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And here’s the queen of them all. Enjoy.

According to my web stats, viagra here are the top search phrases that led people to this site in 2005.

I find it very interesting that people come here looking for information on backward masking, there based just on this dumb Destro post I did in 2004.

Looks like I’m running out of time. I promised that a new beta of Tangelo would be out by the end of December. Getting close to the wire here.

Fortunately, if you can read this, it means that the new beta is almost ready.

So hopefully you can read this.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

–Luke 2:8-14

Merry Christmas to all of my friends and family, and to anyone else who happens across this website. May your Christmas be joyous and filled with peace.

And now, I’m off to bed. Some of us have to get up and lead worship at church in the morning. 🙂

I usually dread receiving forwards, but a co-worker, familiar with my tendency to chide users for blindly forwarding utter crap, as well as my fondness for debunking such crap by referring folks to the most excellent Snopes, sent me this today, along with a note that she thought I would enjoy it. And I certainly did. I present it to you now, although slightly altered in an attempt to increase the humor level, even if just a hair. I do not know the original source. If you know it, please let me know so that I can give this proper attribution.

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My dear Friends,

I want to wish each of you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a wonderful new year to come! You are all special to me and I appreciate and love each and every one of you!!!

But especially, my heartfelt thanks goes out to all those who have taken their time and trouble to send me “forwards” over the past 12 months.

Thank you for making me feel safe, secure, blessed, and wealthy.

• Extra thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat crap in the glue on envelopes cause I now have to go get a wet towel every time I need to seal an envelope.
• Also, I scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.
• Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.
• I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put “Under God” on their cans.
• I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
• I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.
• I no longer use deodorant, since it causes cancer, even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.
• I no longer go to shopping malls because someone might drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
• I no longer receive packages from nor send packages by UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.
• I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
• I no longer eat KFC because their “chickens” are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.
• I no longer have any sneakers — but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.
• I no longer have to buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.
• I no longer worry about my soul because at last count I have 363,214 angels looking out for me.
• Thanks to you, I have learned that God only answers my prayers if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.
• I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl who is about to die in the hospital (for the 1,387,258th time).
• I no longer have any money at all – but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special email beta program.
• And if Microsoft and AOL don’t come through, I have a good lead on a project with the son of the former king of Nigeria.
• I’m still waiting for my Honda CRV and my case of M&M’s.

Yes, I want to thank you so much for looking out for me that I will now return the favor!

If you don’t send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 7 minutes, a large pigeon with a wicked case of diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM tomorrow afternoon. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor’s ex-mother-in-law’s second husband’s cousin’s beautician.

From DVD Verdict:

Jane Goodall’s Return to Gombe is an aptly-titled documentary, for after many years of campaign and activism work for environmental protection, Goodall returns to the family of chimpanzees she began studying decades ago in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Much has changed since Goodall’s last visit, including the usurping of the tyrannical alpha male, Frodo, the dominant chimp. Frodo is bullish and bad-tempered, and has terrorized his community of chimps, almost breaking Goodall’s neck on one occasion and, more amusingly, beating the crap out of “The Far Side” cartoonist Gary Larson on a visit to Gombe. Well, maybe not ‘amusing” per se, but certainly ironic. Anyway, the important point here is that Frodo is a jerk.

I haven’t seen this film, and I most likely won’t, but I have to admit that the spectacle of Gary Larson getting his butt kicked by a chimpanzee is pretty compelling stuff. You can’t buy entertainment like that.

My left foot hurts.

It’s been giving me trouble since foster child O was here. See, O had really bad reflux for her first few months, and the only way to settle her down when it hurt her was to bop her. Almost violently. Jen and I stayed up many nights, pretty much just holding O and doing deep knee bends as fast as we could. Well, my legs aren’t terribly strong (although it has been suggested that they resemble steel sinews), and to give them a break, I would switch to bopping on my feet. At some point, I pulled something or other in my foot.

