Let The Smoke Out

Ah, Christmas. Or Xmas. (Don’t get me started, Fundies. Xmas has been used since 1754 or so, and “X” used to represent Christ has been used even longer.)

But I didn’t post this to start a fight, but to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, recall some (ok, 1?) post from Christmases past, and post my thoughts [...]

This was created with Blender, a 3d graphics program.

The movie was created using Blender, to improve Blender.

Blender is open source, and free (as in freedom AND beer) to distribute.

The movie, Sintel, was created using open source software, and most likely use Linux for it’s render servers.

I was blown the fsck away by [...]

Though it doesn’t mention the colitas (Spanish slang at the time for Marijuana) or the cool wind in one’s hair, this has got to be one of the coolest things I’ve stumbled on via the ‘net…

What can I say? We have two cats, Bellyflop and Curly-Sue. AKA: Belly-boo, Flops, Lap-Fungus, Sue-Sue, Sue-Cat, and Ninja Bitch-Cat.

Despite the last moniker for Sue, we love our cats.

I think this says it all:

Picture from here.

Joseph Wheeler, hurt in a car crash then misidentified as a cancer patient claims security guards at Prince George’s Hospital in Upper Marlboro, MD, beat him up when he tried to leave the hospital to avoid the surgery the cancer patient was scheduled for.

The hospital is owned by Dimensions Health Corporation.

The ID bracelet had a [...]

Took some pics for an email list-mate of some of the spitfire parts here at my humble abode.

Another cool video.

This is an old jewel of an E-mail I received long ago.
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