permissions, and write all files back - possibly modified.
500 GB is just billions of numbers. Let me boil it down to a simple example:
Nope, it is definitively not possible.
Let's try to ask a little bit, do you want him not to modify files without your notice? If so, you could checksum all files and reverify.
Another way is a hardware write blocker, you may look here: http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Write_Blockers
Encryption is just math. Think about this for a bit and you will understand its capabilities and limitations better:
But you can't use math to stop people from copying a message down. That's just not something math can do. (Copying data is less 'math' and more 'physics'. :)
The closest that you can come is to use math to encrypt some data, use math to verify that a computer is only running the software that you want it to be running, and only then give the computer the magic number to decrypt the data, meanwhile making extra extra sure that software doesn't end up letting the magic number out or let anyone copy the data. This is trusted computing and is more or less what things like DVD players and video game consoles try to do. It is less than practical for most setups, and tends to end up being broken one way or another (e.g. 09 f9).
As far as I'm aware, there are ways to reduce the risk of data being altered on your hard disk, via software and hardware. However, once your friend has your hard disk, they could probably circumvent or override any write-protect methods, if they put enough effort into it. For example:
As others have said, it's impossible to prevent copying, because if it can be read, it can be copied.
You could try asking your friend not to copy or change anything. Presumably, if they're your friend, they'd be happy to comply...
Prevent edits by copying
Although you can't let someone read your data and simultaneously prevent copying, there's a very simple way that you can easily prevent them from editing it: don't give them the original.
If you copy your data to a separate hard drive and keep the original, clearly the recipient of the copy can't modify your original.
This defeats your "can't copy" request immediately, but that's impossible to satisfy anyway.
The No-cloning theorem may help you, if you had a quantum computer. However, imperfect cloning would still be possible:
As many others have pointed out, under normal circumstances "share and read normally" implies "can be copied", and the answer to your question is "no".
The only way to get to "yes" is to redefine "read normally" by changing the circumstances:
Lock your friend into a room, hand over a device on which you have entered a key, ensure the device has no I/O or network that could let copying happen, ensure your friend does not possess a camera or a photographic memory (with which to copy the display), retrieve the device and return it to a unreadable state, remove the device, then free your friend from the room. (Note, if they can examine the device in depth they may still find private or ephemeral keys, so "no I/O" means lack of physical access to the internals.)
Does that sound like "read normally" to you? If so, you're all set. I wouldn't count on making it a habit or building a business plan around the process, though.
Reading IS copying.
Any data you access on any computer is a copy of the data on the hard drive, that has been copied into the computer's RAM (memory), not the actual data on the hard drive itself. If you really want to get deep, there are more intermediate copies throughout the hard drive controller and various subsets of computer memory, but that's just interesting for the technogeeks. When you visit a website, that website's server's hard drive information is copied to your computer's hard drive, and then to its memory, so it's an extra step deeper again. And I didn't even include the server's memory, or the data packets sending across the internet, among many other copy steps.
You are asking to allow something to take place and then not allow it to. It is possible, perhaps, in an extreme case of a Draconian society where everyone obeys government ruling against "copying". Read about Sony's attempt to do this here and how ugly it can get: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
What you can do:
What you cannot do:
What you should not do:
I would say no, just like everyone else above, but I can give a brief idea on how it can be done.
If every file on the hard drive was encrypted with a key, the data obviously could not be copied because it would not contain the unencrypted data. But if you somehow made the computer decrypt the data every time a read function is called from the computer, and encrypt the data every time a write function is called from the computer, I think it would work.
I also am pretty sure that speed would be a very big problem if a hard drive worked this way, but who knows, maybe we will see it in the future. Also, the thing about this is that anyone who really wanted to get the data on this hard drive could if they knew what they were doing, by just removing the encryption call every time a write function is called, leading to an unencrypted hard drive.
Anyway, that is just an idea, and I really don't see that being a very good solution in the near future.
If a file can be read, it can be copied. After all, copying is the same as telling your computer to read your file and copy whatever it sees. When you read a file, its contents are loaded into the RAM. When you copy a file, the contents are loaded into RAM and written from RAM to HDD. Since the RAM isn't under your control, you can't stop the second step.
If there's only one (or a few) types of files you want to share (eg text, videos, ppts, etc), follow these steps (programming capabilities required):
The method won't work for text documents, but your garbage-creating algorithm can be made more sophisticated to garble the entire file in a reversible manner (rot13 is a simple example).
Neither would this method be advised if you have only one copy of the stuff. The garbling should be reversible, but, things can go wrong.
A bit of a bother to do all this, but the only way I can think of. It's exactly how Netflix and all make their online movies unstealable. They use their own formats (probably a lot more sophisticated than this), and they have their own viewer.
Write protecting can be done, but its easily crackable (whoever has the physical device has everything).
If you have a separate copy of these files, then using the above copy-protect method will automatically write-protect the files, as the user won't be able to edit the files subtly. He can delete them.
If you don't have a separate copy, then NTFS file systems have a read only option; but this is easily bypassed.
Everyone...bear with me, this is an exercise in being naive.
I think the OP was asking for something simple. I also thing that if you propose such a profound question to a bunch of people, many will over think it.
The goal here isn't to prevent or guarantee them from doing anything. It's actually to make it so much work to get around what they want to do - that they'd rather give up or obtain it "the easier way" purchasing or whatever.
So the real question is: "How do I make things difficult for a friend of mine if he tries to copy these files."
IF we assume that your friend is the average person and not capable of reading memory and we assume they aren't going to read this post... :-)
As suggested above an API could work.
