Written on 7:14 AM by Jack B.
So I discovered http://windowseat.ca/viscosity/ at webware.com. It's a pretty cool site to create fractal like images (hi-quality), it's easy to use, which are immediately posted on its site. I created this one my first time around:
I call it "ByBy Birdie". I wasn't sure what I was doing but I was happy with the result and since I'm usually horrible at this sort of thing, I'm sure the easiness of the website played a huge part in how it came out.
Like I said, it's worth a look...
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art,
fractal
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Written on 7:27 PM by Jack B.
Mets get Santana
For four guys and bag of balls
Twins got swindled
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haiku
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Written on 10:57 PM by Jack B.
Quarterly leap day
If your birthday skips three years
How old can you be?
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haiku
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Written on 9:07 AM by Jack B.
Who knew I was so deep?
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time waster
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Written on 11:55 PM by Jack B.
These days it seems it's getting increasingly hard for some people to tell.
Me, I'm starting to find it scary. Really scary. It's the OprahBritneyLohanization of the Presidency. Some people seem to be choosing based on how good it makes them feel personally and not on whether the person actually knows how to govern the most powerful country on Earth. Clinton I and Bush II seemed to be selected based on the same criteria. Could Abe Lincoln be elected dog catcher, let alone President, in the present day? How about John Adams? Or Millard Fillmore? Well, okay, not Fillmore.
P.S. If you still haven't quessed the answer, I recommend this site - a clever response to a very real phenomenon.
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culture
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Written on 3:01 PM by Jack B.
Weather’s been a bitch
Making day miserable
Worse than a woman
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haiku
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Written on 2:29 PM by Jack B.
Memo to Giants:
New England too arrogant
Beat the Patriots!
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haiku
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Written on 2:27 PM by Jack B.
My decision made
Got to get all this work done
Year's Resolution
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haiku
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Written on 6:04 PM by Jack B.
I liked their layout so I started a WordPress "Idle Mendacity" blog. It's basically the same as this one. Double the blogs, double the fun, I guess.
The link is:
http://idlemendacity.wordpress.com/
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blogging,
me
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Written on 5:49 PM by Jack B.
O.J. in trouble
Juice is squeezed, but no worries
He'll find the "real" crooks
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haiku
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Written on 5:47 PM by Jack B.
But busy teaching and working on my thesis (never imagined it would take so much of my time).
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my life
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Written on 4:28 PM by Jack B.
After just one time
Purchase of Frappucino
Starbucks you own me
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haiku
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Written on 9:38 PM by Jack B.
Thirty years ago
Passing of the King of Rock
Elvis still the best
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haiku
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Written on 8:27 PM by Jack B.
I can't say I've been very busy these last several months (July went past in a blur) but I have been trying to work on several projects before I return to school/work next week:
*For one thing this is the end of this part of my college career (hopefully). Time to write my Master's Thesis and get the hell out after 8 years plus of university life. I'm sure I'll get my Ph.D one of these days if the circumstances allow but for now I've had enough.
*When the semester starts I'll also be TEACHING a college class for the first time. Me a college lecturer, imagine that. It'll be an introductory English 1 class probably populated with freshmen students but I'm very excited about it. It is certainly not something I ever saw myself doing when I dropped out of public school as a teenager.
*I also applied for a passport for the first time. It hasn't arrived in time for me to use before my vacation is over but I'm looking forward to putting it to use at my first opportunity. Perhaps an extended stay in Rome or London or Ireland or even Canada (passports are a must to go there now).
*So I've been doing a lot of sleeping and reading and studying (along with several shopping sprees for new clothes – something I haven't treated myself to in years) and am more than ready to put my brain back to work (and to get back to my blog as well)
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my life
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Written on 11:26 PM by Jack B.
Heard the news today
The Scooter has passed away
Tears of Holy Cow
Seven Series Rings
The Money Store and Meatloaf
You Huckleberries
Pinstripes Number Ten
MVP Hall of Famer
With Messer and White
Barber and Allen
Cora, get the cannolis
More birthday shout outs
Seaver and Murcer
Heading for the bridge early
Yankee Forever
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baseball,
haiku,
ny yankees
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Written on 7:27 AM by Jack B.
