I'm Not Sure I See the Problem- August 26, 2005 Convicted murderer John Allan Muhammad, already sentenced to death for his role in the Washington-area sniper killings back in 2002, is on a hunger strike: A judge granted Montgomery County jail officials yesterday the authority to force-feed convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, who has refused to eat or drink since he was transferred Monday from a Virginia prison. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James L. Ryan issued the order after the county&8217;s Department of Correction and...http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/08/26-im_not_su.html Klingon Fairy Tales- August 26, 2005 Well, I&8217;d like to read them&8230; &8220;Goldilocks Dies With Honor at the Hands of the Three Bears&8221; &8220;Snow White and the Six Dwarves She Killed With Her Bare Hands and the Seventh Dwarf She Let Get Away as a Warning to Others&8221; &8220;There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe With a Big Spike on It&8221; &8220;The Three Little Pigs Build an Improvised Explosive Device and Deal With That Damned Wolf Once and for All&8221; Go check out the rest of them&8230; (found via.http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/08/26-klingon_fa.html Four Legged Friends- August 25, 2005 Most people think of hamsters as harmless (and useless) little fluffballs. But, as this story shows, they&8217;re much, much more than that: A 16-year-old boy invented a hamster-powered mobile phone charger as part of his GCSE science project. Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster&8217;s exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger. Elvis does the legwork while Peter charges his phone in an economically and environmentally friendly way. He came up...http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/08/25-four_legge.html Dialogue, Fruitful and Otherwise- August 24, 2005 James Lileks has some thoughts on dialogue, arguments, and getting one&8217;s message across: That really long email you send that called me a name in the first sentence Didnt read it. That shorter email that called me a name in the second sentence Read it. Rocked my world. Completely changed everything I believe. Had to curl up in bed with my George Bush handpuppet and have a dialogue for half an hour before I stopped whimpering. And I do a bad Texas accent. Dont make me go through that...http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/08/24-dialogue_.html Scam Alert- August 22, 2005 I figure that the folks who are regular readers here probably don&8217;t need this warning, but more information is always good. So check this out; it&8217;s the latest credit card scam: The scam works like this: Person calling says, &8220;This is (name), and I&8217;m calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460 Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I&8217;m calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by...http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/08/22-scam_alert.html |