Ugh... either there's a problem with my crossover cable or the plug. I can't keep the network connection between lappie and big brain open and smooth. I don't know if it's the cable or the connection. I suspect hardware rather than software.
Picking up a fresh cable tomorrow, and hopefully that'll take care of that issue.
I'm not a little tired of dealing with the computer.. ready for another year-long rest.
I need to write my brother a letter tonight. Have to kick myself in the keister to get that out before the mail at 2pm tomorrow.
Rob came by today, picked up my fans and tossed them in. I really appreciate the help he's been lately. Hopefully now Mr. computer and his little brother will stay cool, collected, and properly shared.
A lot of ACIM calls today, but I was pleased to hear from Doug, as well. I need to call him back shortly, as we got our convo truncated when I had fiddle with PCAnywhere.
Mr. Deadguy.
Random War & Death Factoids - 313 union army soldiers died of sunstroke during the U.S. Civil War and 60% of Military Casualties in the Civil War was a result of disease... the worst fatality rate of any war in U.S. History. (When you assemble a large number of strangers in crowded, unsanitary conditions, you not only have an army, you also have the finest breeding ground for infectious disease.)
Tartars, (circa 1350) used bodies of plague victims as catapult ammunition versus the cities they were besieging.
The gas chamber has two chairs; so two criminals can be executed at once. (The last double gas execution was in 1962) Of the 38 states with capital punishment, only Arizona, California, Maryland, Missouri and Wyoming still allow for the use of lethal gas and all offer lethal injection as an option.
A study of the execution records of 113 prisoners executed at San Quentin showed that the average time taken to kill them was 9.3 minutes. The prisoner will usually loose consciousness between one and three minutes after the gas hits their face and the doctor will pronounce them dead in around ten to twelve minutes. An exhaust fan then sucks the poison air out of the chamber. The corpse is sprayed with ammonia, which neutralizes traces of the cyanide that may remain. After about half an hour, prison staff enters the chamber, wearing gas masks and rubber gloves. Their training manual advises them to ruffle the victim's hair to release and trapped cyanide gas before removing him.
The Guy that Does Squidward's Voice on Spongebob (not to mention Professor Membrane on Invader ZIM, and Hanover Fiste for that matter) is named Roger Bumpass.
I can only imagine the torment that he got in school for that name.
Him and Dick Butkus. (I suspect that name made Butkus as tough as he is.)
I figure the person with the most teased name in my high school was Heather Glasscock. If only her first name had been Ivana. Or Laurie Lipscomb. (lip-scum/lips-come)
Shot glass Chess. Hmm.. there's a good play-balancer.
"On this very night, ten years ago, along this very stretch of road in a dense fog just like this. I saw the worst accident I ever seen. There was this sound, like a garbage truck dropped off the Empire State Building...And when they pulled the driver's body from the twisted, burning wreck. It looked like this..."
Random Elephant Army Factoids - Back in the Days when War Elephants were used, the riders would give them wine in order to help them to fight. Most horses, even if war-trained, are frightened by the sight, smell and noise of elephants. (Most non-warhorses will flee on hearing an elephant's trumpeting attack call within 250 yards.) An Indian elephant can carry a driver seated behind its head plus 2 riders strapped on its back, 3 in an open howdah, or 2 in a semi-enclosed wooden tower. Scale mail barding can be used, and will always include heavy ankle-protectors to prevent hamstring attacks.
current mood: The Fry Guys (then known as Goblins..or was it Gremlins?) descending from the sky on fishing wire to steal french fries.
current music: 80s Simon Ad (sort of Rush meets the Police meets some crappy hair band) (about a meg)
Pembroke Pines woke me out of a sound sound sleep about and hour ago to give me a found child case. I got to put out calls to look for the mom. Sort of a reverse of the usual deal. I hope not too many folks are upset about my ringing their house looking for the mother... I wager that the mom will be happy to know the child is safe and healthy, though being checked out at the hospital. A police cruiser found her wandering the street at 4:15 am this morning.
