Kristy's Blog

It’s all about ambient intimacy, and it’s a good thing in today’s busy world. Ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn’t usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it impossible. It makes us feel closer to […]

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“Spam King” caught and prosecuted. Whoo-hoo! https://www.scmagazineus.com/Guilty-plea-for-Detroit-spam-king/article/138915/

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Railroad tracks. This is fascinating. Be sure to read the final paragraph after reading all that comes before; your understanding of the conclusion will depend on the earlier part of the content. The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge […]

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Ravens and Titans: Titans Steelers and Chargers: Steelers Phillies vs. Giants: Giants Panthers vs. Cardinals: Cardinals Titans vs. Steelers: Titans Cardinals vs. Giants: Giants Titans vs. Giants: Giants Score total: 31

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For easy reference…. Chargers vs. Colts: Colts. Colts vs. Titans: Titans Ravens vs. Dolphins: Ravens Ravens vs. Steelers: Steelers Steelers vs. Titans: Titans Cardinals vs. Falcons: Cardinals Cardinals vs. Giants: Giants Vikings vs. Eagles: Vikings Vikings vs. Panthers: Panthers Giants vs. Panthers: Giants Giants vs. Titans: Titans Point total: 36

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Drove from Phoenix to my sister’s house in Denver yesteray, and it was anything but boring. Technology is a wonderful thing. Here’s all the things I did: Continued rating every song on my iPod (2700) of them. You listen to them and rate them from 1-5. Easy, and it helps you to create playlists. “My […]

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Tom Cruise says he was “arrogant” in TV interview with Matt Lauer in 2005. Well, duh. Now that studios have mega bucks riding on Cruise’s new movie, Valkyrie, they’re trying to “soften” up his image. The cover of People Magazine this week is Tom Cruise: “The truth about my family”. I wonder what truth the […]

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Why wait until the New Year? Anyway: 1. Forgive everyone. 2. Not judge anyone – what good does it do you? Accept everyone for who they are. 3. Don’t contradict anyone 4. Don’t argue. Exceptions to 3 & 4: a. If someone is about to get hurt b. Racial slurs c. If someone is walking […]

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OK, so Fox is the least biased? It’s my opinion that all TV news should be avoided – it is ALL biased. There are so many ways to influence how the viewer absorbs the news: the inflection in tone of the newscaster, the background music, the lead-in story, the ticker-tape of news at the bottom, […]

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It’s pretty crazy that hours or even moments before someone who is terminally ill or wounded dies, they are alert, walking, talking and just being THERE. I always thought you slide gradually into the great beyond, but that’s not the case. Which makes it all the more scary. I guess you just never know how […]

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