Here are some stories worth reading via Instapaper.
1. The Surface. Great product? Poor Execution?
2. A few books that Bill Gates think are worth reading from 2012.
3. Five planets found around Tau Ceti. One may be habitable.
4. Short battery life plagues Windows 8 tablets.
5. Fake Morgan Freeman statement on Sandy Hook killings.
I haven't posted anything on here for 10+ days.
There is a good reason for that.
Ok, no there is not.
I have a new day time work schedule so maybe that has something to do with it.
Two Things That Piss Me Off
The lady that puts her hazardous lights on, gets out of her mini van in the middle of a busy road to collect mail from a roadside mailbox. The problem is that the lady doesn't just grab the mail and move along. No. She stands there in the road looking at each piece of mail. Hopefully, one day someone will run her fat ass over.
The media (call it mainstream if you'd like) but the media in general really pissed me off over this Sandy Hook school shooting. How many facts can you get wrong? Not only that but the sensationalizing and glorification of an evil cold-blooded child killer is wrong on any planet you may find yourself on. The media should be ashamed of itself for the way it covered this tragic event. Shame on you and I hope you burn in hell you pathetic pieces of shit.
Wow. I feel better.
Yes. Someone still needs to run the fat ass mail lady over. It just needs to happen.
July has been an interesting month for many reasons. Since I do not live out my life on Twitter, Facebook, or even this blog, suffice it to say that I've been writing.
Writing code, short stories, and developing a few screenplays in an environment that is unfriendly to all of the above.
I live in a loud building.
And now for something interesting…
Pennsylvania may have been a blue state in the last few elections but that may change in this next election. Why? You ask. A new law that requires you to present a valid photo-ID when voting will quickly eliminate most of the non-eligible voters that have plagued PA elections in the past. That means no dead people will be voting, older folks who park their asses at home and haven't driven in years won't vote because they will be too lazy to obtain a new ID even though it's free if you tell PennDOT that you need it to vote, and younger lazy people and lazy people in general.
The cities are blue in PA but the rest of the state is not. It will be interesting to see how this election plays out but one thing you can be sure of is that mostly legitimate folks will be voting.
A seriously bad economy almost guarantees that a pet rock could win against Obama in November.
1. Way Too Much “Sharing”
2. Way Too Many “Notifications”
3. Notifications literally can interrupt game play, thought processes, and bring the game to an abrupt halt. I’ve been in “placement mode” only to have a notification kick me out of it. Same with plowing or planting seeds. I’ve had to literally go through the process of buying seeds two and three times because a notification has kicked me out of what I’m doing.
4. At this point, Farmville does more of “getting in your way” than anything else.
Ok, small semi-enthusiastic rant over.
So, I’m minding my own business and reading up on nutrition as it relates to biking. Specifically, I was looking up calories burned while biking when I came across the term “bonking.”
Stop laughing.
It’s serious. Check out the story here.
It seems that when you can get up in the morning and concentrate on just writing you can get more done.
My sessions have been far more productive when I don’t have to worry about dealing with other things. I imagine that Stephen King probably locks himself up in his office and doesn’t come out until he is finished with putting down his thoughts. I have adopted a similar policy. If I am getting into something that I’ll either need to finish or don’t want to lose by interruption then the door gets closed. If I’m making a blog post like this one, door stays open.
My ideal dream job is doing this very thing. Not writing about politics or doing column work; anyone can do that. I’m talking about crafting a story. Taking an idea that you have and making it bloom into an interesting tale that anyone can follow along with and enjoy.
I think it would be thrilling to sit in a movie theater with folks you don’t know watching something you wrote and being able to see their reactions in real time as they watch it. I suppose that would have both positive and negative implications.
This is what is known as a “drive by” post.
This blog officially has 2 names.
smpmike.com and stuckatmydesk.com
If you type in stucktmydesk.com you’ll get re-directed to smpmike.com. Trust me. It’s the same place.
I’ve moved this site to another server.
Change is good.
I know all about the bunny stuff but I’m not sure where the bearded, dead, son of god dude fits in to all of this. 🙂
Perhaps, the bearded, dead, son of god dude liked chocolate?
I’m obviously joking Pat Robertson. Get off me.
The great lengths that NBC (stands for Nothing But Crap) is going to for damage control and the complete and utter BS coming out of the front office concerning the alteration of the Zimmerman 911 call is laughable.
What is that saying…”Better to remain silent and let others believe you to be a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
Read the Reuters story here.
Series:Undying Mercenaries, Book 22
Author: B.V. Larson