Off the top of my head, one could build an interpreter.
If you don't want to write stuff yourself, then proceed no further.
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So encrypt your harddrive.
You can use keys here. If you wrote a binary file, that contained the private key + a salt key that was unique (or really close to unique) to the hardware you were sharing - like the serial number of the device. The binary file would decrypt the files and read them in a wrapper.
So if the files and the binary were moved to another device...it would just fail. Because the keys don't match up as expected.
Now - granted that a truly skilled person would probably still be able to get around this in a number of ways.
BUT - your average person, probably won't want to invest the time/effort/money.
Some light reading:
Some software (so you can play around with encryption):
The easiest kind of "wrapper" you could build is an Adobe Air app...
This will work across platforms (in theory).
I hope this helped in some small way.
Not trivial with digital data, thanks to great open source tools around. However you can create your own encrypted format which is
The best you could do is to use some kind of checksum, MD5 hash, or similar, to be able to at least detect if something was changed on your hard drive. You can't stop anyone from modifying data on the drive if they have physical access, but you can make them promise not to do so, and explain to them that you will be able to detect if they did.
No. You can use a write protected medium to prevent editing, but if data is readable, one can always store the read stream someplace else to reproduce it.
You can of course go some extra miles by requiring an online-connection enforcing decryption routine, but even then the user can simply log the servers response and fake the internet.
You can go quantum and try to apply the no-cloning theorem, but since the read data will still be accessed in a classical way, the output can once again be copied.
In short: Don't waste time trying to protect readable data from copying and invest it in something useful instead. Going to the cinema, for example.
You can share your harddrive via LAN. That way he'll be not having physical access to harddrive. You don't need to encrypt it at all for this. Just set the permissions right and you are on your way.
You can setup SSH. Google on how to setup SSH in your platform. There are many software packages available to share data between computers.
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STEWART, Lori Jean, of Chico, CA., died Saturday, October 6, 2012 in her home after a short fight against cancer.
Born in Steubenville, OH, February 21, 1960, to Thomas and Jacqueline (Day) Stewart,
Lori graduated from Wintersville HS in 1978 then went on to be the first in her family to obtain a bachelors degree, earning it in Interior Design from West Virginia University in 1982. She went on to work as a Set Designer at Fashion Optical Display in Paradise from 1991-1996. She also worked as a CAD designer at Russel, Galway, and Associates in Chico, as a rice farmer in Colusa and most recently as a bartender at DownLo Billiards Sports Bar and Grill in Chico.
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Lori is survived by her mother, Jacqueline Day, of Pompano Beach, FL, her sister and brother-in-law, Marcy and Robert Allen Jr., of River Forest, Il, her sister, Susan Stewart, of Steubenville, OH, her nephews, Robert Allen III and Timothy Allen of River Forest, Il, her niece and nephew-in-law, Shaney and Scott Schlachter, of San Jose, CA, her great- nephews and niece, Riley, Liam, and Aleah Schlachter of San Jose, Ca, and an amazing family of friends in Chico, CA.
"Lori Stewart Party" will be at DownLo Sports Bar & Grill at 319 Main St, Chico, Ca on Saturday, November 3rd at 12pm. Also, a Memorial Tribute will be held at Staffileno's On The River at 801 Main St, Wellsurg, WV on Saturday, October 27th at 3 p.m.
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απαυγασμα is radiance:
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Hebrews 1:3, NIV)
I see three possible ways radiance can be understood by the context:
The Son is like beams of light fully representing the Father. This would imply radiance in an active sense of radiating, as lightwaves move across the universe.
The Son is like light reflecting in a mirror by which we see the Father. Again this would imply active wavelengths of light hitting our retina in order for us to see the original source of the reflection.
The Son is a person embodying the full light of the Father. This would be like a Sun, giving birth to another Sun, so that the representation of the born Sun is just like the original Sun.
What I am wondering is, does the sense of the word απαυγασμα from a pure languages analysis lend itself more towards one of these three understandings, or must a decision be made between them be purely based from a theological and contextual ground?


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July 21, 2010
Rheumatoid arthritis is such an obnoxious, sneaky disease. Example: I went to bed perfectly fine last night (well, my normal "fine" that is). This morning I was cruelly awakened by a sharp stabbing pain shooting through my left knee whenever I moved it. My initial thought was, oh no…not this again. I had had this happen once before when I had to go to the E.R. because the pain was so intense. Luckily this morning I was able to carefully roll out of bed without passing out from pain. I hobbled into the living room and noticed that my left knee was swollen compared to my right one. So now, here I sit writing this blog with a bag of frozen peas icing my knee while I wait for my rheumatologist's assistant to call me back about a plan of action. I'm pretty certain that the doctor will order me to go back on prednisone. Hopefully I won't have to go into the clinic today. This flare-up is especially frustrating because today would be Day 3 of me being prednisone-FREE again. I so badly want to get off of that medication and STAY off of it. I've been tapering down/off for the last three weeks. If Dr. B puts me back on it, we'll have to start the entire process over again. However, I'd rather take prednisone right away if it will knock out this flare-up. Anytime something like this happens, I get extremely nervous, of course, that damage is being done to my joint and that it will never return to normal.
Another depressing thing about this flare is that I've recently been enjoying riding my bike a lot. I've been trying desperately to lose weight by biking but have also come to really love it and look forward to my daily rides. I'm assuming that there will be no bike rides for a while thanks to this knee.
