Fight Club

a 1996 book by Chuck Palahniuk, that I read about a year and a half ago

somewhat perverse, somewhat clever, somewhat entertaining,
its the warped world of Tyler Durden & company

Pop vs. Soda

a contest/election of sorts going on at Kum & Go stations here in the U.S.A., in some states (Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, & Arkansas)

http://www.pop-vs-soda.com/

I usually call it pop, but soda is alright too, I suppose
I was on a trans-Atlantic flight once, & asked what I would like to drink, & when I responded “pop” the server/steward said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t know what that is” *shrugs*

useful Alt codes

on an American/English keyboard, though not necessarily all American/English keyboards

¡ = Alt + 0161          ¿ = Alt + 0191

Ç = Alt + 0199          ç = Alt + 0231

ß = Alt + 0223          ü = Alt + 0252

Ø = Alt + 0216          ø = Alt + 0248

Å = Alt + 0197          å = Alt + 0229

Æ = Alt + 0198          æ = Alt + 0230

É = Alt + 0201          é = Alt + 0233

à = Alt + 0224          í = Alt + 0237

Ñ = Alt + 0209          ñ = Alt + 0241

° = Alt + 0176          ÷ = Alt + 0247

© = Alt + 0169          ™ = Alt + 0153

it has been suggested that one should rather go to insert & symbol instead of use the Alt code for these characters so as to increase the chance that it will display correctly on other viewers’ computers, however, I’m usually not up for doing that based mostly on the frequency I use some of these characters, I prefer using Alt codes, for ease & speed

Mount Rushmore

in western South Dakota, U.S.A. , depicting four U.S.A. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, & Abraham Lincoln, I was there last summer & saw it

Thank You For Smoking

a 2006 movie which I’ve watched some time ago, a clever, though somewhat sad, satire, with actor Aaron Eckhart as the main character, Nick Naylor, who is all about “winning” the argument, no matter what side he’s on

Stardust Musings And Thoughts For The Freethinker

http://thoughtsfortheopenminded.blogspot.com/

a blog I’ve visited occassionally for some time, contains interesting posts, some of which bring up points I hadn’t considered, things I didn’t quite realized, snacks for thought, I’d say, a blog that also serves as the freethinker author’s commentary on religion, politics, etc.

MyDeathSpace

posting & archiving news of deaths of the MySpacers, which has been running for about two and a half years by now (MyDeathSpace, that is, not MySpace), a little morbidly interesting perhaps, yet also making the online community feel more like an online community, & to read about all the shit that happens to people ought to make us aspire to be better people ourselves, life is too short for crap, it’s just too damn short, we should get with it

http://www.mydeathspace.com/

Sitting Bull Falls

beautiful place located in the Lincoln National Forest, in New Mexico, U.S.A.

was there this past weekend, for an afternoon

Franz Kafka

born 125 years ago today, here’s to him

“Life’s splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, not reluctant, not deaf, if you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.”

Human Rights Campaign

working for gay, lesbian, bisexual, & transgender (GLBT) equal rights

I discovered them this past weekend as I was at the annual “Pride On The Plaza” downtown in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A., & wrote them a check, though not for much, since I’m really low on money these days, I still felt their ideals were worth supporting though

http://www.hrc.org/