tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180028882024-03-23T14:07:22.682-04:00Questioning Semantics{<i><b>se·man·tics</b> n. The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form</i>}<br><br>
"Semantics" isn't necessarily a bad word, as many disagreements <b>hinge</b> on how we define our terms.<br>
Here, we'll talk semantics, movies, technology, politics, and just about everything else under the sun.<br>
<br>Welcome.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.comBlogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-30946629217867360582013-12-01T08:20:00.000-05:002013-12-01T08:20:11.854-05:00Questioning Spoilers<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our social conventions, like our laws, are way behind our technological advances. In this case, there are TiVo/DVR/Hulu/Netflix/disc and other options to watch shows individually or in binge sessions. It's not like back in the day when you either saw it when it aired or you never would (until rerun season) so water cooler/social media talk was safe. And there's not even the option of staying offline until you see the show or movie because there's ALWAYS some show or movie that can be spoiled for you in the comic shop, via Twitter, on Facebook or, as I've experienced, ... as you're handing your tickets to the theater employee. </span></div>
Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-42205273402228221122012-11-27T13:43:00.004-05:002012-11-27T13:46:52.515-05:00Chickens<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px;">In the past, I've been hit by a man who knew I couldn't hit him back. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);">At least...</span><div>
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</span>Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-295987984004180572012-11-13T00:41:00.000-05:002012-11-13T00:41:13.249-05:00Waiting<div class="storyInnerContent">
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="color: #b45f06;">It probably sounds like the kind of trite crap you only hear from the healthy and wealthy but...<br /> <br /> It's amazing how, despite being able-bodied, you can feel trapped in your own body. You feel the need to escape but you're not in prison. You don't know why you can't seem to shake the feeling. And then you realize that it's you.<br /> <br /> The emotions swirling around in you and they won't let go. Like being sick with a cold or flu and all you can do is experience every second of it.</span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /> Seething. Crying. Fretting. <br /> <br /> Waiting.<br /> <br /> In my case, it's "seething." I'm so upset that I can hardly make sense of it.<br /> <br /> And I think this, all of this that I just described,... is the price of civility.<br /> <br /> Don't cuss'em out. Turn the other cheek. Don't give them ammunition. He's not worth it.<br /> <br /> And then the emotions you suppressed, repressed, and compressed deep down in you are fighting to get out. Aching to burst free and let out every drop of bile you can muster.<br /> <br /> That's how I'm feeling, right now. And all I can do is wade through it and wait for it.</span></span></span></h5>
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Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-81355879368882574292012-11-07T09:05:00.002-05:002012-11-07T09:06:10.764-05:00#yourexcusesucks<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">I just saw a guy say to a non-voter,"So, the good guys won. Wish you’d helped out, but we managed to pull it off without you. You’re welcome!"</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Another guy said its not necessary to diss those who chose to abstain - in this case, due to the "killing of brown people". Below is my response to him (it contains profanity):</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">There has been something of a movement, if it's even worthy of the term, to e</span><div class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #0b5394; display: inline;">
ncourage shaming or just challenging those who conscientiously abstain or fail to give a political fuck. Whichever.<br /><br />Again, because it's THAT important. Obama barely won four years, ago. I've been bitching about that for four years. The margin was a FRACTION of that, this time. Hell, Romney may as well be honorary vice-president or something.<br /><br />War isn't just war. There are degrees. Bad economies are not all equal. People's suffering does matter but, no matter how trite it may sound, bad is better than worse. We aren't doing anyone anywhere any favors by saying we care so much about their plight that we are not going to use even our limited power to make things better for them and the rest of us.<br /><br />#yourexcusesucks</div>
</span>Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-48661845292447271512012-11-07T09:00:00.000-05:002012-11-07T09:01:42.291-05:00Two Evils<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Below is my response to a "Don't vote if you don't want to" (my description) blog post at 4thletter.net. Do you agree?</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Re: "“Vote for the lesser of two evils!” is a thing I’ve heard over and over this election, but somehow voting for an evil is more acceptable than rejecting evil outright. We don’t have to compromise if we don’t want to."</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Choosing neither of the major options or the less popula</span><div class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #b45f06; display: inline;">
r ones means that everyone else chooses FOR you. But you and those you love, hate, and don't even know will live with those consequences.<br /><br />With that in-mind, everyone has a stake in what everyone else chooses - especially if they choose not to be bothered.<br /><br />Life is and always will be about trying to combine imperfect options with imperfect information to form a more perfect union.<br /><br />Opting out of that is like opting out of life or, more specifically, opting out of the pursuit of that more perfect union. That's not laudable, in my opinion.</div>
</span>Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-60937528096738872202012-10-23T13:47:00.000-04:002012-10-23T13:47:10.363-04:00Digital Movie Redemption<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">This'll REALLY sound like an ad but...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">If you're like me, you sometimes like to buy the version of the dvd/Blu-ray package that comes with all formats (on-sale) together - including the iTunes digital copy. The digital copy comes with a "redeem" code to tell iTunes to allow you to download or stream the movie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Well, sometimes you lose that code or it expires so that you can't watch the digital copy of the movie on your Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">If that happens, you can do what I did. When my Hulk copy expired, I contacted Universal studios online. When my Thor and The Dark Knight digital copies expired, I contacted Paramount Studios online and they responded with a new code (that only works for those with the digital copy disc).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">It's great to not have to go grab a dvd or Blu-Ray when I'm reading to watch a movie. I can have it stream to my devices or downloaded for watching when I'm out-of-town, sitting in a business lobby, ...or waiting for someone to finish shopping. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Pretty useful.</span><br />
Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-19804894323513423662012-10-23T12:33:00.001-04:002012-10-23T12:38:39.851-04:00Cell Power<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #b45f06; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Mophie Juicepack is a case that is also a battery charger. We have them on our iPhones. I don't know if it is available for other models, but if there's one for your phone, it's worth considering. When I'm travelling or expect to be away from a charger for an extended time, my phone battery is pushed to the limit. Here's a way to protect your phone and protect your connectivity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This is not a commercial. I am not affiliated with this company. I just believe in sharing information about useful products and services.</span></span>Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-19775133990310220722012-09-14T21:02:00.002-04:002012-09-14T21:03:55.609-04:00I Said, "Bust a GUT"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px;">Relationships can be tough. That's no secret. Personally, I think more people would benefit from the ability and willingness to just talk and reason and discuss their way through and out of a disagreement.</span><br />
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That said, sometimes talking doesn't get you where you want to be or it doesn't do so fast enough. Those are the times that emotion, history, and shared experiences get us over the hump.</div>
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Sex is one very useful tool in that regard, but don't sleep on laughter.</div>
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Anyone who has experienced this will testify like Aunt Esther:</div>
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Sexual compatibility is awesome, but there's nothing like two lovers climbing into bed, somebody says something silly, and you laugh yourselves to sleep.</div>
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</span>Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-47766826346220413202012-08-17T19:26:00.001-04:002012-08-17T19:26:43.407-04:00The 90-day Rules<br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;">Single ladies, if you saw my earlier post, you know how I feel about cliches and jingles that pass for relationship advice. Steve Harvey is an easy example since a friend mentions him regularly but it's not just him. These so-called "rules" about how long to wait before sleeping with a man aren't etched in stone. And they're sure not fool-proof.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Check this: I'm not saying you should get intimate with a guy as soon as you meet him but that 90-day rule is no kind of guarantee that he's not a dog. If you wait 3 months to get it on with a man, if he really is a dog, he already met women 3 months, ago, that is going to lay down with him every day that you don't.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Trust from experience. <b>WE WILL WAIT YOU OUT</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Don't base your decision to sleep with a man on so some arbitrary time rule. Base it on his behavior over that period of time, if you want, but not on the time, itself. That may sound like the same thing but feel me on this...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I see ladies, regularly ignoring all the tell-tale signs that a man is not AT ALL interested in their welfare* but they swear by whatever Harveyism gives them the green light to take him home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I learned, long ago, to do my best (that's all any of us can do) to pay attention to the things that women tell me about themselves - explicitly or otherwise. It saves a lot of time and trouble. The same is true of men. We tell you the truths about ourselves in our words OR in our actions (or both).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It's up to you to listen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">* - (like only calling you when the sun sets and his nature rises, running from danger before YOU do, or nodding through your stories of what's happening in your life, without truly listening or giving a damn) </span>Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-26916071750278906772012-08-09T12:45:00.001-04:002012-08-09T12:45:01.567-04:00Hair vs HealthUS Surgeon General, Dr Regina Benjamin, on NPR's "Tell Me More" getting women to prioritize health over hair. <br />
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http://tinyurl.com/9ddrtmxWesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-86162728563245259122012-08-08T10:20:00.002-04:002012-08-08T10:20:28.383-04:00Boys and FortsMen are charged (or charge ourselves) with the task of erecting and maintaining an emotional barrier to substantiate our masculinity. Real moments where we not only let someone in, but allow it to show on the surface, are rare and precious. I think that's one of the reasons that seeing a father holding his child lovingly and out of choice (not just necessity) breaks me up.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-74261794196364018152012-08-06T10:00:00.003-04:002012-08-06T10:00:56.872-04:00Protect Your Data<br />
I thought I was plugged into the latest tech news but apparently I missed how a WIRED staffer's many devices (Apple) and accounts (Google, etc.) were hacked and wiped without permission... using pretty simple tactics, apparently. The article below links to that story and talks about how the editor of iMore protects himself and suggests that you do, as well:<br />
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I'm going to have to chew on this one for a while, longer, but it really makes me want to get my digital act together. I'm actually in mini-shock, at the moment, over the potential scope of such an attack. I'm still deciding how to respond, exactly, but the first step was to inform others.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-13858079744461303542012-08-03T09:50:00.000-04:002012-08-03T10:03:07.083-04:00Congrats, Gabby. But...First I'll say that I'm happy for Gabrielle Douglas, like everyone else. Secondly, I will admit that I, too, commented on the state of her 'do. What I didn't know was that Black people across the nation (and beyond) were similarly, critical, but more outspoken. It's true that her accomplishments should not be diminished by her hair, but I don't think all of that criticism comes from a bad place. This article seems to agree...
