The Evil Eyebrow

Month: October 2007

  • Top Science Fiction Authors

    The top 16 science fiction authors, as measured by Hugo and Nebula awards, are listed by SF Signal

    I find it interesting that of the sixteen authors, I don’t like the works of eight. Does this make me shallow?

    I also find it interesting that the number one awarded author on this list, Connie Willis, with 15 Hugos and/or Nebulas, is a complete mystery to me. Not only have I never heard of her, I’ve never read anything by her (those two things aren’t mutually exclusive for me. I can read novels and totally forget who wrote them).

    Looks like I have something to add to the look-for-in-the-library list.

  • Head Transportation

    When you’re transporting human heads, don’t lose your paperwork.

    Or get stopped for speeding.

  • Butt Blasting your Ears

    I run. You probably know this.

    I usually run with my Ipod nano, listening to music. Some people listen to podcasts, but I’ve never really gotten in to doing that while running.

    Unless I’m on a long run, during which I carry a waist belt with a water bottle, I stick the nano in a pocket of my running shorts. This can cause serious aural harm if, for example, you throw the music player in your back pocket without turning the “hold” button on. Then, after five minutes, when you’ve sweat enough to get a nice sheen of electrolytic fluid (sweat) on the cloth that is touching the Ipod click wheel, BOOOM!, the volume jumps to eleven. I bet I look funny when I suddenly stop on the side of the road, scrabbling at my pocket.

    Oddly, it only ever turns the volume up. This has happened to me three times, and my butt never wants to listen to the music at a lower volume.

  • Protecting the Unborn -or- Hypocrisy

    Despite the title, this has nothing to do with abortion.

    This also has nothing to do with pre-natal care.

    It’s really more about the weirdness of people.

    Follow this link to an article discussing the health dangers of smoking, and smoking while pregnant. But don’t go there to see the statistics about how bad smoking is for you; go there to see the picture of a pregnant woman, complaining that neigboring construction noise will harm her unborn child, while smoking a cigarette.

    People are weird.

  • Comment Spam Redux

    Just a few days ago I made a quick posting about comment spam, and how I don’t get much.

    Aha! “Speak of the Devil”, and all those other phrases leap to mind. I have been biblically deluged with comment spam since that posting. Probably about 300 or so in the past 24 hours.

    Those of you who have already been commenting on the Eyebrow won’t be affected, but if you happen to be a new commenter (which requires an intiial first approval by me) I apologize if you get lost in the tide. Send me an email and I’ll make sure I don’t delete your comment twice.

  • If You Liked First Season Heroes…

    …you might find this review of Heroes’ second season amusing. For the record, I agree in principle with everything that is stated, yet I still watch. I’m a slave.

  • Favorite Photo of Last Month – 2

    This photo is from our trip to Massachusetts last month. Believe it or nor, despite all the time I spent living within 60 miles of Minuteman National Park, the site of “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”, I’d never been there before.

    Minuteman National Park

  • Comment Spam

    I don’t get much comment spam that I have to directly moderate. Most of it is picked up by the wordpress-default comment spam eliminator Aksimet. I get some, though, and the majority is linking to (allegedly) prescription drug or (definitely) sex sites.

    One in particular has been hitting my moderation queue in the past week. It’s Asstraffic.com. For some reason, that URL amuses me. I get a bit of a chuckle every time I see it. That doesn’t keep me from depositing it in spam purgatory, though. Maybe Asstraffic.com is something I can talk about on Talking Traffic?

    Maybe not. I don’t think it fits the theme.

  • Random Podcast!

    This is a random sound posting. Don’t listen to it. It’s boring. I’m doing this out of pure ego. I recorded my voice, therefore I must share it with the world.

  • Type the States

    This is more a contest of typing skill than memory, but…

    Thanks to Pianorayk