I wonder whether I’d be accurate enough with a pellet gun to take out the wires on an entire neighbourhood’s worth of cheap-ass wind chimes. Why the hell does everyone have those goddamned things hanging off the front porch? They can’t hear them inside their houses, and the only time they go outside is either […]

Fuck you, Conky. All I want is the weather, properly displayed. I don’t care where you get it, or really what it looks like–you can make the fucking font sky-blue-pink for all I care–just display it properly formatted. Use NWS, use Yahoo!, use Wunderground…I don’t care. Update every hour, every half hour or every two […]

I didn’t really want to read the article. Mostly because I think Cheney is a weeping pustule upon the leprous, unwashed taint of America, and I also know that nothing’s going to happen to the fucker, even if he should rot in jail for the rest of his life, preferably whilst having his arse traded […]

US cable companies are nothing more than greedy bastards that gouge exhorbitant monthly rates from their subscribers, additionally nickel-and-dimeing them to death for what the corporation refers to as “extra services” but which are, in fact, services that should be included for free because they cost the company little or nothing. They would be included […]

Windows, O Windows! How do I despise thee? Let me count the ways… Jesus H. tapdancing Christ on a cracker. ALL I wanted to do was finish scanning the last four or five photos, using the same goddamned scanner I’d just used to scan…oh, probably thirty-five photos. Did you “lose” that scanner, Windows? Why, yes…yes, […]

I’m still trying to get a fire lit under P. to get dressed and actually go outside the house, though largely without success. I was sitting here, reading something or other, and in a comment, someone mentioned the irritating behaviour of Windows because if you have multiple windows open, focus does not follow the mouse, […]

Oh my fuckin’ nerves, that man is gonna drive me entirely batshit! Yes, I was logged into Flickr last night; I hadn’t been there since Christ was a cowboy, and it’s rude to ignore questions that people have asked, plus I like to thank people for their comments, and go visit their streams. Yes, I […]

I just had what is definitely in the running for World’s Worst Blueberry Muffin. I like muffins…they’re lovely for brunch with fresh coffee. Too bad I can’t seem to find them. A muffin does not: – have a peak or cracks on top (oven too hot during baking) – have “air tunnels” inside (too much […]

As an amateur basement chemist: Any more it is near impossible to talk about about chemistry in any public place because everybody thinks you are trying to build bombs. Yes, bombs are fun, but there is cooler stuff out there. Case and Point: Friends and I are talking about distilling Moonshine out of Mash using […]

Jesus Christ, man. You insist upon that “medium thumbnails” presentation, so just five images on your front page, and four of them are the same goddamned cat. I may not get out much, but at least I don’t torture viewers with 80% cat photos. Here is the cat, sleeping. Here is the cat, not sleeping. […]