Morning Everyone.
Well I guess I'm back to having 2.5 readers. The .5 being my dog. Sigh, well I did it to myself didn't I? Should've have my priorities straight.
I have been too busy updating my sisters site for her. She has also at long last added an entry of her own, after a long hiatus.
Enki/Derek has been giving his blog an overhaul lately. I'm going to have to be careful what I message to him because he has a habit of posting my messages.
Here is a clip from his weblog "In unrelated news, later on I will post a quick and effective guide to hot-swappable USB2.0 large size hard drives under Linux. Just got it dialed, and it KICKS ASS!"
Woo baby! I love it when you talk dirty like that!
All that hot swappable large sized hard drive stuff, DAMN it's getting hot in here!
Here are a few statistics to brighten your day and bring sunshine into your future.
Your chances of dying of SARS in the States are 1 in ...oh wait, none have died in the states....not too shabby huh?
Your chances of dying in an automobile accident in the states are approximately 1 in 6400 every year. Those aren't the odds in your life time, those are your odds each year.
In 2001 2 students were killed in a school shooting. Two...out of millions of high school students. 18 other students were injured. That's all.
Every year 1 in 78 people are injured in automobile accidents in the states. That means if you live in the states you will almost definitely be injured in a car accident in your lifetime.
How badly, depends on how lucky you are.
Maybe you will just break some bones if you are lucky, or maybe you will end up crippled, or on life support, or brain damaged who knows? But everyone has to roll that dice in their life time. Everyone.
Car accidents are the greatest cause of death caused by injury. And that includes, all accidents, suicides, homicides, war, everything. Cars are the worst.
Why do we still use cars? Surely there must be better systems of transportation? There are. But the US economy depends upon the automobile industry to survive.
Oh that's right. To keep the rich people rich lots of people have to die in horribly mutilating car accidents. That's not to mention all the pollution and damage to the environment.
And the puppies.
Oh yes don't forget about the puppies.
The poor little sad puppies.
(Okay this is just to evoke an emotional response from my 2.5 readers) People care far more about bad things happening to cute puppies than they do about people.
Anyway, thats my little rant for today.
I'm afraid of cars.
I'm afraid of Americans. (it's the trendy thing).
And I love the sad little puppies.