The Cybercurmudgeon's Obligatory Blog

And now I fear, this blog's end draws near
But as with most things, its futures uncertain
Reader, I hope I wrote it clear
I know I tried, of that I'm certain
I blogged, because I could
My speedbump on the information highway
No more, no more of this
I blogged it my way

I came, I saw, I blogged.
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The Sect of Homokaasu is one of those enigmatic sites that dares you to figure out what the hell they are talking about. I say "who cares"? All I know is they have some of the more innovative online games I have seen in a long time. Requiring both fast twitch mouse skills as well as two neurons to rub together, I bounced from game to game happily wasting the first of what will probably be many hours on the site. Many of the games sound quirky and deceptively simple, but require both speed and thought to master. I urge you to give them a try. Considering the long list of games available, if you enjoy more than the usual first person shooter or RPG its a safe bet you will find something you like. Best of all, they are free and no registration is required (unless you want to post high scores).
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I can only hope you read the title and thought - duh! If not, then don't hesitate to have your infant son's tonsils and appendix removed as well - just as a precaution (might as well to tattoo "Mom" on his chest while you are at it). After all, there is about as much medical evidence to support that course of action as there is for circumcision (which is to say really none at all). Circumcision is a barbaric mutilation that god help us became socially acceptable and thank god is now on the decline (actually I'm a heathen but you get the idea). If you think god wants you to strap your infant son down and cut off his foreskin, please do the world (and your son) a favor and either change religions or live as a heretic - your choice (and if you choose to interpret that as anti "your religion" boy did you miss the point). The real point is you have a choice; your infant soon does not. If you respect your infant son let him choose as an adult whether or not to be circumcised, he'll probably thank you for it (regardless of his decision). Want to "watch more about it"? Then tune in to Showtime's third season of the Emmy award winning "Penn and Teller's Bullshit" and watch the popular illusionists skewer all things "bullshit", including (you guessed it) circumcision in the season opener. Penn and Teller talks, bullshit walks :-).
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From Fark:
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Wacky scientist injects sheep with human DNA. Welshmen say, "Big deal, we've been doing that for ages"
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Here comes the science - Genetic Mingling Mixes Human, Animal Cells
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From Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, speaking about the International Spaces Station's ban on alcohol: "Fifty grams of wine a day like submariners get on a long mission would make working and living on the ISS more comfortable". In related news NASA asks station for license and registration, says orbit was erratic and over the speed limit.
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HDTV - the final frontier. For those of us who have watched the progress of HDTV from back in the day when it was proposed as an analog, not digital solution, it sometimes seemed it was as far in the future as the world of Star Trek. Since then, we've come a short way baby ^_^. I won't rehash the wild weird history of HDTV here, but one of the "side effects" of HDTV may soon come to pass, the end of analog TV broadcasts. Today, almost all broadcast TV stations transmit both analog and digital signals, but as part of the HDTV switch over analog broadcasts are scheduled to end on midnight, December 31, 2006. Now that may mean squat to you, but the 70 million or so TV's that still get their picture from tinfoil covered coat hangers will be pissed! Since the expected enmass purchases of HD compliant TV's never occurred, then end of analog broadcasts is a much bigger problem then most expected. Will the picture fade to static or will analog broadcasts be extended? Click on this post's title for more details from MSNBC.
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Seen on a T-Shirt: "Orange County Bomb Squad. If you see me running, try to keep up". Feet, don't fail me now!
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I've been told (and verified) the Tagboard Message Board generates popups. I liked the board, but I loathe popups. Since I am protected against this and many other forms of net abuse, I missed it - and I apologize. I will endeavor to better test new features to avoid inflicting such nonsense on you. If you encounter any other weirdness on this blog, please let me know (flames are not required FYI) and I'll fix it.
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From a promo for Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex: "In the future, the difference between man and machine has become academic. Existence is defined by thought, and being human has become a liability". Assuming we or something else does not cause our demise, its almost a lock this will come to pass. Just look at the widespread use of steroids and viagra among the young and healthy just to "keep up" (pun intended).
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I've had several people tell me they are "addicted" to several of the web sites I've highlighted here, and I suspect a few more addicts are about to be created. Chuck Shepherd has been writing his "News of the Weird" weekly syndicated column since 1988, with quite a loyal following in more than 250 newspapers across the United States. In a "truth is stranger than fiction" tip of the hat perhaps only bested by the Darwin Awards, the stories included are all reported by legitimate news organizations.

From the site: "For some readers, News of the Weird is merely a light diversion from the heavier news of the week. However, for others, it's much more: A weekly chronicle of the continuing decline of civilization. Or a therapeutic personal benchmark for reassuring yourself that it's all those other people (not you) who are the problem. Or, for the few who actually wind up in News of the Weird, a monument to lives interestingly lived".

One of my favorite sections of the site is "news no longer considered weird", a compilation of subjects reported with such frequency they are no longer "weird enough" for inclusion in the column. Click on this post's title for a link to the site, and you will soon realize you are nowhere near as weird as everyone thinks :-).

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