RA is really a jerk sometimes. It obviously doesn't care that I have two medical appointments I need to go to today. Nor does it care that I also had to call in sick to work for tonight. I know life is full of surprises and interruptions for everyone, chronic disease or not. However I've noticed that my R.A. seems to get a kick out of rearing its ugly painful self in my life when it's most inconvenient. It's a very helpless feeling when a disease controls you, forces you to lie around with a bag of peas on your leg when you feel perfectly fine otherwise, and stops you from doing the things you love – like those wonderful summer bike rides.
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September 30, 2010 at 2:14 am
RA is a jerk, just as you say. I think that RA should stand for REALLY ANNOYING or REVOLTINGLY ANTAGONISTIC. I've only just been diagnosed, but I suspect I've been living with the condition for years. Last week, after ending up in hospital with inflammation of gallbladder and liver, I decided that clearly I must have been a truly evil person in a past life!! At times like these you have to try to find the funny side. I love the pic of you with your peas on your knee. Who knew that peas could be such an effective diagnostic treatment! (grinning). Chin up and keep looking on the bright side.


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[RP] The Order - 12-23-2007, 04:32 PM
This is set both high in the mountains of Turska and deep in the marshland city of Hintra, in the country of Cutor. Across the land exists a select order, the Order of the Blood.
The origin of the Order is a mystery, but its purpose is still set in stone; to stop the spreading of the Nachtzehrer, the night Wasters. Vampires.
The legends say that when the world was created by the Seraba, the Light Gods, and the Suteba, the Dark Gods it was as smooth and grassy as could be, with sparkling seas and rich pastures. When the Gods saw it, they immediately wanted to make people for it, but they quarrelled over what kind of people to make. The Light Gods wanted people who were innately good, even if only deep down, but had free will. The Dark Gods wanted people that were always evil, with no choice to be any other.
The result was a ferocious battle that churned the pastures to swamp, scraped the stone into towering mountains and turned the seas salty with tears.
The Light Gods won, at great cost. They gave the rest of their life blood to create the race they had strived for, but would not see come to life. They left gifts for the new people, shelters, seeds and food to keep them going, laws they could follow and to the more aware they left special talents and skills. Then they died, turning into great stone statues that still stand, though they are weather worn and barely recognisable by now.
The Dark God, still alive, took this chance to try create the race they had wanted. However, it failed and they too died, turning into huge forests that are still unexplored to this day. The one creature they had created died too, its incomplete body bleeding into a shallow pool of water.
In their new and unsure state, some of the Light Race drank the bloody water, and were cursed with the evil within it. The sun, created by the Light Ones became poison to them, they craved the blood of the Light Race, driven both by a belief it would heal them and a desire to kill. The holy symbols became sources of pain, rather then solace and any ground upon which the dead were interred would not have them but rather repelled them because that land was blessed by the Gods and kept blessed by the very existence of those with the talents of the Gods.
Despite their weaknesses, they single-mindedly slaughtered as many of the Light Race as they could find scattered over the world. They had superior strength and sense of smell, though were more like beasts than people. To add to that, they were wildly beautiful, with strange hypnotic voices that could charm the birds from the trees, and the families from sanctuary.
They spread their condition through transfusion of blood.
This continued until one day, deep in winter, those blessed with the talents decided to fight back. They were in two divisions, Healers to heal the wounded, and Assassins to kill the Vampires. They built stronger houses, and encouraged people to gather together instead of scattering. The first city was born from the Orders ideas, and the people grew safer. They gathered in hard to reach areas, the heart of the swamp, the mountains, the plateau of the God Statues, where the Oracle dwells.
Many years later, Vampires still exist, and they are still a great threat but no longer do the Light Race tremble on the edge of extinction.
Over the years the wild Vampiric traits have lessened in some families, and there are even Vampires in the Order that are indistinguishable from the Light Race apart form the wild look of their eyes and their voices, though that power has also faded.
However, something strange is rumoured to be happening. Wild Vampires are being sighted near the cities, near the graveyards, something which as never happened before. As the new year brings in more disciples of the Order, so does it bring discord.
People are talking of a new breed of Vampire, named Daywalkers. The Order has publicly dismissed the idea, but behind closed doors fears grow, and old prophecies are read.
Class Info
Healers: Healers are masters and mistresses of herblore and legends. They are typically female, though male Healers are not all that uncommon. They take either a vow of full chastity or of sub-Chastity; not to have sex until they marry, as the Healer ability is usually genetic and preventing any reproduction would make little sense. That said, the more chaste the Healer, the purer their skills.
They wear knee-length off-shoulder tunics, usually in pastel colours with droopy sleeves called a takara, secured with a chunky belt that has loops in it for hanging vials and herbs from called a tikira, with light cotton trousers and boots, though the newly ordained go barefoot or in sandals. They wear their hair up or held back with a ribbon or hair band. They wear silvery chokers set with a gem that is the representative colour of their class.
They are traditionally very nimble, graceful people, with unhealthy green-tinged skin from mixing potions and lotions together in their small houses, one roomed affairs of wattle and daub called bee-hives, for their domed shape.
Healers are by no means a submissive group of people. They carry blades hidden in their clothes or boots and are often headstrong and independent, but very dedicated to humanity.
Their duties involve Healing those harmed by Vampires or anything else, midwifery, and laying the dead to rest.
Assassins: Assassins are honourable men and women, trained in more disciples than just death. They strive to make the world better through their kills and protect all from Vampires. Assassins lead reclusive lives, due to the volatility of their work. They take few close friends, and fewer lovers, preferring not to trust many and focus on their skills.
