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If you receive a simple white envelope with the words "EXPLANATION OF BENEFITS" next to the address window, what would you think it is? If you answered "junk mail", you would be absolutely correct. I got such a letter, and I am embarrassed to admit that I was totally fooled. A letter like that would — Continue reading »

From time to time I receive this error page from various Google services like Gmail. I don't think I have ever encountered it with Google search though. Perhaps their search service is just too precious to be allowed to be afflicted with errors. This type of error generally indicates server unavailability due to various reasons, — Continue reading »

A fair decision came out of the supreme court today. It basically told the Feds to butt out of Oregon state's doctor-assisted suicide law. Oregon is the only state in US that allows physicians to assist terminally ill patients to end their lives with dignity. The right-wing agenda (including that of the current administration) is — Continue reading »

Yesterday marked the return of NASA's stardust probe. The probe traveled nearly three billion miles over the course of seven years to collect dust particles from a comet and returned the heavenly material back home for analysis. It is quite a miraculous feat indeed. By some accounts the collected dust could be as old as — Continue reading »

Not long after we lost one of our pet rabbits, our final remaining hermit crab died sometime yesterday or the day before. The reason the time of death is vague is because hermit crabs are generally lethargic creatures, at least in captivity. They do move about from time to time and engage in all sorts — Continue reading »

Like many people around the world I have been both admiring and envious with the success of Alex Tew and his million dollar home page venture. While many might attribute the guy's success to his innovative approach, persistence, or foresight, I have to believe that luck played a big role. But then again luck is — Continue reading »

I guess it's official now. My last SBC bill had an AT&T logo decorating the envelope and the SBC Web site has begun to flash the AT&T brand name here and there. And their telephone technical support has a preamble touting the merger and the new AT&T name. How do I know this about the — Continue reading »

Since the media is abuzz with Sharon's grim condition I thought I offer my 2 cents on this. Once again the con artists of the world have used god and religion in describing Sharon's condition. On one side you have the infantile Ahmadinejad of Iran offering his views on how he wished Sharon would die — Continue reading »