Some details I absolutely missed when the Jack, Locke and Sawyer encountered Zeke. Man I would have been pouring out questions if I were Jack! “Where is this island?” “Keep the island! How do we get off?” and so forth.
Author: Doug McCaughan
Father of 5.
Juggler.
Ticked off at blogger.com.
White House: DOJ Request For Google Data Is ‘Narrow’
Today’s headline regarding Bush’s realization of Orwell’s world:
“White House: DOJ Request For Google Data Is ‘Narrow’”
You know… “Narrow” like a wedge is narrow on one end. Remember, the goal here is to censor the Internet on the premise that we are fighting child pornography. So far the government’s approach online has been to scare people in the pornography industry (or anything that might have to do with nudity) into self-policing but that would be like scaring Borders into not selling any books that show a baby’s butt (most parenting books and magazines) for fear of prosecution.
Dealing with sharks
Terreus has posted some great? advice about shark encounters.
Be sure to read his related post on the Thames.
Tired of spam?
Spamusement has poorly drawn cartoons based on actual spam subject lines
Are you smart?
I had fun with this test. Got 16 17 18 19 20 out of 33 (without cheating) before I had to give up and get back to work. I think I can get to 19. Is this really a mensa test? I don’t know. But it is fun!
According to MENSA, if you get 19 + of these, you are a “genius”.
Only 2 MENSA members achieved full marks. See how well you do.
It looks like a good day for a meltdown said the ice cube to the sun.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: If I can just make it around the next bend.
Master: Just take one more step.
Student project: Mood-phone for Aspergers patients
Motorola has given an award to John Finan, who created a conceptual “mood-phone” that would help Asperger’s Syndrome patients determine the mood of the people they’re addressing. Asperger’s Syndrome famously afflicts sufferers by impairing their ability to pick up on social cues, and the mood-phone would makes those cues explicit, thus enabling Asperger’s patients to communicate more readily.
Ah! Happiness
I needed that.
Mark Michael’s Map
If you read Big Orange Michael, be sure to wish him a happy birthday today and mark yourself on his frappr map. If you don’t read him regularly, you must at least read his Lost reviews on Thursdays!
Mayor Nagin of New Orleans
Seen the latest publicity poster for New Orleans?
Thought you’d heard it all?
So I was thinking I was the master of all knowledge and then someone showed me the nasal douche!
I love being a dad!
One of the best things about being a dad of an infant is love pats. There is no feeling to compare with holding a 7.5 month child who firmly puts one arm on your shoulder then uses the other arm to pat you on your chest or arm. Love pats come in repetition. Usually its about five. They are firm, confident pats; not hits. They communicate love and comfort. Love pats say, “Thank you Dad for protecting me” when the Roomba has my curiosity but is making me nervous. Love pats say, “I love you” and “you make me happy.” Love pats almost always are attached to the most content, at ease grin – just a little upturn of the corners of the mouth to say “Life is good.”
Approaching Boiling Point
I often feel like a mechanic that has been dropped into the pits of the Indianapolis 500 but only given a hammer and a screwdriver to get the job done.
My machines are slow. I could be so much more productive with a wireless network and a laptop. But those are simple and solvable. The real challenges come in the form of power outages. Just as I’m about to press the send button on an email I’ve spent 10 minutes on, I hear a boom and our house blacks out. A bit later the same thing. Now I’m trying to rush through some stuff and the cat climbs into my lap and starts shoving my hands with her head and licking me. Not cute when the veins in my neck are pulsing.
Those of course are simply a couple of very specific examples. If only it didn’t feel like karma was fighting me constantly.
Lost Thought
Is it me or did Zeke and Locke seem a little to familar to one another? Was Locke’s original encounter with the monster or with the others?