They wear black trousers that are tied at the ankles, with padded cloth shoes for silence with a tunic belted at the chest that is usually black but can be navy blue or deep red. They all wear rings or black gold which are set with gems to show what class they are. Mostly, they cut their hair above shoulder length to stop it being a nuisance, but some of the most famous Assassins have had butt-length hair.
They live in secure houses of stone and steel with many traps for the unwary.
They are stealthy people, very pale from being rarely outside during sunlit hours. Theyre very scholarly and can quote some books chapter and verse. The lower classes are usually the ones concerned with the research though.
There are seven classes within the Order:
First Bloods: The training class, these are not officially recognised as followers by outsiders but have the beginning of the skills and talents. They are brought in at 5 years of age and train until theyre 10. Colour: Yellow.
Novices: Like First Bloods, not officially followers, however of there is no other followers in the area they can be temporarily enlisted for whatever needs doing. Once they reach 15 they partake in the Ordainment Ceremony and become New Bloods. They usually learn how to make the potions and poisons the high classes use. Colour: Green.
New Bloods: New Bloods are the first official class of followers. They go through an Ordainment Ceremony, cutting across their hands with a silver knife and letting the blood fall into the Stone Pool. Afterwards, they receive their familiar and are sent to work, travelling in a group with other New Bloods and a Bright or Dark One.. Colour: Blue.
Bright/Dark Ones: These are professionals, some of the best there is. They travel far and wide, administering their specific services. Colour: Wine
Alumni: The Alumni stay in one place, maybe two to a city. They are masters at what they do, and among the most respected in the land. Colour: Red
Vitaeri/Mortori: Guardians and Keepers of the Temple of Life. Only the truly great end up here. Very few have seen their bodies which are deep within the Temple itself, only their spirit shapes that are used to fight intruders. Colour: White or Black
Commonly Potions and Weapons
These are the weapons all Assassins are trained in. They learn the basics of each, but they only master one or two. One overachiever even did three. I love that mace to bits.
1: AquaVitae. Its the standard healing Potion, works from grazed knees to fractured bones. It can be used to lessen the damage of a worse wound, but wont fully heal it.
2. Poison. A highly toxic brew made from a plant that grows only in the graveyards. Its fast acting, extremely painful and passes out of the bloodstream quickly after death. Difficult to spot.
3. AquaBlu. A strange mix that is both sleeping potion and stimulant. Its tangy odour can easily wake someone from anything from a daydream up to a mild coma, but when you drink it you have 15 minutes to find a comfy bed or its lights out.
4. Love potion. This one is used to induce a mild crush, nothing more. Teenage girls love it.
5. AquaMorti. Its used to lay to rest those to need to die in peace.
Post 1 of 2.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
And the second bit!
Advanced RPers only. I have the right to tell you to get the hell out as well. Ill only do it if youre an eejit though, so chill. XD
Romance allowed. Keep it clean though.
Mary Sues will be kicked in the teeth, then put through a mangle. Then hit with a really large flaming frying pan. Honest. >__>
No gratuitous violence, like killing loads of people for no reason. Theres meant to be a motive, even if its something like one stole your pencil and youre insane.
Your starting character(s) must be a relatively recently ordained New Blood, or about to be one. That means they should be from 15-17.
You cant be a Vampire. Yet, anyways. Or part Vampire. You can have wild eyes though, honest.
And always follow the stickie rules.
I want you to describe your charrie in your opening post. You can include a doll if you want though. I. am, so why not?
Also, when describing personality, be as brief as possible. Id rather your character develop personality within the roleplay, if thats alright. If it isnt, its grand.
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Division(Healer or Assassin):
Quick Bio:
Name: Aline Burrons.
Age: 15.
Division(Healer or Assassin): Healer, soon to be ordained.
Personality: Cynical, painfully withdrawn, strong moral compass.
Quick Bio: Her mother and father were killed in a fire, and she was taken in by the Healers.
Name: Jacques Burrons. Hes not showing up for a while though.
Age: 16.
Divison(Healer or Assassin): Assassin, soon to be ordained.
Personality: Very outgoing, an annoying trickster, sticks to what he believes in.
Quick Bio: His mother and father were killed in a fire, and he was taken in by the Assassins.
First post
The sun was just breaking over the horizon as the Disciples of the Juner stronghold opened their eyes, lit their fires and began to cook the food for the days festivities. It was the day of the annual Ordainment Ceremony, which was always a day for song, dance, family and good food as one year ended and a new one began.
In her small hut that was part of the Novice dormitory(A collection of huts clustered together under a much larger hut), Aline packed her satchel carefully. She was one of those due to become a New Blood and as soon as the Ceremony was over, she would be given her own separate hut in the main part of the stronghold. Most liked to wait until after, but she had always hated the crowded dormitories and wanted out as soon as possible.
She finished packing a few old trinkets and her new clothes before changing into the plain white robes for the Ceremony. Like most Healers she was pale, though not the green of the older ones and was slightly stockier than the average. She had dark red hair, which had a tendency to eat her hairbrushes if she wasnt careful and blue eyes that would be covered by said hair if she forgot to hold it back with a ribbon. Her new clothes were the default uniform of the Healers in blue and white.
She stepped outside, avoiding the crowd of families that were hugging their children with tear filled joy. Families had come from all over the land, over treacherous swamp and steep mountain just for a few hours to celebrate.
Aline moodily kicked at the dirt with her barefoot and stubbed her toe.
