August 03, 2008
Lots of synth mp3s, suitable for making ringtones here.
Sheet music to Perfect Story and Bad Horse (and mp3 of the Bad Horse ringtone) here.
More fun Dr. Horrible stuff as I find it!
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July 15, 2008
Act I is available today, Act II will be released on July 17 and Act III on July 19.
But hurry, it all goes away on July 20!
Click over, turn up the speakers and enjoy!
Update: Also, now you can find a super cool Dr. Horrible button in the left sidebar below my Yahoo! Avatar! There are lots of different sized buttons and other widgets on the Dr. Horrible site, just scroll down and click the "get some resources" button. And be sure to read the EVIL Master Plan as well!
My brief review: It's Flash Gordon meets Little Shop of Horrors with Firefly sensibility. Perfect combo.
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June 30, 2008
He/She chooses to remain anonymous because,
I dare not "out" myself because I would run the risk of being held hostage by liberals at some Ashram while being brainwashed with MultiCultural/PoliticallyCorrect/GroupThink/Socialist "isms" until I hollered "I'm Nancy Pelosi's bitch", begged for mercy and changed my party affiliation using a pen filled with my own blood.I feel you. It's hard out here for a
In any case, thanks for putting yourself out there. There's a bunch of us on the interwebs, some anonymous, some eponymous. Check my right sidebar for the "Bear Flag League", a group of conservative Cali bloggers, many of whom are here in SoCal as well.
And Welcome!
h/t the Proc and FCBlog
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June 12, 2008
The just shipped 16500 condoms for the US Antartic base, for 125 scientists and staff. Its supposed to be a yearÂ’s supply.Seems like an awful lot of condoms for so few people.If you assume everyone is acting responsibly and using birth control and that 120 of the 125 pair up, thatÂ’s 60 couples. ThatÂ’s assuming there is a 50/50 split male to female ratio. And if you assume 10% of the women are on the pillÂ… then you get 54 couples that need condoms.
Divided into 16500Â… thatÂ’s 305 per couple to last 365 days. IÂ’m sorry, but I think thatÂ’s not enough. Everyone is different, but there are going to be twice a day couples and once a day couples, and then of course, crazy all the time couples.
Then again, eh, assume that of the 125, you truly only have 25 couples whiling away the hours getting to know each other in the Biblical sense and assuming 10% of the women on the pillÂ… leaving 23 couples, thatÂ’s now 717 condoms per couple and that seemsÂ… more likely.
Heh.
Reminds me of my time at Caltech. Condoms were (and are) freely available on campus. You could get them from the Health Center, from a house Health Advocate, or often from a basket in any bathroom, men's, women's, or unisex.
When I lived in Avery House, our Health Ad used to put all of the condoms out in the bathrooms. She would split a box of 1000 condoms between 8 bathrooms. That's 125 condoms per bathroom, folks. For about 12 residents per bathroom. And they would be gone in 48 hours. Every week she would replace them, and every week, they would be gone.
Caltech, as you know, has a ratio of 3 guys for every girl enrolled. The ratio at Avery house was even higher, more like 6:1. And NONE of these dudes had a girlfriend. So we always wondered what they were doing with the condoms. Stocking up? Balloons? We never found out, but the condoms always disappeared. They didn't even show up on Ditch Day....
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June 09, 2008
Jane has all the details here.
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June 06, 2008
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June 02, 2008
You see, having a two-tier system wouldn't do. Linda couldn't use NHS services and ALSO pay for a drug that others couldn't afford. How much did she really want to live? Enough to burden her husband with a mountain of debt for all her care for just a few months more?Mrs O'Boyle was operated on in January last year for colon cancer and the doctors found it had spread to her stomach lining.
The former NHS assistant occupational therapist, who has three sons, twins
Gerald and Anthony, 37, and Mark, 33, as well as grandchildren Luke,
four, Finn, three, Jemima, two and Darcey, two, then had six weeks of
chemotherapy.She continued with this until September last year when she and her husband were told the devastating news there was little more doctors could do.
