Posts by D. H. McKee

My New Cell Phone

I think I finally found the phone I'm going to marry:
The large, bright screen of the Kyocera 7135 smartphone displays over 65,000 different colors. Download and view pictures and videos, play games, color code all those spreadsheets - things are just more exciting in color. What's more, you can do it all while listening to your favorite tunes with the onboard MP3 player.
The sleek, lightweight clamshell design of the Kyocera 7135 smartphone gives you brain without all the brawn. Plus it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how to take advantage of all its great features.
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And it's lemon scented, too.

Man sues McDonald’s over spicy burrito

A Texas man is suing McDonald's claiming too much black pepper on a breakfast burrito caused him two months of daily nosebleeds.
Marcus Long also says the burrito he ate on November 18 caused an infection in his mouth and possible damage to his vocal chords

A Brief History of Lightsabres

OK, I like to think of myself as a moderate StarWars geek. That said, this guy is nuts:
"Whilst there is certainly a coherence to the blade, and there is certainly a degree of light visible, its behaviour is NOT consistent with the coherent light beams of laser generators. Indeed the light seen is probably little more than a side effect. There are a number of possible explanations for explaining this glow. Perhaps it is the decay of the 'particles' of which the blade is made, as they 'spin away' from the cutting core. Perhaps the glow is from the annihilation of air molecules as they drift into the blade ... there are no canonical examples of sabres activated in vacuum or underwater, but numerous apocryphal sources suggest that the glow is constant under these conditions. If this is so - then the 'decay' model is preferred."

Australian miner frames father’s tattooed skin

An Australian miner has framed his dad's skin, complete with tattoos, and is hanging it in the dining room.
Carl Whittaker's father, Barry, asked for the four tattoos on his back and arms to be removed and preserved following his death from cancer in 1999.

High Court Strikes Sex Law

Since 1833, it has been a crime in Georgia for unmarried people to engage in sex.
But a decision issued Monday by the Georgia Supreme Court voids the controversial and seldom-used statute when applied against people in private, consensual sexual relationships.
The court threw out the fornication conviction against Jesse McClure, who was 16 when he was found having sex with his girlfriend in September 2001 at her Fayette County home. The girl's mother caught them in the act at about 3 a.m.

City Wants To Ban Defecating on Buses

(BEND, Ore.) You better hit the shower before you board the bus in Bend. Proposed new city rules would ban...

Study: Q-Ray Bracelets offer false relief

Makers of the Q-Ray ionized bracelet say wearers will have less pain and more strength. But new research at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville suggests the biggest change is lighter wallets and that any benefit comes from something in people's heads.

CHUD – Cinematic Happenings Under Development

Here's a really cool film site:
Several years ago, I was trying to figure a way to put my useless film knowledge and extensive trips to the theater to good use, and after finding a few people who gave a damn I started an emailing list where I'd send reviews on a weekly basis.

Broken Notebook

(sigh). My notebook is broken. The “5”, “6”, “-“, and “\” keys don’t work anymore. What a drag. I’m not...

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