Over by the wall, a guy snickered then elbowed the guy behind him and pointed. He then cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled "Way to go, genius!" He laughed to the other guy, "Is she a smart cookie, or what? "
Ooc: XD
Also, this is what she looks like in her new uniform: I love that doll so much.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
Name: Liam Emerald
Age: 15
Division(Healer or Assassin): Assassin (soon to be ordained)
Personality: Cynical, can seem distant at times. He's also really paranoid about his lack of height, and will get very angry at anyone who even appears to be saying anything about it. He also can be very neurotic under stress. Liam also believes that suicide is cowardly, as is running away from problems; and anyone who even looks like they might do either will be told this.
Quick Bio: Liam's parents were killed by vampires. He became an assassin so he could track down the vampires who'd done this and also to save innocent people from the vampires.
Liam looked at the guy coldly. "I don't see the point in laughing at someone for a simple mistake. How do you know it won't be you doing that next?"
"No I won't. She took all the stupid genes. "
Aline hopped over and stamped down on his foot, hard.
"Aw, fu-d@mn it! Aline!"
"It's your own fault, Jackie."
Jacques made a face at her, "Blahdy blah."
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
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We are flying from London into Eindhoven in the Netherlands and then traveling to Maasbree (about 40 minutes by car) for the weekend. A friend has arranged for a taxi but we'll have a baby with us and we don't have a car seat. Are there taxis available with car seats? Is there other transport to consider? Would it be possible to borrow or hire a car seat either in the Netherlands or in London? Or is there a better solution?
Public transport is comfortable and easy in the Netherlands, and a good way to experience the country. You will need to change several times, which is always a bit of trouble with a baby, but it won't be worse than going through the airports. Do mind how far your destination in Maasbree is from the bus stop — though it might be easier to arrange a bike with a baby seat than a car!
You can find a complete itinerary on the 9292ov journey planner. The most likely itinerary is bus 401 from Eindhoven airport to Eindhoven station, then a train to Venlo and a bus to Maasbree. The journey time is about 1:30. That is admittedly significantly slower than driving. The trains from Eindhoven (platform 2) to Venlo run every half-hour. See the NS website. You can book in advance and print tickets at home. The tickets are valid for one day (for a single journey), so you don't need to figure out the exact time in advance.
On the bus, you pay with an electronic purse on a dedicated smart card (similar to London's Oyster Card), the OV-chipkaart. Buying an OV-chipkaart can be a little difficult without a Dutch banking card; hopefully you can get one (per person) at the airport, but I can't find any confirmation.
From Venlo, bus 61 or 62 brings you to Maasbree.
You could get a taxi from Eindhoven airport into the city centre, and then catch a train to Blerick. It would then be another short taxi ride to get to Maasbree. Perhaps this is an option?
We ended up borrowing a car seat. In asking around to find a place we could hire one, we found a friend that could loan us one for the weekend. This turned out to be the best option as we can travel with the arranged taxis with the rest of the group. I just want to add these options as an answer.


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Aug 4, 2009
Dave Barlow's World of Impossible
I really much hate it when I'm in a hurry, but need to post an update. "Creative writing" is something that should never be done under pressure.
I can't understand how some writers manage to stay concentrated, while being on a tight schedule from their publishers. Hope I'll never have to learn this on my own skin. Today I will show you something I should have posted long time ago.
Abaroth created these 3d models of impossible structures and explained them like this: "Hi Vurdlak, It's been a while since I sent Ascending & Descending and the other 2 illusions to you.
Here's the model page from my website – there's a model of Escher's Belvedere, and a couple of other new ones, an impossible arch, and a Necker cube.
Feel free to use anything you feel is appropriate. All the best. Dave Barlow aka. Abaroth.


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Sansa Clip Zip MP3 Player 8GB (Black) Special Edition for $43.99 + free shipping
Sans-tastic! Is what we'd say if the Sansa people hadn't specifically told us not to say that ever again.
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Nice timing, I was just in the process of figuring out how to "fix" my 8GB Clip+. The hinges on the Clip+ are cheap plastic and mine broke a couple of months ago (I've had it about 2 years though).
The description for the Clip Zip says it has a "anodized brushed aluminum clip," but does anyone know if the hinges are also aluminum or cheap, thin plastic like the Clip+?
Rockbox is not (last time I checked) yet officially supported on this, but the development builds work excellently.
use promo code D478Q to get an extra 10% off. : )
Damn, just ordered the 4gb off of amazon for 35 last week. Although I was able to snag a 32gb sd for it so that 4gb shouldn't make much of a difference
best sounding MP3 player period.
I use my older clip almost daily when out cycling, great little player. Anybody know of a cheap source for the smaller capacity? I download and give them away.
Have several Clip +, 2 Fuze, all great players. Just had an old original clip die on me,think the battery is dead because it won't charge, but it's 4 plus years old and was well worth the $$$. If you've never owned one of these they are great players and this is a very good deal.
Just ordered one. I've had a 4 gig Sandisk fuse for years. Stays in my car even during the hot summers here in the south. Never had any trouble with it. Thanks sandig7 for the promo tip. Saved another 4 bucks.
Memories...light the corners of my mind
Well-priced, random little memories
Of the way woot was
Sansa Sandisk
Is the woot we left behind
Woots we bought for one another
That's the way woot was
Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
If woot had the chance to do it all again
Tell me - Would they? Could they?
May be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the Sandisk
We will remember
Whenever we remember
The way woot was!
The way woot was!
I got one of these and have to say I personally liked the clip+ better. The screen itself does very little in my opinion to help with sorting threw songs and play lists and actually enjoyed the look of the older clip+ more.
been trying to buy it for what has been an annoying long and frustrating time. everytime I put in my PO box the site tells me they can't ship to APO or FPOs. I KNOW! finally just put in my street address and by that time it wasn't taking the promo code any longer. Have NEVER had such a hard time buying something. It's like they want me to give up and just go to wallyworld or best buy. Going to give it one more shot, after that the savings won't make up for the agrivation. wish me luck.