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Jessica Abel's pix elicited a somewhat similar response, at least from me.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-76990419413075967702012-07-31T11:22:00.000-04:002012-07-31T11:22:47.478-04:00Small packagesStunt/race driving a sub-compact car (legally) through San Francisco streets. You've got to see this.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LuDN2bCIyus" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
You're welcome.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-15420680911556678082012-07-31T11:11:00.003-04:002012-07-31T23:58:15.907-04:00PrioritiesKeKe Palmer Tweeted about the wrongness of hazing and apparently a bunch of FAMU supporters got offended and started acting out.
Here's the "no replies" link to her tweets, if you want to see for yourself. Click "All" if you want to see the replies, but that seems to limit how far back you can go:
https://twitter.com/KekePalmer
It's a damned shame if someone complaining about hazing results in her getting blasted by people more concerned with a school's rep than an ignorant, dangerous, life-threatening practice.
Kinda like when students from a certain school were more concerned with their sports team than all the children who were sexually assaulted.
Priorities, people.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-59383491854306018762012-04-03T09:09:00.001-04:002012-04-03T09:09:22.400-04:00Return of GroovesharkMy newest iOS devices are UNjailbroken and I've really been fiending for the jailbreak benefits - including Grooveshark. I checked their website, via my 4S, though, and it had a beta option that didn't let me log into my account but definitely let me play music of my choice. <br />
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I thought any big Grooveshark fans (who weren't lucky enough to download it when it was in the App Store) would be pleased to hear about this. <br />
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Also, I'm still mildly salty about not knowing Grooveshark was in the App Store until AFTER it was pulled, so I'm trying to share information the way I'd want it shared with me. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-76734383604903742402012-04-02T19:52:00.000-04:002012-04-02T19:53:08.903-04:00Make Love Not PornI just watched a TEDtalk called "Make Love, Not Porn" on NETFLIX. The blurb says, "Cindy Gallop argues that hardcore pornography has distorted the way a generation of young men think about sex." I think she makes interesting and very valid points about the real consequences of a puritanical culture where many parents and schools are afraid to have a real and honest dialogue with their children about sex. Of COURSE that means that PORN becomes the de facto Sex Education in a world where it's so ubiquitous and freely available on the internet.<br /><br />To counter this, she has created a site called "www.makelovenotporn.com" which is not about *judging* people's sexual habits, she says, but about presenting an alternative viewpoint. She suggests sharing this with anyone and everyone you think would benefit from the information or the dialogue this might inspire.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-51505773842681233252012-03-25T14:24:00.001-04:002012-03-25T14:24:15.960-04:00iScrabbleNot sure if I've said this before but... I've long envied. The fact that iOS users could play Scrabble with the board on an iPad and their tiles nice and private on their iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Now I can, too. It's much more enjoyable this way and you can just flick your tiles off you device and they'll show up on the iPad's Scrabble board. #WordsWithNerdsWesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-30064787975530114962012-03-24T07:33:00.000-04:002012-03-24T07:34:30.448-04:00Techno EvolutionOne of the most interesting elements of this technological boom is the onset of ubiquity. Like computers have become so commonplace that everyone ASSUMES that everyone else has one, tablet devices that are iterated annually will become more and more affordable because the used ones will flood the market more and the competing ones will try to remain competitively priced. Soon, EVERYone has one and just like that, the world changes. Children are learning more quickly and easily, carrying fewer books around. Businesses become more mobile and flexible. Everybody's quality of life has the potential to increase.