walking & writing

I got a pedometer for Christmas, and today I read the instructions (gasp!) and got it working. It’s rather nifty, with a stopwatch, a calorie counter (which I think runs high, but that’s ok, I don’t imagine I’ll use that aspect much anyway), a clock, and, of course, the step-counter, which appears to count pretty accurately. According to it, I walked 3.6 miles on what is my more or less usual route, which sounds about right according to the rate of speed at which I generally walk. I wanna get…

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xkcd

I don’t actually read xkcd regularly, generally only when people point out a particularly great strip, so I totally missed the meetup. I mean, not that I’d have gone anyway, but I missed reading about it, so now, several months after the fact, I am going to show you how the intarwebs make the world a better place. This comic, which is a bit heartbreaking in and of itself, inspired this meetup, which is heartbreaking in a whole different way. Sometimes, humans rock. Yesterday when I said I’d have to…

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10K.

There. That’s 10,120 words so far this year. I hate these early stages, really anything before 20K, because 4 digits or that 1 hanging out in front during the teens always seems like such a very tiny number. I even don’t like the rollover to 100 or 200K for the same reason. Zeroes and teens are too leetle to make me happy. :) I had some sort of grandiose plan involving exercise today, and was heartened and inspired by the lovely morning. However, by the time I finished my initial…

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proud nerddom

I blame desperance. And kind of figured I’d come up with this… :) What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Drama Nerd   You sure do love the spotlight and probably have a very out-going and loud personality. Or not. That’s just a stereotype, of course. Participation in the theatre is something to be very proud of. Whether you have a great voice for musicals, or astounding skills for dramas/comedies; keep up the good work. We need more entertainment these days that isn’t television and video games (not that these…

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Facebook Password Security Alert?

We have reset your Facebook account password for security reasons. You will need to use the link provided in this email to create a new, secure password for your account. In the future, please make sure that when you log in to Facebook, you always log in from a legitimate Facebook page with the facebook.com domain. My gut instinct is that this is spam, although it’s all spelled correctly. Anybody else get passw… …nevermind, it *is* spam. I checked the email address, which was from “facebookmail.com” and I went to…

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