However, her consultant recommended Cetuximab, which could extend her life. But it is available on the NHS only in Scotland, not in England and Wales.
It is one of many medicines the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence denies to some patients because of cost.
Mrs. O'Boyle's decision to take it meant she and her husband had to spend £11,000 over two months for care from Southend University Hospital HS Foundation Trust.
Mr O'Boyle, an NHS manager for 30 years, said: 'I think every drug should be available to all of us if there's a need for that drug to be used.
'I offered to pay for it but was told I couldn't continue with the treatmentwe were receiving at the hospital-The consultant was flabbergasted - he was very upset.'
He added: 'I was always very anti private treatment. But everything she had wasn't working and it was a last resort.
'We were lucky we had the money, it's the people who have no recourse to it that struggle. It is wrong that they are denied the chance.'
Mr. O'Boyle, who said he was convinced the drug had extended his wife's life by three months, added: 'If these guidelines were changed it would be a wonderful legacy for my wife.'
Medical experts say the ban on co-payment is one reason why Britain has one of the worst survival rates for cancer in Europe.
Cake Eater Kathy lays it all out.
My friends, this is what Universal healthcare means. Like anything else, when you cater to the lowest common denominator, the quality decreases. That's what the "lowest" part means.Nice, huh? A lifetime of taxes to pay for a health care system that actually employed this woman and her husband, only to be betrayed in the end because she was willing to pay out of pocket for a few more months on this Earth. She wasn't looking for a cure. She knew that was beyond her. She was simply looking for a palliative treatment which could extend her life a bit. Just a bit.
She was asked, "How badly do you want to live?" And she replied that she wanted just a few more months with her family. She paid the price for a drug that wasn't available under universal healthcare, and she did it gladly, only to be smacked with a frozen mackerel in the end. Her actions would create a "two tier" health care system, and that, apparently, cannot be allowed, because that would mean she wasn't receiving lowest common denominator health care, like everyone else does with the NHS, and the NHS cannot stand that. She thought she had the right to choose what her healthcare was worth to her, and that she wasn't going to be penalized for her decision. One would suspect, with universal healthcare, that that would be a reasonable assumption. Unfortunately, it wasn't.
And yet this atrocious system is what some people would have us install here in the US. This is what some people want because their health insurance premiums are too high, and they would prefer not to have to pay them, but would rather let the government run things. It's tidier in theory, but absolutely disgusting in practice.
Again, how badly do you want to live?
Governments with nationalized healthcare systems don't want to give their citizens a choice. Patients are blackmailed, ultimately, into going with the lowest common denominator treatment if the the choice is between that or nothing at all because they don't have spare millions on hand to pay for private care.
But Kathy says it better than I ever could. She has lived it. Go read about what Universal healthcare means for Ovarian cancer patients in Europe compared to the treatment she recieved here in the US. It's shocking and frightening. Definitely something to consider as we go to the polls.
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March 10, 2008
Find out how totally 80's are you at LiquidGeneration!
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March 05, 2008
Squircow
Profile:
You live in the prairies of Botswana, and your diet consists mostly of rocks, wolves and lattés.
Characteristics
(Combat and Non-combat)
You can walk on air. You can breathe Dr. Pepper. You can spit rocks. You can shoot hot death.
You can shoot wind. You can spit acid. You have a fear of tahini.
Natural Enemies:
Your natural enemy is Humtwo.
h/t Eebra
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February 19, 2008
JUST NOW. RIGHT THIS MINUTE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE.
Proud of this country and proud to be an American.
Give me a f*cking break, Michelle. Do you have pride in your position, your career? Your ability to go and come as you please? The wealth you and Barry have amassed?
Sounds like pride in your country to me. Because, really, did you ever stop to consider than you wouldn't have ANY of those things if you DIDN'T live in this country??
