Feel This Book : An Essential Guide to Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfaction
by Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo
I borrowed this book from the library, because I’m cheap. Our library has self checkout stations that have a built in barcode scanner and a receipt printer. I scanned my card and went to scan the book. I happened to open the front cover. On the inside front cover, in blue metallic glitter marker, a girl had written the following.
Disclaimer; This Book Sucks!!! (triple underlines) It’s no suprise that they are shamed of it now!!! They should have put it in a drawer for a few years and then read it again to realize what a big mistake it is!!! They would would have saved themselves alot of money and time paying a shrink to listen to the trauma this book caused.
I pointed this out to the librarian, who made a note and stuck it in the book so they can decide what to do about it next time it’s returned. I personally think it’s funny. Holly thinks it was really uncool.
Edited 17-Oct-2005: I decided not to read this book after all. I’ve got two more books in the pipe which seem a whole lot more interesting than this book.
Uhh… I found this story linked on Boing Boing today. There is a bill in the Indiana legislature that would require a woman to get a license before having any kind of reproductive assistance given. This includes in vitro fertilization, sperm, and egg donations. If the law were to pass, you would commit the crime of “unauthorized reproduction, a class B misdemeanor.” The same charge would be applicable to the doctor who committed “unauthorized practice of artificial reproduction.”
Oh, the law required a woman to be married to a man to be considered. No gays, lesbians, or single people permitted. A married couple who needed donor sperm or eggs would have to go through the same vetting as someone wanting to adopt a child to sure they were fit to be parents.
This law was proposed by a female Republican from Indianapolis. Needless to say, once the law popped on anyone’s radar, she withdrew the bill.
Well, today I finally found a resolution for Flash 8 and Firefox not working correctly. The symptom is that, with Flash 8 installed with Firefox, you are unable to display any Flash enabled content. You get no placeholder, just blanks where the content should be. The resolution? Turn off the Adblock extensions’ Obj-Tabs feature (it’s what puts the translucent “Adblock” tab off each Flash animation). As soon as you disable that feature, Flash works perfectly.
To disable this part, click Tools -> Extensions. Highlight Adblock, click “Options.” In this new window, click “Adblock Options.” Find “Obj-Tabs” and click it to uncheck it. You’re fixed!
Last night, Holly bought a Dyson DC14 Animal Vacuum Cleaner
for me. Why, you may ask yourself, would one buy a vacuum cleaner for their significant other? Well, obviously, I’m a dork. We had drooled over the Dyson vacuum for quite a while and finally took the plunge. We have three cats, and that means we have cat fur everywhere. Turns out, all of the Dyson DC14 vacuums are the same. The different models are just different colors and different sets of attachments (therefore, different prices). Anyway, Holly vacuumed the carpets on Friday afternoon with our “old” (relative term) bagless upright that did an amazing job on its own. Holy crap… we had to stop and empty the bin after doing the living room and office because of the amount of animal fur we recovered. The thing is quiet and would suck the spots off a Dalmatian if you got it too close. It has all kinds of nifty attachments. It also came with a can of spot remover (which has gotten rave reviews) and a giant pouch of some deep cleaner. Apparently you just sprinkle it on, use this attachment to grind it into your floor, wait 45 minutes, and use the attachment to suck it all up. It’s like $13 a package but people are drooling all over themselves about it online.
This Dyson guy is brilliant. His website talks about his design, the fight he’s had with Hoover (No one would buy his design, they tried to sue him, he won, and then they copied his design. He sued them, he won. They quoted a Hoover VP on a television interview as saying something like “I wish now Hoover had bought the Dyson design so we could have shelved it indefinitely.” He’s also made a clothes washer. I want the Dyson washer. It has two drums that move in opposite directions and an on board computer that keeps track of things like how many loads you’ve done. It’s also coloured up like the Dyson vacuums, silvers and purples and yellows.
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