Just bought one and the promo code worked with no problem. Sensenigk comment is right on, I use to stay up till 1 am ET just to see the next Woot offering - I obviously had a problem. I love Amazon, shop there all the time, but Woot is just no Woot anymore. Even the woot-offs lack something. Nonetheless, here I am still checking or buying daily.
I love the Clip family, but somehow $43 seems a bit on the high side. I guess we can thank Amazon for killing the wootness of Woot.
Man!!! I just bought this very same one less than a week ago for $10 bucks more. Oh well, spilled milk and all that....
The thing I really like about the Clips is the MicroSDHC slot which holds up to a 32g card (which is what I got). So you can have an inexpensive 40 gig player for sitting on the side of the road for 15 minutes scrolling through a seemingly endless stream of music trying to find something that you want to listen to. Love it!
I agree with other posters that the Clip+'s interface was better. It's cute to have the graphics and album artwork, but totally not necessary. I also liked the Clip+ button setup and navigation better too.
But all in all I love these and highly recommend one or two .. .or three ...
@jimnms: I sanded off the remnants of the broken clip and just stick it in my pocket. Velcro dot's might work for some applictions.
My main gripe with this poorly executed player is the lock button is right on the top of the player. This may seem trivial, but basically this makes the feature useless. If you put the player in your pocket like most people do, the little sucker will be unlocked in a matter of seconds. Then its only a matter of time until songs will be switching when you don't want them to. Very annoying and frustrating.
Secondly, the player doesnt really take well to properly tagged files. I have all my music tagged in ID3v2 and this sucker couldn't keep them in order. I was forced to listen to my songs with the "play all" section. Try to listen by artist, or album, or genre? nope, wouldn't do it. Another annoyance.
I ended up selling mine on kijiji for $20. This thing sucked plain and simple. And this is coming from a loyal sansa customer. I loved my sansa e260 until my son put it down some random hole. It was a sad day...
@sensenigk: I cry every time I play that in my rectified Clip+. Good news I still have 258MB Sansa (clip like player), still works great.


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If I roast a selection of mixed nuts, does it significantly change their nutritional content?
Also: Are there any potential food safety issues around roasting nuts (e.g. does it damage the oils)?
If I roast a selection of mixed nuts, does it significantly change their nutritional content?
Also: Are there any potential food safety issues around roasting nuts (e.g. does it damage the oils)?
Discussion of the long-term health effects would be little more than speculation; however, there is a specific nutritional claim which can be tested, and has been tested in the commercial food-processing setting.
See: Formation of Lipid Oxidation and Isomerization Products during Processing of Nuts and Sesame Seeds:
You'd have to read the whole study for a detailed analysis of how roasting affects the lipid oxidation products, which are the same products seen in rancid or overheated fats, but there is going to be some effect.
This is really more of an issue in a food plant because they use big machines designed to roast huge quantities of nuts (we're talking 200 kg/h for a low-end, $5000 gas-fired machine). The heat characteristics of one of these machines is going to be completely different from the comparatively slow roasting of a tiny quantity of nuts in a home oven, so don't panic.
To be any more specific, you'd have to specify the kind of nut. The oils from different nuts peroxidize at different temperatures; some unrefined nut oils start to smoke at around 160° C / 320° F (peanut/walnut), others go well into the 200° C / 400° F range (e.g. almonds). In any case, it's very rare that you'd actually be heating the nuts up to these temperatures unless you left them roasting too long, and they'd smell very burnt at that point.
Just don't eat hundreds of pounds of roasted nuts every month, and don't burn them when you roast them, and you'll be fine.
Here's a good article addressing your question:
Edit: To paraphrase the article... In a nutshell, yes and no... Roasting nuts over 170 degrees Fahrenheit (75 degrees Celsius) can damage the fats, causing the the fat to break down (and potentially release free radicals)...
The article advises against commercially roasted nuts because you don't know at what temp they were roasted
Roasting nuts under that temperature should maintain their nut integrity :)


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The state says it will take over the operation of a southeast Kansas nature center.
The Kansas Wildlife, Parks & Tourism announced Tuesday it will begin running the Southeast Kansas Nature Center in Galena, pending approvals from the center's board and Galena City Council.
The Joplin Globe reports the state already is advertising for a director.
Mike Rader, of the parks department, says services and operations at the center will not change much, unless the new director proposes new programs.
The center currently is funded mostly by donations and run by volunteers. Supporters say it is the only area in Kansas that still contains part of the Ozarks.
The state also operates a nature center in Junction City.
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The 5 Most Hilariously Misguided Comic Book Adaptations
Nerds like to complain when their favorite comics get adapted to movies or TV and turned to shit, usually with good reason. But we rarely think about all of the far more ridiculous adaptations that go the other way -- comics that get slapped together with the intention of cashing in on a movie, game, etc. by people who had no goddamned idea what they were doing. We're talking about the madness of ...
#5. The Marvel Star Wars Comics Written Before the Writers Saw the Movie
In the '70s, Marvel Comics published the first comic based on Star Wars, but they had to start making it before the first movie was out, meaning that they hadn't even seen the thing they were supposed to be adapting. The results were predictably insane.
For instance, in the early issues, all they had to go on was the script for the film, which, as we've mentioned before, originally included a scene with Jabba the Hutt. Only it didn't really describe what he looked like (they wouldn't come up with the "giant slug monster" design until the third movie), so the comic naturally just assumed that he was a cross between a yellow walrus and a Confederate colonel.
