Steampunk – The World Steam Expo

Update is down below, with pics as promised… Just got back from the World Steam Expo in Dearborn. It was fun although it might have been funner w/o Frankenboy destroying one exhibitor’s electronic picture frame and both kids bouncing around like ping pong balls.  It was hard to herd kids and see the stuff there [...]

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We’ll miss you, Dennis.

Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider… and a bazillion other things so many of us remember him in, it’s only fitting to give notice of Dennis Hopper in passing today. 1936-2010 Thanks for many crazy years, Dennis. Why did I like him?  Because he did things however the hell he wanted to do them.  He [...]

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Getting Silly.

Note:  No secret I’ve been feeling pretty awful, and it shows this week.  I’m just getting worn down slowly so I’ve got little or no desire to do art, or bs, or hell, even watch TV.  Consider this another “maintenance post”. **** Ok, I’m as susceptible as the next guy to being suspicious of my [...]

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Voltages Change Everything.

Damn. I was powering up a laser diode today.  Had the oscilloscope hooked up to look at the photodiode’s measurement of the output.  Turned on the waveform generator to modulate the current.  So far so good, right? Apparently if you over-voltage the inputs, the wee beasties can pop. See, I knew this.  I’m not sure [...]

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Tears.

Update: Astute co-worker The Dude passed this on.  Wal-Mart to offer iPhones for less than $100.  How the hell are people supposed to know if they are cool or not if they can’t distinguish themselves with a gadget-phone? It leads some of us Luddites to have an iGasm.  That is not to be confused with [...]

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A New Post

Oh good for her.  What an amazing woman. When a Saudi religious policeman sauntered about an amusement park in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Al-Mubarraz looking for unmarried couples illegally socializing, he probably wasn’t expecting much opposition. [...] he approached a young, 20-something couple meandering through the park together… A member of the Commission [...]

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Ugh.

Update Sat. 6:30pm. Still here.  Increased pain again.  Going to call the doc about this – it is beyond ridiculous.  Who knows what is going on? **** Update: Sat. 1pm Up.  Got to sleep at 6am. Slept until 5 minutes ago. Cruel Wife is sick.  I’m out of commission and the kids are healthy as [...]

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Draw Mohammed Day

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.   I love it. Some of this stuff was cut out of yesterday’s post and put here to make it more cohesive – like one big ball of sticky phlegm. **** This is a piece titled: “Mohammad found in a ham and cheese sandwich by Texas housewife” **** Wow.  I’m kind of [...]

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Everything has Consequences.

California has this coming. An Arizona utility commissioner said he’s willing to pull the plug on Los Angeles if the city goes through with a boycott of his state. In a letter to the city of LA, a member of Arizona’s power commission said he would ask Arizona utility companies to cut off the power [...]

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National Health Care.

This could happen anywhere, but I just bet part of the problem is the way their health care is structured. The poor woman had a toilet brush handle broken off in her ass.

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Education is No Substitute for Intelligence.

Update:  I’m out today.  Just not feeling great and tired of going to work no matter what.  It gets old showing up day after day to do your job when all you want to do is lie down. I know that didn’t sound too cheery.  This ought to help – Got the link on a [...]

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What’s stopping you?

Really, see last post… if robots can do the wedding ceremony… I mean Betty-Sue here KNOWS how to please a man.  And she comes with a full set of attachments and can be added on….

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They’ve totally lost it.

Update:  Not blogging a lot.  BS’ing more than anything.  Don’t feel terrific just yet, so sorry – I’m inspiration-free but ideas fed to me get the pump primed.  If you have ideas, I’d love to hear them (graphics ideas). **** How do you knowwhen a culture is bankrupt? When they let a robot start marrying [...]

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