Planning to go out
But storm reports kept me in
Maybe just lazy
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haiku
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Written on 11:22 PM by Jack B.
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art,
fractal
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Written on 10:52 PM by Jack B.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!
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art,
fractal
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Written on 10:04 PM by Jack B.
Growing like a child
Learning as it goes along
This America
Out of one many
Experiment in freedom
Your America
Faults go with triumphs
Perfect in imperfections
My America
For we the people
Life, liberty, happiness
Our America
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haiku
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Written on 9:01 PM by Jack B.
Closed down for repairs
Now open for business
Paris's Hilton
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haiku
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Written on 12:01 AM by Jack B.
Cool sun-kissed breezes
Then the thunderstorms arrive
First day of summer
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haiku
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Written on 7:08 PM by Jack B.
On the new cut grass
Lying back with closing eyes
Warm breezes drift by
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haiku
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Written on 5:44 PM by Jack B.
Yankees keep sucking
Can't seem to hit, pitch or catch
Overpriced chokers
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baseball,
haiku,
ny yankees
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Written on 12:54 PM by Jack B.
Well no, not that Jesus! I'm talking about Pope Benedict's book: Jesus of Nazareth. I pre-ordered it from Amazon and just got an e-mail that it's been shipped. I'm actually excited, this is the first book I've pre-ordered (months ahead of time) since God knows when but I really wanted to read it for myself before the professional "reviews" started coming in and shaping my opinion before I read it. I've read several of the Pope's books (written when he was Cardinal Ratzinger) and I've never read anyone who can speak about theology so clearly and so understandably.
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books,
catholicism,
pope
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Written on 12:53 PM by Jack B.
There would be no me
If there had never been her
Always Mother's day
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haiku
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Written on 7:27 AM by Jack B.
Such a lovely day
Sun stayed out into the night
Kids lay on new grass
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haiku
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Written on 3:53 PM by Jack B.
Storms come from the west
Wipe away my sunny days
Mother Nature’s love
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haiku
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Written on 7:50 PM by Jack B.
New season opens
Yankees win in a comeback
Pavano still sucks
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baseball,
haiku,
ny yankees
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Written on 9:34 PM by Jack B.
Beautiful weather
Gentle breezes, shining sun
Is this Spring at last?
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haiku
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Written on 6:14 PM by Jack B.
In the 2+ years I’ve had my current Dell desktop computer I’ve removed almost none of the programs it came pre-installed with. I’ve never felt the need to.
But the other day I deleted Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 from my computer. I had already made the switch to Firefox as my main internet browser some time ago but kept IE because a back-up browser is always useful – and besides, Firefox is ridiculously slow to load up (at least on my computer).
About a year ago I tried Opera but it pretty much froze every time I tried I used it so promptly uninstalled it. But on a whim I downloaded Opera’s newest version a couple of weeks ago and low and behold – it worked fine. At the same time, IE 7 despite the fact its supposed to be better than its previous version gave me all kind of “script error” headaches and in comparison to Firefox and Opera is bland and no-frills. So I got rid of it, and all of a sudden my computer is running faster (Opera opens up faster than IE ever did as well). Microsoft has more money and manpower than either Mozilla (Firefox) or Opera and they have the leg up on their competitors because IE is installed on every PC in the world (right?). It was one thing when MS put Netscape basically out of business with its monopolistic ways but as the rise of Google and the re-birth of Apple has shown, Bill Gates & Co. seem to be resting on their laurels and letting the innovations come from somewhere else.
So goodbye for now Internet Explorer, let me know when you put out something I can’t get somewhere else (and for free and faster, to boot).
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tech
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I call it "ByBy Birdie". I wasn't sure what I was doing but I was happy with the result and since I'm usually horrible at this sort of thing, I'm sure the easiness of the website played a huge part in how it came out.
