Someone appears to messing with a switch near me or something along those lines… IAM is going on and offline (the server is fine though), and when it comes on, all pending requests are hitting at once it seems, judging by my usage stats:
So… I apologize for the inconvenience but I'm pretty sure it's not something that's within my control.
I'd mentioned that we rented a dumpster for BMEfest cleanup (and the house too). Anyway, this was the smallest one they had. It's half the size of a railway car. Pretty gigantic. That said, as it turns out we'd have overflowed a smaller one.
Because they like to run away and are far too stupid to find their way home they have to be tied up when they're unattended — and before you say “Oh, Shannon, they're not that stupid… I'm sure they could find their way home…”, let me illustrate their brilliant escape plan.
In the news, there's a strange back and forth going on between the White House and the intelligence community over these various claims made about Iraq that we now know are false (such as the WMDs, nuclear weaponry, al Qaeda ties; more, and so on). Bush has blamed the CIA, then told them he forgives them (more, more), then the CIA is saying that no, they did in fact inform him (more, more) along with many others backing them up (more), and then Bush scales it back to “this is silly, let's just move on!” But basically it looks like Tenet is going to play the patsy to keep Bush and the Cabal from being tried for treason as they should be. (Australia is playing the same game by the way; more)
I thought it was mildly amusing that Comical Ari's last day in office is Bastille Day (more). This story on the other hand, about another Camp X-Ray victim trying to hang himself after being kept in a small wire cage for a year and a half by the Americans, is not so amusing (more). This story about a trained assassin (“The Hunter”) stalking US troops in Iraq, however, smells like a hit movie (now that the Jessica Lynch movie has been cancelled)!
PS. Keep an eye on Rumsfeld. He's dangerous. (more)
Dunno if anyone got a chance to see this, but this is the final quote from Jon Stewart on last night's Daily Show. Carson Daily had been on the show, and was talking about putting his nose ring back in — he'd had it in high school, but MTV had forced him to take it out as a condition of hiring him (seriously). Anyway, here's what he said,
Carson [Daily] told me that at thirty you get a nose ring. At forty, the Prince Albert — I didn't realize that. (Ask your parents!)
Ah, it's nice to be mainstream after all these years!
Anyway I finished the survey, so hopefully by some time late tomorrow it will be posted as well as two new columns. I should also mention that anyone who fills out the suvey will get a free month of IAM time added to their account, and anyone who is currently expired will get a free month as well! (I really think it's important that we make this survey definitive — I have big plans for it that will help us all a lot I think.)
I did some work on BME/Risks this afternoon. I'm still horribly behind on it, but I'm finally starting to get caught up — I'm going to be fiddling with it and the glossary quite a bit now because I'm planning a 100% re-write of them soon:
Anyway, the following items have been added:
Bell's Palsy, Bloodborne Pathogens, Blood loss, Cancer, Ear Reconstruction, Enlarged nipples, Green soap allergy, Lobe Circulation, Loss of Hearing, Lymph Node Extraction, Numb Nipples, Shock, Tattoo Scars
I've also made changes and updates to the following items:
Boils, Epidural, Gum Recession, Ink Allergy, Keloids, Lidocaine Toxicity, Mastitis, Scrotal Infection, Self-harm, Shallow Industrial, Small Nipple Rings, Torn Lobe
People send a lot of stupid messages to me regarding the Risks section. Below are a giant pile of examples (about 70% of what I get are just questions — most that are already answered of course, 20% is crap like this, and 10% is positive feedback):
From: lilcutie7
Subect: infection Poletivine, Navel piercingIt is when you get ANYTHING pierced with a bad earing you will die. Die a slow and painfull death
From: booty
Subject: Regarding Keloidsthis is so stupid. If someone wants to get there nose pierced like me let then dummie!!!
From: ROCKSTEADY434
Subject: ThinningI THINK U ARE STUPID TO LET UR BODY TO KEEP GOING ON WITH INFECTOINS AND THE PAIN! YOU SOULD JUST TAKE IT OUT, I FIND IT UNATRACTIVE TO SEE THAT, AND ALSO THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT, LET IT GET BETTER AND IF YOU REALLY WANT IT ,DO IT AGAIN AFTER IT IS HEALED AND DOES NOT HAVE A PUPLE INFECTION!
From: bonybob
Subject: Thinningi think this is rediculoes and i think things like this should be band
From: Angelus Fate
Subject: Penis splitting related infectionWhy the hell would anyone in their right mind want to do that?! What woman would want a guy with a dick that looked like that?! That's just nasty looking, and I'm sure it don't feel too good.
~Fate~
From: rocksteady434
Subject: Shallow industrialno affence but after reading and seeing all the information i have today i think that u should complain and take out the peircing let it close or heal and then do it again for better or worse to be happy with ur self!
From: Joseph
Subject: Broken DickI want to know what to strike the penis so that I can break my penis with a hard blow during an erection in order the my penis to be broken and what cracking sounds like would be able to take sych risk so that i don't need medical treatment.
I want to break my dick like really bad I tried bending it back as far as I can wth all my might and try twisting it as hard as I can with all the strength I have so what do I do next stiking it real hard with a hammer of any kind signed risk taker.
From: milf169
Subject: Broken DickI was masturbating a few weeks ago and when I was getting out of the shower I lost my balance and planted my foot outside the shower and hit my penis straight on against the tile wall. I didn't hear a snap and I didn't get a lump or a bruise but my penis just can bend more when I have an erection, and it is more flexible. Please tell me what it is and or what I can do about it. Thank you.
From: devilmaycry321
Subject: Regarding Broken Dickhow u get your dick broken
From: susanne91770
Subject: Regarding Broken Dickdumb asses, thats all
From: Morrgan
Subject: Tattoos, Parent Kicks Your AssMinor gets a piercing, tattoo, or other mod in a visible area. Parent notices mod; severely beats child. Other complications may include grounding and/or prompt and sometimes painful removal of jewelry by said parent.
From: dj poo masta
Subject: Poo risku will poo ur pants. then you will die of pooing ur pants. it will smell really bad when u poo ur pants.
From: KoCo
Subject: Penis splitting related infectionthis is absolutly disgusting.Doesnt look like he will be getting any anytime soon.
From: Rabz2005
Subject: Penis splitting related infectionTHATS THE NASTIEST THING I EVER FUCKING SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE AND TAKE IT OFF THE FUCKING NET IM SCARED FOR LIFE NOW!!!
I don't even know why I bother sometimes. I just hope that for every hundred idiot out there that think BME/Risks is a horrible idea that there's one person who gets helped by it in some way… Anyway, I'm sure there are horrible typos and perhaps even technical errors in these posts. If you spot some, or have feedback in general on anything in Risks, please submit it (via the forms on the Risks pages).
Well, I'm off to the gym… Yeah, I know it's early. The sun's not even up yet. But it was either that or wait till Monday and I'd rather do it now… plus it'll give me a full workday and I have a lot to do. I have a couple IAM things to tweak, and then I need to get a bit caught up with glossary and risks work.
Two pieces of news I'll mention:
