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-Alex

I’m on a Freecycle email list and this offer came in email a couple of days ago “One pack of 10″ Black Human Hair“. Hmm, I didn’t know they sold hair in packs. I guess you learn something new everyday.

-Alex

It is time for yet another episode of Boing Boing through the Alex filter.

The Flash animation is Trippy

I can’t decide if this is scary or humorous. Creation Museum

Sometimes I wonder about the Japanese (at least we Americans aren’t the only strange ones). Love Jam

Here is a blog with disturbing yet informative pictures from Fallujah (may not work safe). Fallujah in Pictures

Thanks to Boing Boing, Boing Boing, Boing Boing and Boing Boing.

-Alex

As I mentioned in this post, it is time for me to start shaping up. Stopping smoking was one of my goals, so I did it. I have also been taking the stairs and have started my ab routine again. Looks like I’m on my way.

When I was searching for an image for this post, I came across this list on what happens to you after you stop smoking. Pretty interesting.

20 Minutes
Your blood pressure, heart rate and the temperature of your hands and feet normalize.
8 Hours
The oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in your blood normalize.
1 Day
Your likelihood of having a heart attack decreases.
2 Days
Your sense of smell and taste improves. Nerve endings start to regrow.
2 Weeks - 3 Months
Your circulation becomes better and breathing improves; it becomes easier to walk.
1 - 9 Months
Coughing, sinus congestion, shortness of breath and fatigue decrease and you have more energy.
1 Year
Happy Birthday! Your excess risk of heart disease is now less than half what it was a year ago.
5 Years
Your risk of cancer of the lung, mouth, throat and esophagus is half that of a pack-a-day smoker.
10 Years
Your risk of dying of lung cancer is similar to non-smokers’. Precancerous cells have been replaced.
15 Years
You are at no more risk of heart disease than if you never smoked.

-Alex

Here’s some cool stuff I stumbled upon this weekend.

First up, a trippy Zoom Quilt, this is very cool.

I was looking for a website for a band called “Long Knives” and found this site on viking weapons and armor. The illustrations are a little lack luster but the content is good.

For those who ever wondered how Japanese blade shapes changed over time this is the site for you.

Here is a wicked Half Life 2 case mod.

And finally watch the stylings of the Afro Ninja!

-Alex

I do not think all women are evil. I was a little pissed off last night when I wrote Women. I wasn’t trying to offend anyone.

-Alex

Well the girl that I thought stood me up and later told me she left her phone at work hasn’t contacted me. I talked to her on Thursday and she was supposed to call me later that night. I left messages for her on Friday and Saturday but never received a response. So I’m going to call it a wash, yesterday was my last call (unless she calls me back).

I was going to write more but I’m going to wait to see what happens first. I would want to burn any possible bridges.

The Falcons spanked the Bucs today, great game!

-Alex

Just don’t let Brian light the cake. You remember what happened last time…..

Happy Birthday!

-Alex

More evidence found of a jungle yeti. Check out this story.

Found on Boing Boing

-Alex

Checkout this Slashdot story. This sounds really cool. I never knew that Congo was actually based on a real legend.

“We could hear them in the trees, about 20 feet away,” she said. “My tracker made a sound of an injured duiker [antelope] and four came rushing through the brush towards me.

“If this had been a bluff charge, they would have been screaming to intimidate us. These guys were quiet. And they were huge. They were coming in for the kill. I was directly in front of them, and as soon as they saw my face, they stopped and disappeared.”

-Alex