<br /><br />It's not hyperbole, either. How much did affordable televisions change the world?Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-76674567311792188702012-03-24T07:29:00.001-04:002012-03-24T07:30:40.727-04:00The Right Way to Say ItThe Trayvon situation is a terrible tragedy but I am loving the nonviolent ways that people are expressing their discontent. It doesn't distract from the crime, the loss, or the injustice. It honors the emotional weight of the situation without sacrificing the moral high ground.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-91112116875788884222012-03-20T23:52:00.000-04:002012-03-20T23:54:14.473-04:00Romney Rap<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bxch-yi14BE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Source: http://youtu.be/bxch-yi14BE<br /><br />You're welcome.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-61502665907197054282012-03-20T23:32:00.003-04:002012-03-20T23:33:44.227-04:00Technical Difficulties...Apparently, I can post pictures or I can post text via email, but doing both hasn't worked out, so far. Apologies if you've received notifications of new posts just to find context-less photos. I had to type the text on the pc, from the original email, after discovering what was happening.<br /><br />Hey, if you've waited this long for me to say something, clearly you've got the patience of a saint. Thanks for hanging in there.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-76484498088110178532012-03-20T23:22:00.002-04:002012-03-20T23:25:24.241-04:00Crunchy Dragon<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwgli77zexQSFYA5B3beorEdryQx0TD5De25KJXDT1khZ2294SLFoTm3pxOOOUFA7FuQnSat4vqI70g5ZezDB8MNXnWXpemhdW3oAEQqaXI8rghGFjUL5hl7IFq_Vk0b4sWlJRw/s1600/photo-779578.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwgli77zexQSFYA5B3beorEdryQx0TD5De25KJXDT1khZ2294SLFoTm3pxOOOUFA7FuQnSat4vqI70g5ZezDB8MNXnWXpemhdW3oAEQqaXI8rghGFjUL5hl7IFq_Vk0b4sWlJRw/s320/photo-779578.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722185698243264130" /></a></p><br /><br />That is all.<br /><br />-wmWesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-51831395449644182732012-03-20T23:13:00.000-04:002012-03-20T23:14:46.932-04:00I Get It<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd6fNnOxG5xawYmqQuwC3b6Kj0kQUP5RQaqvsL-Cunzy-1zgZlacfMlvNx3IPMW0YQJOMyoI_vYClAyItJ0gutTmJ3z52rIWL4vxcT8Za6ojH9L5xtQx90X0Mp-SX9ePX39vB5g/s1600/photo-786933.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd6fNnOxG5xawYmqQuwC3b6Kj0kQUP5RQaqvsL-Cunzy-1zgZlacfMlvNx3IPMW0YQJOMyoI_vYClAyItJ0gutTmJ3z52rIWL4vxcT8Za6ojH9L5xtQx90X0Mp-SX9ePX39vB5g/s320/photo-786933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722183585048424002" /></a></p>Hey, I get it. <br>You don't want to touch the door handle after washing your hands. But guess what? I don't want to have to touch your nasty-@$$ paper towel that you used to wipe your hands and who-knows-what with, on MY way out!Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-62922583674706332852012-03-20T23:08:00.002-04:002012-03-20T23:31:34.139-04:00A Geek Like Me<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRLV2KAxzbkhyLvC8B3AaDv50oFkBIcXBHeDv8uafYQ5tig2ttm4yN4-8v1D4TsZKtxVsQsKtlw6ccqXn0E4iO55nzZ9aSpJxd6cu4gtQvm2hi1ZoTVPDgeINAYaqBlzy_w1FrA/s1600/photo-732685.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRLV2KAxzbkhyLvC8B3AaDv50oFkBIcXBHeDv8uafYQ5tig2ttm4yN4-8v1D4TsZKtxVsQsKtlw6ccqXn0E4iO55nzZ9aSpJxd6cu4gtQvm2hi1ZoTVPDgeINAYaqBlzy_w1FrA/s320/photo-732685.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722182060247168610" /></a></p><br /><br />When I posted this elsewhere, I suspect that people focused on the iPad, which happened to be in a pocket. For a geek like me* the cool part is that they finally made an iPad thin enough to FIT in a pant pocket. Okay, cargo pants, but still.<br /><br />If it also fits in my 3/4-length coat pocket, I may need smelling salts.<br /><br />By the way, I may never actually carry the thing like this. The metal button would wreak havoc with the back of the device and, thus, my OCD.<br /><br />-wm<br /><br /><br /><br />* - or more precisely, a "dweeb", as I was told, earlierWesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com0