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Don't fall for the 90# telephone scam
(life/money/)I'd never fall for this (I hope) because our only "wired" number is through the Internet, not AT&T or any major provider.Here's a link to the FCC's page: http://www.fcc.gov/guides/90-telephone-scam. I received a telephone cal ... read more
Serialized version of Operation Detour
I have serialized my novel, "Operation Detour." The first several installments have been scheduled, one a day, starting yesterday. ... read more
My brother's math website
My brother Steve's math website is Conquest Math, in case you or anyone you know has kids interested in math games. Here's what people are saying about it: "Shayden loves your math games. He played 3 grade levels for over an ho ... read more
Plastic girl
(life/people/)It was horrible! I was at Walmart again, but that's not the most horrible part. There was a teenage/early-20's girl with boobs out to here, wearing the most form-fitting outfit you ever saw. I actually, quite seriously, tried to ig ... read more
Last visit for a while
We'll be leaving in a few minutes for our last visit to the orphanage this trip. I'm practicing asking for my baggage back from the hotel baggage room. Baggage actually sounds like "boggage." "Please" is pa-ZHAL-sta. Fascinating, I kn ... read more
Great commercial
(culture/movies-tv/)From Taiwan. For all you bikers out there, young and old: ... read more
Battery-free cell phone
Cool! This would (eventually) remove the need for environment-destroying battery factories. via http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/07/05/first-battery-free-cell-phone-makes-calls-by-harvesting-ambient-powe ... read more
How Hubbard and Rand got their ideas
(culture/humor/)According to this video, this must be how it happened. ... read more
Books
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Atlanta!
We're in the Atlanta airport now! Good to be on US soil, except that they keep mentioning George Bush (... as in the Houston Airport). :) It's 1:45a.m. Moscow time right now (5:45p.m. EDT), but I'm not tired. I'm anxious to catch the ... read more