I didn’t notice right away. It would hurt like a boogie when I woke up in the morning, but I didn’t think anything of it. I figured I was just getting older. So I’d limp around the house until I left for work, and by then it was starting to feel better. By the time I got home, I barely noticed it.

That lasted until about May. In May I started walking with a slight limp from the pain, and my family started noticing. I told them I was fine.

In August, I finally went to the doctor, since it had gotten to the point where I was limping quite a bit. The doctor diagnosed me with Plantar Fasciitis, which is Latin for really bad foot pain. It actually means that I had an inflamed tissue on the bottom of my foot, right in front of the heel. The doctor told me to wear comfortable sneakers whenever possible (and I’ve followed this advice religiously to this day, believe me), to take prescription strength Naproxen for six weeks (which was great: no headaches, no pain of any kind; it was like a pre-emptive strike against any possible pain), and to soak my foot twice a day in a whirlpool. I was also supposed to get some inserts for my shoes, but my perfectly flat feet complicated that situation a bit.

He suggested we check it again after a few weeks. If I still had pain at that point, he was planning to inject an anti-inflammatory directly into my foot.

Like fun, buddy. No one’s going anywhere near my foot with a needle, pal. So I never called back for the follow up visit, and my left foot has given me nagging pain on and off ever since.

But tonight the pain very different. Usually it’s kind of a dull throb, like a sore muscle. Tonight, it’s more of a searing sensation shooting into my heel. I’ve had to stop and take all weight off of my left foot a few times tonight, just walking around the house.

I figure this isn’t a good development, but we’ll see what happens.

Bottom line: respect the foot.

It’s official.

And it’s about time. This turd’s been hanging on waaaaay too long.

UPDATE: Crazy Apple Rumors reports on Steve Jobs’ response: And… um… that other one. Whatzitz. Opus? No. Opera! Opera. I’ve never actually used Opera but, um, I imagine I’d probably choose it before I’d choose Explorer. But, then, I’d probably choose getting whacked over the head with a sock full of nickles before I’d choose Explorer.

Well, again with the silence.

Apparently I skipped all of November.

Time to remedy that. Time to start posting stuff here again.

I’ll start with a recap of the past year or so, with the intention of showing you why it’s been a quiet year here on truetech.org.

[Six paragraphs have been deleted here, because there is simply too much malice in the world. I never thought I’d need an editorial policy for my own personal site, but maybe it’s time to think about that. Anyway, those six paragraphs are gone now. -Brad]

And I don’t remember if I wrote about this or not, but I’ve also accepted the role of Worship Leader at our church. Each week, I pick out the music, coordinate the musicians, run rehearsal, prepare the computer slides, and lead the service. It’s a lot of work, but I love it and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. 2004 was kind of a dark year for me, with Westwood closing down at the very start of the year. We spent most of 2004 searching for a church where we felt like we fit. NewSong Fellowship Church West ended being that church. Before long, I was asked to lead worship one Sunday morning. Shortly thereafter, I was leading every other week. Next thing I knew, it was every week. Have I mentioned that I love it? It’s like it’s in my blood or something. But it took some time to get up to speed, which is another reason I haven’t been able to devote as much time to this site as I’d like.

Combine all of that with the usual work schedule, the demands of family life, and the ongoing battle against the grubs for control of my yard, and it’s been a busy year.

I don’t often read Penny Arcade (I get most of my web comics fix from User Friendly). But anyway, tonight I was reading a few cartoons and came across this one that made me crack up. Enjoy.

Actually, I laughed out loud at my computer a few times tonight. Check out this capture of an Easter egg from the upcoming Revenge of the Sith DVD (best if viewed under Windows; the Mac version of WMP messes something up, as usual).

Updated: link to dancing Yoda removed. The original was removed at LucasFilm’s request. Click here to see how to access dancing Yoda on the Revenge of the Sith DVD.