Gallery of 1970's Carnival strippers
The Swedish Chef Page
Rejected Family Learning Channel Cartoons (Mah spoon is too big, etc) probably NSFW
Picking up a fresh cable tomorrow, and hopefully that'll take care of that issue.
I'm not a little tired of dealing with the computer.. ready for another year-long rest.
I need to write my brother a letter tonight. Have to kick myself in the keister to get that out before the mail at 2pm tomorrow.
Rob came by today, picked up my fans and tossed them in. I really appreciate the help he's been lately. Hopefully now Mr. computer and his little brother will stay cool, collected, and properly shared.
A lot of ACIM calls today, but I was pleased to hear from Doug, as well. I need to call him back shortly, as we got our convo truncated when I had fiddle with PCAnywhere.
Mr. Deadguy.
Random War & Death Factoids - 313 union army soldiers died of sunstroke during the U.S. Civil War and 60% of Military Casualties in the Civil War was a result of disease... the worst fatality rate of any war in U.S. History. (When you assemble a large number of strangers in crowded, unsanitary conditions, you not only have an army, you also have the finest breeding ground for infectious disease.)
Tartars, (circa 1350) used bodies of plague victims as catapult ammunition versus the cities they were besieging.
The gas chamber has two chairs; so two criminals can be executed at once. (The last double gas execution was in 1962) Of the 38 states with capital punishment, only Arizona, California, Maryland, Missouri and Wyoming still allow for the use of lethal gas and all offer lethal injection as an option.
A study of the execution records of 113 prisoners executed at San Quentin showed that the average time taken to kill them was 9.3 minutes. The prisoner will usually loose consciousness between one and three minutes after the gas hits their face and the doctor will pronounce them dead in around ten to twelve minutes. An exhaust fan then sucks the poison air out of the chamber. The corpse is sprayed with ammonia, which neutralizes traces of the cyanide that may remain. After about half an hour, prison staff enters the chamber, wearing gas masks and rubber gloves. Their training manual advises them to ruffle the victim's hair to release and trapped cyanide gas before removing him.
The Guy that Does Squidward's Voice on Spongebob (not to mention Professor Membrane on Invader ZIM, and Hanover Fiste for that matter) is named Roger Bumpass.
I can only imagine the torment that he got in school for that name.
Him and Dick Butkus. (I suspect that name made Butkus as tough as he is.)
I figure the person with the most teased name in my high school was Heather Glasscock. If only her first name had been Ivana. Or Laurie Lipscomb. (lip-scum/lips-come)
Shot glass Chess. Hmm.. there's a good play-balancer.
"On this very night, ten years ago, along this very stretch of road in a dense fog just like this. I saw the worst accident I ever seen. There was this sound, like a garbage truck dropped off the Empire State Building...And when they pulled the driver's body from the twisted, burning wreck. It looked like this..."
Random Elephant Army Factoids - Back in the Days when War Elephants were used, the riders would give them wine in order to help them to fight. Most horses, even if war-trained, are frightened by the sight, smell and noise of elephants. (Most non-warhorses will flee on hearing an elephant's trumpeting attack call within 250 yards.) An Indian elephant can carry a driver seated behind its head plus 2 riders strapped on its back, 3 in an open howdah, or 2 in a semi-enclosed wooden tower. Scale mail barding can be used, and will always include heavy ankle-protectors to prevent hamstring attacks.
current mood: The Fry Guys (then known as Goblins..or was it Gremlins?) descending from the sky on fishing wire to steal french fries.
current music: 80s Simon Ad (sort of Rush meets the Police meets some crappy hair band) (about a meg)
Pembroke Pines woke me out of a sound sound sleep about and hour ago to give me a found child case. I got to put out calls to look for the mom. Sort of a reverse of the usual deal. I hope not too many folks are upset about my ringing their house looking for the mother... I wager that the mom will be happy to know the child is safe and healthy, though being checked out at the hospital. A police cruiser found her wandering the street at 4:15 am this morning.
Gallery of 1970's Carnival strippers
The Swedish Chef Page
Rejected Family Learning Channel Cartoons (Mah spoon is too big, etc) probably NSFW
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