Comments for mcneight.org http://mcneight.org It's pronounced "mick-night" Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:12:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Human Terrain by Anonymous http://mcneight.org/2009/01/human-terrain/#comment-296 Anonymous Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:12:23 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2009/01/human-terrain/#comment-296 message?

hey! i noticed that you signed my guestbook a couple of times at classmates.com. i can’t read them, seeing as i’m not a paying member. if you want to chat, here’s my e-mail: bfett@in-gen.net (you must use lower case letters only.) i’ve tried getting yours from your brother a couple of times, but he never answers my e-mails.

catch ya later!

-joe fera

]]> Comment on 2009 Goals by Anonymous http://mcneight.org/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-295 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:35:27 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-295 well, if you’re looking to spread some money around…i’d gladly take some of it (o.k., well, actually A LOT of it) so i can get my own place again! ;-P

-joe f. (your annoying childhood ex-neighbor *LOL*)

]]> Comment on 2009 Goals by Anonymous http://mcneight.org/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-294 Anonymous Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:49:27 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-294 Grow food

Growing food can be surprisingly interesting, and the schedule required can help with some of the other stuff as well.

I started vegetable gardening 4 years ago. My advice:

1. Start easy with stuff that’s not tempermental to grow.
2. Start with stuff that’s a lot better home grown than what you get in the store.

#1 and #2 explain why so many people buy tomato plants.

]]> Comment on 2009 Goals by slyon http://mcneight.org/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-293 slyon Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:53:57 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-293 I’m a huge fan of kiva.org. I’ve been with them long enough that my initial loans gradually got repaid and then I could reloan out the same money again. I find that kind of awesome.

]]> Comment on 2009 Goals by c0nsumer http://mcneight.org/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-292 c0nsumer Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:30:47 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2009/01/2009-goals/#comment-292 The Hacker’s Diet works well. I just wish I hadn’t gained weight since I lost the ~25 lbs while playing with it a few years back. I guess some of that is muscle, but still…

]]> Comment on WTF! by Admin http://mcneight.org/2008/10/wtf/#comment-291 Admin Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:45:44 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2008/10/wtf/#comment-291 OK. It was late, I was getting really agitated and used the wrong language in my posting. I’ll attempt to provide a fuller explanation of it, without going off on a rant.

That the media reports it isn’t their fault outright, but the 24-hour repeating of it can drive people into raving lunatics (myself included, on occasion). The idea that someone can come along and casually link two random people and turn one person into a terrorist based on the actions of the other person from forty years ago is practically the definition of a witch hunt. That we are currently hearing one side of it from Palin and not much from Obama/Biden tells me personally that yes, Palin really is crazy and/or petty. I would like to think that everyone is thinking this instead of believing the lie and imagining ways to “string up that terrorist Obama”, but I just don’t feel that confident.

It all just scares the crap out of me, but then it’s fear and panic that are running the show right now anyway. What I really need to do is just try to unplug. Breathe deeply and calm down. I think I’ll go play outside for a bit.

Thank you for the reality check.

]]> Comment on WTF! by slyon http://mcneight.org/2008/10/wtf/#comment-290 slyon Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:45:23 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2008/10/wtf/#comment-290 Why would a liberally-biased media “snuff out” her name calling? It doesn’t promote her at ALL, it makes her look crazy and/or petty. She’s the VP candidate, and when she says things, the news is going to cover it.

]]> Comment on For fairmer Et Al. by merriehaskell http://mcneight.org/2008/09/for-fairmer-et-al/#comment-289 merriehaskell Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:52:15 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2008/09/for-fairmer-et-al/#comment-289 Heh. Yes, I printed that out and slapped it up on my file cabinet at work the other day… :)

]]> Comment on Privilege Meme by lil_m_moses http://mcneight.org/2008/08/privilege-meme/#comment-288 lil_m_moses Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:51:35 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2008/08/privilege-meme/#comment-288 I’m not sure if having a phone in my room counts as “privilege” if I had to wire it up to the family line myself

I still think that counts as a privilege. When my mom was having her house built, I begged for a jack in my room, but was expressly told no. It was only after the advent of college and library internet dialup that I was allowed to drill a hole through the wall between our bedrooms and run a phone line off a splitter in her room to mine. Hm. I should think about redoing that properly for her now that I know better.

]]> Comment on Cuil by bzial http://mcneight.org/2008/07/cuil/#comment-287 bzial Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:42:43 +0000 http://mcneight.org/wp/2008/07/cuil/#comment-287 I like the idea of the category but I wasn’t overly impressed with a few test queries. They were very clever with some things related to my job but I tried a few other semi-obscure hobby things and was getting wonky results.

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