Friday, March 6, 2009

Favorite Heath Ledger Movie Quote


Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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"I wish I knew how to quit you"

Infamous/Favorite Faye Dunaway (a.k.a. Joan Crawford) Movie Quotes

Mommie Dearest (1981)
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"NO WIRE HANGERS"
"You live in the most beautiful house in Brentwood, and you put a three hundred dollar dress on a WIRE HANGER"
"Helga ... when you polish the floor you have to move the tree"
"If you can't do something right, don't do it at all"
"You have to get mad at the dirt"
"It's not raw, it's rare ... meat loses its' vitamins when it is over-cooked"

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Favorite Bette Davis Movie Quote


"All About Eve" (1949)
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"Did I tell you about the time I looked into the heart of an artichoke"?

Favorite Elizabeth Taylor Movie Quote


"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (1958)
(regarding her brother-in-law's children)

"One of those no-neck monsters hit me with some ice cream. Their fat little heads sit on their fat little bodies without a bit of connection ... you can't wring their necks if they got no necks to wring".

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Asteroid Misses Earth

A ten story sized asteroid, similar to the object that exploded over Siberia destroying 80 million trees in June 1908, came hurling near the earth at an altitude of 72,000 kilometers this past Saturday. With an explosive capacity of 1000 Hiroshima sized atomic bombs, an earth impact or air burst would have been disastrous. It is NOT reassuring that we only had three days notice prior to the fly-by. You can read the full story here.

News Of The Day


Monday, March 2, 2009

Maltron Keyboard

Searching for the most ergonomically correct keyboard known to man, I discovered the miraculous Maltron keyboard. I have been using a Maltron since 2006 and no longer have Carpal-Tunnel issues. It does take around twenty hours of use to adjust to the split layout, but once you do, typing speed is increased by approximately 20%.