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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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    12:11a
    http://xkcd.com/

    Comic #404. It really got me. I felt it like a punch to my gut.
    9:02a
    The 5 Most Ridiculous Lies You Were Taught In History Class
    In 1492, a Spanish ponce by the name of Christopher Columbus won his long-standing feud with the monarchy and the Catholic church to get funding for a voyage to East Asia. They were afraid that he would fail spectacularly, because everybody knew that the Earth was a flat disc, and the direction Columbus was sailing in would cause him to fall off the edge and into the mouth of the giant turtle that supported it.

    'Cause it's turtles all the way down.

    I do take issue with a couple points from this, actually. One, their editorializing about Washington not being charismatic? Guy did some pretty rough stuff with little supplies and support. The sheer amount of rallying his troops and officers alone proves his leadership qualities.

    And the second...well, okay, the second one is in the comments, so it's not the site's fault. The whole "America is the whole two continents, not just the United States" spiel that always gets shouted whenever America is used to refer to the US...common language usage. Sure, the Americas are both continents. We and most of the rest of the world are still gonna call the US America. The shouting just kinda makes ya look thin-skinned and silly.
    6:24p
    meme gacked from [info]alveryx

    1. My username is _____ because ____.
    I'm kc-anathema because I used to be kcwriter. The KC part comes from my Kitty-Cat, and anathema changed because that's what I am in many ways.

    2. My name is _____ because ______.
    KC, Goblin Cat KC, kc-anathema...I read a book of Greek Mythology once where Artemis told Zeus that she wanted many names. I decided I did, too, each for an aspect of myself.

    3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.
    Right now it's called "Live Honorably and the Bullets Will Miss," a quote from Saiyuki from the monk to his perverted kappa. It also comes from the fact that I found out a long time ago that if I act honorably, several bullets will miss me. Regret, dishonor, lots of bullets. I'll probably be changing it soon, though.

    4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.
    Y'all be "Shots in the Dark," 'cause I'm meta like that. If I change my title, this will change, too.

    5. My default userpic is ____ because _____.
    A smug, smiling kitty, 'cause that's just so damn cool.
    6:59p
    FANART!!! WOOT!!
    Come look at the pretty fanart [info]stalker_of_doom drew for Oath Breaker!!! It's awesome!

    ( and later in the fic, he would climb into that very mouth )
    7:09p
    'Cause I've received some gift fic fanart in my time, I don't want to just showcase them once and then watch them fade from the front page, away from the attention they so deserve. So I've put my fanart gallery in the upper right hand corner of my lj's main page, under the heading Falling, along with the fic tags link, profile link and all that.

    I also updated my site. It's only been, um...like half a year since I did it before. My LJ is seriously easier and more flexible to use as a website than anything else. And it's paid for. Other sites could drop dead fast with nor sigh nor groan.

    Yeah, we're reading Rime of the Ancient Mariner in school right now.
    8:31p
    Three more songs from 1776.

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z5I9VS0Q -- Cool Considerate Men
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MR6BHZ4D -- Oh Momma
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8CLA6Z2K -- The Egg
    8:57p


    What is this? An act of terrorism and disrespect, according to Hugo Chavez. The title is "Huge Chavez con orejas," or with ears. You can go vote on whether it is disrespectful, if it's just funny or if it's just an accident (I think, if my Spanish is right).
    9:10p
    Boy, 12, kills man who attacked his mom
    The boy said he had been playing a video game Monday night when he heard his mother, Cheryl Stamp, scream. He found her on the kitchen floor, straddled by a fellow resident who was choking her.

    "I kept saying, 'Stop! Stop! Stop!'" the boy told The Washington Post, which published his account without giving his name. "But he just ignored me. He didn't stop. He just kept hurting her."

    The boy said he took a knife and swung at the man. Police say they found Noubissie with a knife wound to the upper body.
    9:47p
    creepypasta


    In Berlin, after World War II, money was short, supplies were tight, and it seemed like everyone was hungry. At that time, people were telling the tale of a young woman who saw a blind man picking his way through a crowd. The two started to talk. The man asked her for a favor: could she deliver the letter to the address on the envelope? Well, it was on her way home, so she agreed.

    She started out to deliver the message, when she turned around to see if there was anything else the blind man needed. But she spotted him hurrying through the crowd without his smoked glasses or white cane. She went to the police, who raided the address on the envelope, where they found heaps of human flesh for sale.

    Inside the envelope was a note: "This is the last one I am sending you today."
    9:56p
    creepypasta


    Prominently displayed in the children's section of the Houston Downtown Public Library, among several others of the same title, My First Cookbook appears as a run-of-the-mill children's cookbook, complete with large print, simple instructions, colorful, friendly illustrations and a somewhat disproportionate desert section. In fact, the only major deviation from this theme is an article near the end of the book entitled "A Recipe for Success". This is a complex, macabre ritual involving human sacrifice, self mutilation and sacrilege, as well as more curious and innocuous practices such as walking down a stair case with a prime number of stairs taking them two at a time and then up it taking them three at a time. It's written in the same cheerfully simple prose as the rest of the book and accompanied by the same helpful, pastel drawings.
    11:23p
    enlightened self-interest, thank you






    Which Classic Story Role Do You Play?




    - You Are The Arch-Rival
    "I've come for what is mine."

    Your life has an objective. A goal that you have dedicated to obtain no matter what the cost. Regardless of what that mission is, or how often it changes, everything around you is focused on it and you will stop at nothing to fulfill your destiny. Your attitude and mood may change, but your selfish mindset is always the same. Only a few friends stay with you because of this and you probably have had some trouble in the past as a result as well. But none of that matters so long as you get what rightfully belongs to you. Nothing will stand in your way.
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    11:30p
    funny enough, I did once find 200 bucks...
    11:41p
    Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill
    The next time your children get cavities, they might get tooth regeneration instead of fillings.

    That's because materials scientists are beginning to find just the right solutions of chemicals to rebuild decayed teeth, rather than merely patching their holes. Enamel and dentin, the materials that make teeth the strongest pieces of the body, would replace the gold or ceramic fillings that currently return teeth to working order.

    "What we're hoping to have happen is to catch [decaying teeth] early and remineralize them," said Sally Marshall, a professor at the University of California at San Francisco. Marshall gave a talk last week at the spring meeting of the Materials Research Society on rebuilding the inner portions of teeth.

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