Just For Fun

Sat - November 3, 2007

Mystery of the Day: Mailboxes

Our local post office, like many others, has two drive-up mailboxes next to each other, as shown in this ever-so-lovely photo I took with my cell phone.

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Wed - September 5, 2007

First Pluto, and now (sob!)...

... They've killed Saturn!

"Saturn, ... R.I.P.," it says.

The RSS feed headline was, "G.M. Quietly Kills Saturn." Apparently it wasn't enough to demote it like Pluto.

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Sat - September 1, 2007

What A Great Day for Football!

My alma mater, Michigan State University, won big in football today, 55-18 over University of Alabama, Birmingham. But that wasn't the big story at our house. My wife is a graduate of Appalachian State University, which today won what Coach Lou Holtz on ESPN called the biggest upset he's seen in college football. They took a 34-32 victory over number 5-ranked University of Michigan (also known simply as "Michigan," for those who don't know). Now you have to understand--Appalachian State has won their division championship two years in a row, but still, they don't even play in the same league as Michigan. ESPN says it's the first time a ranked Division 1-A team has ever been beaten by a Division 1-AA team.*

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Fri - August 10, 2007

Not So Smart Spammer

If you get enough spam messages, you've discovered how spammers will use unexpected, possibly random words, in their "From" and "Subject" lines to fool your spam-catcher or to fool you into thinking it's for real. I got one today that made me wonder just how dumb they think we all are. It was from... "Invite Hacker!"

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Wed - June 27, 2007

How Your Mouse Works

We're thinking people here, right? We like to learn new things, don't we? Well, here's something new you can learn about your computer: a never-before-revealed, magnified image that shows how your mouse pointer knows where to go on the screen.

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Mon - June 11, 2007

Windows Users Rejoice: Safari for Windows

Apple Computer shocks the world, and Windows users who have felt left out may begin celebrating. The premier web browser, Safari, is now available for the Microsoft-dependent.

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Tue - June 5, 2007

The Genuine Original Article

I think it was my daughter who first noticed something strange about this:

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Tue - May 29, 2007

Shark Bites Aquarium Curator. Shark Dies.

There's some backwards news for you!

"The shark that bit a Virginia Aquarium curator on Friday died a few hours after the incident, the museum announced today."

The shark was "not wounded in the incident," and the cause of death is unknown. Honest. At least that's what our local Daily Press is reporting.

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Sat - April 28, 2007

"Smokers Drive Up Cost of Bibles"

My first response was probably the same as yours: Huh? But there's an actual economic connection there, specifically to Bibles. Who would've thunk it?

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Mon - April 23, 2007

Springtime and Friends

Spring weather seems finally to be here for real!

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Sat - April 21, 2007

Physics Day!

Our family is visiting the open house at the Thomas Jefferson Laboratory National Accelerator Facility today.

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Sat - April 7, 2007

Unexpected Treat (?) For Our Visitors From Michigan

It's the day before Easter here in southeastern Virginia, we have family visiting here from Michigan to get an early taste of spring, and this morning we woke up to an inch of snow on the ground. It's the best snow we've had all winter--I mean--oh, what season is it, anyway?

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Wed - March 14, 2007

Coming or Going?

From Mighty Optical Illusions, an all-purpose doormat:
Doormat

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Sat - February 17, 2007

Record Ratio

This is a record ratio for this blog: The Putting Faith To the Test blog entry on February 2 was all of 21 words long, counting the title--one of my shortest. The comments following it stand at over 62,000 words so far. That's almost 3,000 words of comment for every one in the blog entry. I had no idea what that post was going to kick up!

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Mon - February 12, 2007

A Macintosh Thing?

Here's something unexpected: since I moved to a new server and new web statistics early in December, 38% of visits to this blog have been from Macintosh computers. That's a lot more than Apple's market share would predict it to be.

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With apologies to non-U.S. readers

Perspectives to Start the New Year

Merry Eatspendday!

A Careful Holiday Wish For You

One of the most amazing optical illusions

Hard Questions From an 11-Year Old

A different kind of business

Strange Searches

Shades of Spiderman

Yard Debris, Metal Scrap, and New Customers

Better Weather