I’m reading Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. I’m reading it on my SONY (not Amazon) eBook reader. As you probably already know, she’s kind of an amazing woman, and her life has been an amazing life. And as you probably already know, she made a film defending women’s rights in Islam (Submission) with a guy who was […]
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More Kindle
Ok, so I’m thinking about this now. They’re selling a lot of new books at $9.99, which is cheaper than Sony sells theirs for. But with Sony, I download to my computer. This means that I can download lots more than I actually can fit onto my reader. Then, just like with an iPod, I manage […]
Kindle
Ever since I heard rumors that Amazon was coming out with an eBook reader, I’ve been waiting for it. It’s here. It’s expensive, at $400. It’s wireless, which is awesome. You do your shopping and downloading right from the device, which apparently works on a cell phone (or cell phone-like) network, so you’re not limited […]
Santa HOs
I’m kinda busy nanoing. Read the Santa thing for for yourself. [Link from Jewlicious.]
Am I the Last to Hear This?
Jimmy Carter shot his sister-in-law’s cat in order to “sting” it so that it wouldn’t catch a bird. But he killed it. [Thanks to Truth Plus Lies for the link.]
Do you love your name?
A seemingly ridiculous study seems to show that people whose names start with a C or D are more likely to make poor grades than people whose names start with A or B. Also, baseball players whose name starts with K (the sign for strike-out) are more likely to strike out than those with other […]
Get Rich Get laid
Someone I knew told me that someone HE knew used to look around ATMs for receipts that people would throw on the ground (instead of in the trash can exactly 1 foot from the machine). He’d find one with a big number in the account, then use it as “scratch paper” next time he wanted […]
Dreams Deferred
Man, I had a post all ready to write. It was about how much I hate the Chinese government, and just about everything that comes out of China (except the people). Seriously. When they’re not arresting people for no reason, or being slipshod in their quality control and health standards, they’re taking over other countries […]
Pink
I assume that this is legit. A very rare albino dolphin. I wonder if it gets burnt by the sun. Like, don’t albino humans have to be careful of sunburn?
Bemused Again
In my post about “bemused,” Kevin left a comment that made me wonder about the word, and how the abridged MW had a definition that the unabridged MW didn’t. I wrote to MW (of course?) and their response more or less confirms what I figured: Sense 3 of bemused in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is a […]