The Splintered Chat #8
Here's hoping you have a great weekend. I'm up to my eyes in projects and hopefully will make headway. I have finished much, but still have much to do. I took a break tonight from my labors to enjoy a mild distraction, The Tale of the Mall Ninja. Here is evidence that even successful writers suffer from distractions. I discovered the following on Neil Gaiman's blog and now share it with you.
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If a kid picks up a candy bar and runs, you give him a warning before you cuff him. Same with those mindless teenyboppers who go to the Hickory Farms store, and then take double samples of fruitcake and cheeselog, you warn them that they will be charged with a felony(grand theft), and that if they attempt to fight and run, they will be, unfortunately, first tazered, and if they continue to resist violently with intent to maim, then wounded. Fortunately, wounding fire to suppress teenage kleptomaniacs is relatively easy, they all run in straight lines, and a hit in the knee will be relatively simple from the second floor. But they all get a warning first, we do not simply shoot shoplifters unless they resist violently.Ah, the joys of the Mall-Ninjas. Click on the link for context and much, much more of the same. Really wonderfully, dreadfully, unintentionally, funny...
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Yikes!
Finished a few projects. I have two desktops to reclaim (left over mess from the renovation upheaval I went through a bit over a week ago) then one last GIANT project to get out of the way so I can begin web page design for the first of two companies. Just finished a 2 hour discussion about my daughter's record album.
I'm not busy. Who ever said I was busy? Pshaw!
It sure is quiet in here. There has to be more people out there besides Claire who like to just drop in and say "Hi" or, heaven forbid, discuss Depression or AD/HD, or what kind of idiot I am. ;p
~Douglas
It's my opinion still that it's all about money. I just wish more people believed they have the power to change their lives without necessarily relying on meds.
I know. It's not a popular opinion.
~Douglas
Any of you Sudoku addicts?
~Douglas
Hi Douglas! and You are NOT an idiot.
"I just wish more people believed they have the power to change their lives without necessarily relying on meds.
I know. It's not a popular opinion."
honestly, I don't think that it's an unpopular opinion (except with Big Pharma) but rather a misunderstood opinion... misunderstood because for so many people taking meds has been the only thing that helped. I don't take meds (can't take meds... well I can sure but that's not a pretty picture LOL ), I also don't follow the pray and you'll be fine/attract good things/overcome the panic, fear, dark thoughts. We all have to do what we have to do (or put another way - other people have to do what they have to do) to be well. I am thankful for you and all of us that are doing well however we get here (How ever we get here.).
"Same with those mindless teenyboppers who go to the Hickory Farms store, and then take double samples of fruitcake and cheeselog, you warn them that they will be charged with a felony(grand theft), and that if they attempt to fight and run, they will be, unfortunately, first tazered, and if they continue to resist violently with intent to maim, then wounded."
I have to tell you that I lmaorof when I read this - I went to Costco today. ;p
Anyway...thanks for your blog!
hugz,
Cully
I was wondering on what your thoughts were on Eckharte Tolle's book, "A New Earth?" I too am a sufferer of ADHD and depression, and the book has helped me deal with things in a wonderful new light.
Respectfully Yours,
Patrick de Albuquerque
Claire posted on another thread the following. This is a perfect place to answer her questions:
"I read this tonight: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Mac-OS-X-hacked-under-30-minutes/0,130061744,139241748,00.htm
I'm wondering if I need to do something to protect my iBook.
What do you think?"
OK, first you need to know that this news is TWO years old. Second, this is not a remote exploit. It was a local one. What this means is that the same thing cannot happen to you in this way just because you are connected to the internet. Without getting too geeky on you, this contest was a bit foolish. Each person who wanted to participate was given an account on the machine. So they already had permission to log into the machine from outside. Then, once inside, the winner used a exploit that promoted his user into superuser status. At that point he was able to muck about the system.
This flaw has long since been patched by Apple. It had little application for home users such as yourself. If your son, or heaven forbid a theif, wanted to crack into your account, it would be easier for him to just reboot your Mac with the OS X install disc and change your password than to do all that the hacker did. This exploit would be a problem, however, for work and school networks. It was a serious local flaw that needed to be addressed, and it was. Two years ago. BTW, it was a Unix flaw and not specific to OS X.
As for protecting your iBook, don't choose an obvious password (choose one with a mixture of letters and numbers to thwart dictionary crackers, like g0l3mFr0d0 or gardening1966/r00tb33r). Don't open any unnecessary ports (leave the sharing and security panels alone if you don't know what you're doing) And don't let dicey characters have personal accounts on your iBook. Your husband and son might be out of luck. J/K
~Douglas
You know, that whole faith/pray/law of attraction thing needs to be addressed by me here. I've been meaning to do it, but I've been so busy. It is the secular/spiritual/christian wishful thinking solution that comes reeeeeeeeally close but misses by a mile.
When Therese's commenters went at me because they assumed I was a Law of Attraction kind of guy I was really surprised. They couldn't have been more mistaken about me.
Attitude may not raise people from the dead, make the blind see, and the lame walk, but it sure makes a big difference how we handle our hardships if we keep our chin up and look forward. I do believe that the Law of Attraction is close, but not as a physical manifestation of the "Universe's" will. I see attitude like a radio station in our mind. If we are tuned into depressing thoughts, we see depressing things all around us, and interpret the world within that viewpoint. If we are tuned into positive thoughts, we tend to have a brighter outlook, notice the good in life more often, and, frankly, are funner to be around. LOL
Glad the article brought a smile to your face. There was some funny stuff in there.
~Douglas
Claire ~ I have you beat. My wife has stuff that's been in storage for ten years, and was just junk packed up and moved from the old home in Provo. I pay $80 a month for that junk to keep it out of the rain. I just wish I could inspire her to roll up her sleeves and get rid of it all. Give me another ten years?
Patrick ~ Nice chat with you the other day. I still haven't read the book, but I will look for it. I am not sure it will sync with me as it has with you. I tend to like Christianity, and of the Mormon variety, mixed in with my Spiritualism and Philosophy, but I like to keep an open mind. And if it worked for you I say more power to you. Anything is better than drowning in depression and defeatism.
~Douglas
:)
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/victim_of_mall_shooting_determined