Afterward he ate those two other dudes and the morbidly obese Jabba we know was born.
With issue No. 6, Marvel ran out of scenes from the movie to adapt and had to start winging it. As a result, in the next issue Han Solo goes out on his own and recruits a group of bizarre space mercenaries, including a pudgy porcupine person in green underpants:
Who apparently interrupted Han in a private moment, judging by Chewie's reaction.
A senile old "Jedi" called Don-Wan Kihotay (GET IT?!?):
And Jaxxon, a mercenary from a race of green rabbit people ... so, um, Bucky O'Hare?
OK, seriously, how are there two green space rabbits with a blaster and a red suit out there? Bucky first appeared in a comic from 1984, so they either ripped him off from an obscure issue of a Star Wars adaptation or his creator was smoking the exact same type of dope they had at the Marvel offices in the '70s.
Meanwhile, in issue No. 10, Han, Bucky, Space Don Quixote and all the rest go on to fight a dinosaur that shoots lasers from its forehead:
By the way, Luke Skywalker barely appears in these issues. By No. 10, he doesn't appear at all, and Princess Leia shows up for exactly one page. Presumably this is the point where George Lucas actually got around to reading the comics they were publishing of his movie, because with the next issue they changed the entire creative team. The comic went on to last over 100 issues and is fondly remembered by fans today (it's often said that it saved Marvel from bankruptcy, so there's that).
#4. The Sextacular ThunderCats Comic
Back in the early 2000s, someone had the great idea of reviving the ThunderCats franchise. Since fans of the original cartoon at this point were in their 20s or 30s, they decided to give them a more mature and adult take on the characters. You know, a mature story for guys who still give a shit about ThunderCats. Like this:
We always thought Mumm-Ra would be a bottom.
That voluptuous cat-woman in the Slave Leia costume is this character from the cartoon, WilyKit ...
And suddenly, you feel the urge to self-register as a sex offender.
... all grown up. You see, in this story, years have passed, the evil Mumm-Ra has taken over the world, and all of the ThunderCats have been enslaved and forced to work in mines, except for WilyKit and her twin, WilyKat, who are now Mumm-Ra's unwilling sex slave and regular slave, respectively.
Now, to be fair, Mumm-Ra is a mummy, so science dictates that his dried dick fell off ages ago and is now mislabeled in some museum as "ancient prototype for beef jerky." So he probably only has a slave bride for show. If you want to think something else, go ahead; we have our version, and you have your furry necrophilia porn, Jeffrey Dahmer. Crap, this is a very depressing future; let's hope Snarf shows up soon and lightens up the mood.
Wait, we kind of like seeing him miserable.
Yeah, this story is sad. It's not sad because ThunderCats die or get molested by Mumm-Ra; it's sad because a group of adults, or very close facsimiles, wrote, drew and published this creepy thing. Around half the pages seem to be dedicated to WilyKit and Mumm-Ra role playing 50 Shades of Grey.
"Ahhh, I just ripped an odious mummy-fart. Inhale my greatness!"
Anyway, Snarf resists the urge to drink some Drano and uses the key of the Book of Omens to liberate the imprisoned hero, Lion-O (his imprisonment is what allowed all of this ugliness to occur). You might be wondering why the heck they didn't use the key to let Lion-O out before, and the writer did notice this huge gaping plot hole ... about four issues later. The explanation? Because he told them not to disturb him.
How dare you ask why we left you trapped in there for five years for no good reason?
So, even when Mumm-Ra attacked them, enslaved them and inappropriately touched their children, they decided not to call Lion-O, because he might get a bit angry. Lion-O must be one mean abusive drunk asshole. And Mumm-Ra never considered this turn of events -- when Lion-O is freed, the villain has no byzantine web of intrigue and traps to stop him. Lion-O just walks into his pyramid and kicks his ass, mercifully putting an end to the whole thing.
#3. The Soft-Core Porn Lost in Space Comic
Before we begin, let's be fair and point out that this series lasted for around 20 issues, and many of them managed to tell solid science fiction stories. Others ... not so much. It's even weirder because this series was an official continuation of the TV show with a lot of involvement from the actors, who acted as consultants or even wrote for this series. The result?
That makes us wonder how the consulting thing worked. "So, miss, how hard would your nipples be in this situation?"
Anyway, there are little scenes of weirdness throughout, like this one that reveals Dr. Smith's hobbies:
Actually, that's kinda what we figured fighter pilot school was like.
But other issues exist as a flimsy excuse to let the artists try to see how naked they can get the characters.
Apparently, Frog Face Man has seen better.
Not that they didn't also put something in for the ladies:
"Hello, ladies, I have something that wants to get lost ... in the space between your legs."
Perhaps the best example of these issues is when the dad accidentally sells his daughters into prostitution -- space prostitution. Yeah, it's the issue with the cover we put at the start of this entry.
The family that hoes together, grows together.
Like absolutely no episode of any sci-fi show that ever existed, much less Lost in Space, this story begins with a space pimp looking for some space hoes to add to his inventory. Somehow his ship detects the Robinson daughters and he tricks the girls into his ship in exchange for directions to Alpha Centauri. Never, ever trust someone dressed like the gimp from Pulp Fiction.
"On the plus side, you probably can't catch most of their diseases."
And then, even for a sleazy weird-ass torture quasi-porno story about Lost in Space, this shit gets weird. In one scene, the space pimp's robot sidekick shoots some fumes at Penny Robinson's tits and the pimp snorts it.
