Hi. Welcome to the archive of the old AOL Journal The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind. Please, look around, admire the drapes, raid the fridge, but be aware that not much really goes on around here.
However, if you're looking for fun (and a much more active blog), please go here:
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Enjoy, and if you're looking for something specific, leave a comment here with your email, and I'll try to find it for you.
-Dan
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
[The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind] Casting my bean...
So, who am I voting for?
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/08/2008 12:01:00 AM
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/08/2008 12:01:00 AM
[The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind] Whopsie...
Oh, Sarah...
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah...
You hypocritical little minx.
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/07/2008 07:52:00 PM
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah...
You hypocritical little minx.
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/07/2008 07:52:00 PM
[The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind] Fiddle, and things go bang!
Testing… Testing… Testing…
Don’t worry. I’m not breaking things (again!). I’m just trying to see how difficult it is to move things from Microsoft Word into Blogger. Normally, the formatting gets all sorts of borked and wonked, and, inevitably, I wind up just giving up on the damn thing with a heavy sigh and a sharp smack of the delete button.
However, earlier today, a brick named Epiphany hit me square in the forehead, and I realized two things:
First, bricks with names hurt twice as badly as their anonymous brethren. And, second, since I use Thunderbird as an email program, I have this luxury of being able to paste without formatting, and, theoretically, I should be able to just slap this in there sans formats, then copy and paste it into the claustrophobic confines of the Blogger entry box.
So, you know, keep those fingers crossed.
Of course, that’s kind of impossible since if it does work, that whole crossing-fingers thing will be late and really unnecessary. And, if it doesn’t work, well, you’re not going to see the entry on here. But, you know, at least I'm thinking about you and your fingers, so that should count for something, right?
Anyway, it’s heading toward three in the freakin’ morning, and after a day spent writing and writing and writing, I am chugged out and near the point of drooling (oops. Just passed the drooling point. Damn flimsy water bottles!). So, perhaps after I crash, and when I am wrestling with that morning mug of sinister sludge I foolishly refer to as coffee, I’ll try to scribble a bit more of an explanation as to why I am so squeaked out to be able to move from Word to Blogger (yeah. I know there’s a plug-in, but it doesn’t work with New Blogger).
-DP
P.S. So far, things seem to be working.
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/07/2008 01:31:00 AM
Don’t worry. I’m not breaking things (again!). I’m just trying to see how difficult it is to move things from Microsoft Word into Blogger. Normally, the formatting gets all sorts of borked and wonked, and, inevitably, I wind up just giving up on the damn thing with a heavy sigh and a sharp smack of the delete button.
However, earlier today, a brick named Epiphany hit me square in the forehead, and I realized two things:
First, bricks with names hurt twice as badly as their anonymous brethren. And, second, since I use Thunderbird as an email program, I have this luxury of being able to paste without formatting, and, theoretically, I should be able to just slap this in there sans formats, then copy and paste it into the claustrophobic confines of the Blogger entry box.
So, you know, keep those fingers crossed.
Of course, that’s kind of impossible since if it does work, that whole crossing-fingers thing will be late and really unnecessary. And, if it doesn’t work, well, you’re not going to see the entry on here. But, you know, at least I'm thinking about you and your fingers, so that should count for something, right?
Anyway, it’s heading toward three in the freakin’ morning, and after a day spent writing and writing and writing, I am chugged out and near the point of drooling (oops. Just passed the drooling point. Damn flimsy water bottles!). So, perhaps after I crash, and when I am wrestling with that morning mug of sinister sludge I foolishly refer to as coffee, I’ll try to scribble a bit more of an explanation as to why I am so squeaked out to be able to move from Word to Blogger (yeah. I know there’s a plug-in, but it doesn’t work with New Blogger).
-DP
P.S. So far, things seem to be working.
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/07/2008 01:31:00 AM
Monday, October 6, 2008
[The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind] Test
Well now… Consider this a test.
No. There’s nothing important here. I’m just fiddling… always fiddling.
Eventually, I have a feeling that things are going to explode in my face and make a big, huge mess.
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/07/2008 12:46:00 AM
No. There’s nothing important here. I’m just fiddling… always fiddling.
Eventually, I have a feeling that things are going to explode in my face and make a big, huge mess.
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/07/2008 12:46:00 AM
[The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind] Ouch!
With most of the world's economies plummeting toward some sort of financial armageddon, I figured today's picture should represent what the victims of this crisis will inevitably be feeling crammed into one orifice or another. If you're an American reading this, I think it would be best to shut your eyes very tightly, get a pencil or some other bite stick to put in your mouth, bend over, and try, try, try to go to your Happy Placeâ„¢.
Other than that, my Monday is actually not half bad. The Humira seems to have worked, and whatever lingering aches and pains I am feeling can be handled with a simple dose of Advil and a heating pad wrapped around my ankle.
Unfortunately, I am currently engaged in a little battle between my feet and Acacia as she really, really wants to sleep on the heating pad. I've conceded a small corner which is currently baking the top of her head as she has worked herself into a little, fluffy ball and twisted her neck to near snapping to get to this really hot spot. Of course, I know that the second I move, I will lose my heating pad as she will sprawl out and let herself fry to the point of filling the house with the scent of burning fur.
Ah well... Enjoy the cactus.
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/06/2008 12:13:00 PM
Sunday, October 5, 2008
[The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind] Only in America...
Egads!
Only in America could someone so blisteringly rock-stupid be seen as qualified to assume the office of the Vice President (and, potentially President).
This video is 30 seconds of Sarah Palin chirping out her typical gibberish during the debates --a debate in which, rather than stay on topic, follow the format, or even answer with a single salient fact, she rambled off into the hills and hollers where people want their leaders to be just like them (i.e. dumb as a stump).
I swear, if I see a TV show called Ow! My Balls! I'm putting a gun in my mouth, and I'll eat a bullet (and for those of you who haven't seen the movie Idiocracy, I'm sorry, but that joke probably sailed right past you).
The potatohead vote got Bush elected twice, and America has done nothing but suffer since. Yet, here we are again. McCain, who doesn't even seem to be all there these days anyway, brought this yokel on board to court those who, for some reason, seem to think that the dumber a person is, the more he or she should be president.
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/06/2008 12:04:00 AM
Only in America could someone so blisteringly rock-stupid be seen as qualified to assume the office of the Vice President (and, potentially President).
This video is 30 seconds of Sarah Palin chirping out her typical gibberish during the debates --a debate in which, rather than stay on topic, follow the format, or even answer with a single salient fact, she rambled off into the hills and hollers where people want their leaders to be just like them (i.e. dumb as a stump).
I swear, if I see a TV show called Ow! My Balls! I'm putting a gun in my mouth, and I'll eat a bullet (and for those of you who haven't seen the movie Idiocracy, I'm sorry, but that joke probably sailed right past you).
The potatohead vote got Bush elected twice, and America has done nothing but suffer since. Yet, here we are again. McCain, who doesn't even seem to be all there these days anyway, brought this yokel on board to court those who, for some reason, seem to think that the dumber a person is, the more he or she should be president.
-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 10/06/2008 12:04:00 AM
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