But Pete puts it more succinctly:
I am retired from a job that no honest man could ever expect to become rich. Honest men in foreign countries in my line of work live in small apartments and bicycle to work. I live in a paid for home on a half acre near the lake. My car is paid for. We are officially in the lower third of income levels here and I am writing on a (paid for) computer. Suppose Mrs. Obama was living where her husband's father lived. Suppose too that she were not wealthy. Would she have a good job? Would she even have all her girl parts?Read the rest, and let Pete know what you think!
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Your time of day has a split personality -- sometimes it's sweat-streaked and loud, and you're on the dance floor, getting your third wind, and shouting lyrics like you'll never run out of energy. You are the time of night that carves itself into your memory forever, because you'll never forget how much you love these people and this moment and this song. It's not always about unforgettable parties, though. Sometimes your late night (errÂ… early morning) burst of energy happens when you're home alone. Those are the times when you say, "I flat out refuse to go to sleep until I finish reading this book, or typing this page, or reorganizing my entire closet." In either case, you are the time of night when it feels sort of forbidden to be awake, but you love accomplishing something special long after everyone else went to bed. And hey -- you can always catch up on sleep tomorrow, right?
Heh. Yep.
h/t Breakfasty Jen
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February 13, 2008
There's a fundraiser for the family of slain SWAT officer Randall Simmons today, all day at the Burger King at Cesar Chavez and Grand Avenue in Downtown LA.
The franchise owners are donating 100% of today's take to the Simmons family, and there's also a donation box if you'd like to contribute more than just the price of a burger.
By all accounts, Officer Simmons was one of the good guys. Please consider stopping by and showing your support for his family and the LAPD SWAT team.
I'll be there this afternoon on my way home from school.
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February 10, 2008
Ken loves to do these Rock N Roll Trivia posts, and often I end up scratching my head and feeling somewhat less than inadequate because, well, I usually suck at them.
So here's one of my own, for Ken and the crew: The Paul Simon/ Simon and Garfunkel Edition (Now with Bonus Questions!)
1. If I was a Kellogg's corn flake I'd be floating in my bowl doing what exactly? And to whom would I be talking?
2. Someone told me it's all happening where?
3. Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly? How Terribly strange to be (how old???)...
4.People say she's crazy, why?
5.If you take two bodies and you twirl them into one, what won't come undone?
6.How far away is the Mother and Child reunion?
7. The sign said the words of the prophets are written where?
8.Where are you going with Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme?
9. What do Rene and Georgette Magritte have hidden away in the cabinet cold of their hearts?
10. The Mississippi Delta shines like what on the way to Graceland?
BONUS:
My father was a fisherman, my mama was a fisherman's friend. What's my name?
How many ways are there to leave your lover? (Just ask Jack, Stan, Roy, Gus, Lee.....)
The fog's rolling in off the East River Bank. It covers which street?
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February 08, 2008
If you're up to date with this week's episode you have nothing to fear from the news from Fashion Week!
All 5 remaining Designers showed a collection!
As expected I am deep in smit** with Chris March's collection, although I suspect Christian will be the winner.....
Pictures are at Blogging Project Runway:
Christian
Rami
Sweet P
Chris
Jillian
** bonus points if you pick up the movie reference here...
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January 23, 2008
h/t Denny
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And they did Helm's Deep, too.
h/t (surprisingly NOT the Llamas) Michael Williams
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January 17, 2008
I needed LOLkitteh today. Badly.
h/t Mrs. Who
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January 15, 2008
Belief-O-Matic:
Your Results:The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.
Interesting, as my religious upbringing is #3 and #5, being both Orthodox and Methodist.
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (93%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (79%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (75%)
6. Roman Catholic (75%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (64%)
8. Liberal Quakers (56%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (54%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (53%)
11. Reform Judaism (51%)
12. Sikhism (50%)
13. Islam (48%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (47%)
15. Bahá'àFaith (47%)
16. Hinduism (46%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
18. Neo-Pagan (42%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (42%)
20. New Age (40%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
22. Jainism (31%)
23. Nontheist (30%)
24. New Thought (28%)
25. Taoism (28%)
26. Scientology (26%)
27. Secular Humanism (25%)
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January 14, 2008
But you expected as much from the man who made this video.....
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