"The planet of voices"? On Earth we just call it motorboating.
As the series progresses, the Robinsons finally arrive at Alpha Centauri, only to get teleported by some aliens to random planets and getting even more lost than they ever were before. At this point, the series takes a dive into the deep end of the crazy pool.
The dad gets transported to a planet that looks like 18th century Mexico, if Mexicans were purple, where he starts fighting evil as EL ZORRO. Not to be left behind, Will Robinson and Dr. Smith get transported back to Earth, but to a post-apocalyptic California that has been taken over by gangs of Mexican, Chinese and black people who have killed all the white people and now plan to hunt down the Robinsons for sport, because that's what ethnic people do.
On the racism scale, this is somewhere around two Michael Richards out of Hitler.


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Hi, it's B and G, the little kids in this house. We've had a lot of ice lately. The TV says we may even lose the electricity. Dad said he needed to write his blog early this weekend. But right now, he is walking around the living room and griping about writer's block. He looks kinda funny.
So we sneaked in here to say what we don't like and do like about the computer. The adults have said what they liked, now it is the kid's turn.
What we don't like is not having enough time on the computer. The adults in this house use it WAY more than we do. How can work be more important than playing on the computer? Do we really have to ride our bikes or play catch three days in a row? We tried whining for more time, but now we use it even less. What's up with that? We think we should just ask for another computer. We'll let you know how it goes.
Also, what is this deal about different sides to the computer? Dad started going on about dual-booting and different operating tables (oops, that's operating systems). Shouldn't it just work together? Seems like whatever game we want to play, Dad has the computer on the wrong side. C'mon Dad, get it right.
Off to the fun stuff, we'll take turns sharing a couple of our favorite games. These games are for little kids, so no peeking by grownups.
B - One of my favorite games is TuxPaint. I love to draw and color pictures. TuxPaint has lots of different colors and shapes to use for drawing. You can also color some pictures that come with it. But my favorite part is using the Magic effects. You can create rainbows and sparkles and grass by choosing the right button. The best part is the sound the brick's button makes. Mom's face turns just as purple as the bricks.
G – I like KBattleship. Placing your ships in the water is easy. Push the big Shift button to change which way your ship points. I really like when I sink the long ship. The games are fast and I can play lots of games before getting kicked off the computer.
B – Another good game is Hexagon in GCompris. You look for a strawberry hiding in a field. The box colors let you know how close you are to the strawberry. Dark red is very close.
G – I also like Potato Guy. I can make a neat fishbowl. Or I can make a Potato person or a Penguin dress very funny. Mom says this is why I'm not allowed to pick my own clothes yet.
We both like looking at the stars and planets with Celestia. Spinning fast around the moon or Saturn's rings is neat. Spinning fast around the kitchen causes Dad to be grumpy. It's worse when he hasn't had coffee.
Websites with a lot of kid activities are fun. Some of our favorites are PBSKids, Scholastic and MonsterTrucks.net.
Hey, because of this ice, we are going to be inside all day. Why aren't we playing these games right now? Gotta go!
Gotta love those kids...
...but Chris you have way too muck time on your hands.
William "Papa" Meloney
My kids are also complaining
My kids are also complaining about not enough time on the computer.
They have their own computer but it is down because it got so hot the CPU fused to the heatsink and we had to take it apart. I understand withdrawal, but then again parents love hogging the computer. It's the priviledge you get for being the big person in the house.
HA! HA! HA! I'm not getting off now, you have to wait until you can grow up and buy one of your own.
Sorry. Got a bit carried away there.
Enjoy the icicles!
Not quite accurate...
I don't think the overheat is attributed to the heat sink sticking to the CPU, and I think that probably has more to do with cold than heat. Apparently heat sink grease becomes very solid and sticky when it gets cold. When I disassembled the computer to remove the heat-sink and fan (I want to clean it and reassemble to see if the problem is dust or something) the heat sink pulled the CPU right out of its ZIF socket. (!)
I found that if I microwaved some water in a dish, then set the heatsint/CPU in the water (with the CPU up, out of the water), the heat sink conducts enough heat out of the water into the grease so that it loosens up. Then I could remove the CPU without damaging it, and reinstalled it into the ZIF socket. You can't install one of these while attached to heat sink, because you have to be able to operate the lever on the ZIF socket, and it would actually be inside the heat sink when it's open, so it wouldn't fit anyway. I like to post this, because it might come in handy for somebody. Be careful not to cook the CPU, though.
The sad thing is, with us iced in, I can't go to the store to buy more heat sink grease to reassemble it, so the kids'll have to wait until the weather improves to get their computer back. Even then, I might still find that the heat sink is no good, and I have to start all over with a new one. Sigh.
I remember when CPUs didn't need heat sinks and fans and were just epoxy-covered chips like all the others. (!)


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Is there a way to change the login screen in Snow Leopard? I do not like the way the purple 'time machine' background looks and can't seem to find anyplace to change this.
Tis easy: If you don't mind usig an app skip to the bottom. If you want to do it manually and distrust apps that tinker with your system, continue reading.
There are actually two ways:
1) the way I don't prefer since you may accidentally lose your original background image if you don't back it up
a) change
2) the way I prefer since it's easy to revert to default: it may look complicated, but all it does is tell the OS to look in a different folder for the desktop picture
Of course, to do this non-manaully in Terminal:
There are also multiple free apps out there on the web that let you do this even quicker, including Loginox, NanoCustomizer, etc. etc.
As a side note, if you're not administrator, you may be kind of out of luck.
you can use loginox it's a free application, and easy to use.