Random & Assorted Musings
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I have been using a plugin to automatically post a summary of my weekly tweets, but that plugin stopped posting a while back for no reason that I can determine. *sigh* So in place of that automated posting and because I find I actually have a few semi-random things to say, today I give you my random and assorted musings.
A good friend of this site has recently become an officially published author (with a book and everything *grin*). Congrats Cath!
Humans are remarkably adaptable creatures. Yesterday, I noticed the house felt cold. I checked the thermostat and found the air temp and dropped to 62° (even though the heat was on and set to 68°). I dug out my copy of Home Improvement 1–2-3 and tried to diagnose the problem. I learned several things that weren’t the problem, but found nothing I could do to correct the situation. Today I’ve been working from home all day and got used to the cooler temperature without realizing it. At least without realizing it until after I had: an expert come out, tell me the furnace’s ignition coil was bad, replace it, charge me a $185 and leave. Then I noticed I was used to the cooler temperature, because all of a sudden it felt very warm to me.
After five years of married life, my wife has yet to completely around the bend and kill me. Go Michelle! ^_^ As an anniversary present from her to me, I received a ticket to Red Green’s One Man show when it hit Des Moines last weekend. Even better since she bought the ticket during IPTV’s Festival1, my show ticket came with a ticket allowing me to get a bit of face time with good ol’ Red at a meet-and-greet after the show. The whole evening was, to quote another attendee, “a scream”. Even better during the meet-and-greet, I got my copy of Duct Tape Is Not Enough signed!
As for my present to Michelle, I got her exactly what she asked for: a Wii Fit Plus. We’d been interested in it for a while but then got to try it out at a friend’s place and we were rather hooked. It is a rather interesting way of getting/staying active. I especially like the logging/graphing functions in it, so I can easily see how much I’m improving (or not improving as the case may be). Though I do wish it would write notes to the Wii’s messaging system like Wii Sports does. *shrug* Oh well.
1 Technically, some friends bought the tickets and she paid them back for the cost of my ticket. Yeah Cath & Bryon! ^_^
Previously Tweeted
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- My brain says “photoshop,” but my heart says “no, no, maybe it’s real.” http://is.gd/b9Qbm (via @billamend) #heh #StarWars #
Previously Tweeted
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- A Venn Diagram for Unix nerds: http://bit.ly/9CPIoQ // Love it! (via @cjhubbs) #heh #geek #
- Has Republican-speak confused you during the health care debate? You’re not alone. Learn more at http://is.gd/aXfLZ (via @MoveOn) #
- Apparently I’m just too impatient, as I just got my email from @Netflix telling me I should have my disc by Friday! #netflix #wii #awesome #
- OMG! http://is.gd/b0e8N #heh #
- You can stop looking; @toddadamson’s got the absolute BEST photo of the healthcare rallies. http://bit.ly/9Vf47Q #ObamainIC (via @ToddPM) #
- Good morning fellow sentient beings. Together, let’s crush Monday before it gains intelligence. (via @shawnp0wers) #
- So far, so good… http://bit.ly/dvYXIU (via @dougal) #heh #LHC #
Previously Tweeted
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- And this is so how I feel right now: http://bit.ly/10UBOR (via @scifiroots) #MeToo #Tired #Heh #
















Argument
Posted by Mark | Filed under Humor
Over in the comment thread on my H.B. 3200 post, I’ve recently been attempting to respond to a commenter who was rather obviously against the healthcare reform bill and who doesn’t seem to really grasp how to form a proper argument. Another commenter sent me a link to the following video and I thought it might be a good refresher on making an argument.
1 April 2010 | 9:47AM | Comments (4)