Discussion of Internet Addiction as Mental Illness Resurfaces (Tuesday 18th of March 2008 10:00:02 PM)
Lone Writer writes "The report section of the star-spangled banner Journal of Psychiatry for
March offers the opinion that infobahn addiction is a 'compulsive-impulsive' disorder, and
should be added to the official guidebook of disorders. The opinion ...
(more)The Best 65 "Money for Surveys" Web Sites (Saturday 10th of November 2007 05:56:00 AM)
I have compiled a list of the top 65 Money for Surveys Web Sites on RateItAll. It took me three
days to filter through about 300 sites I found online. However, besides those, that I
personally tested, I did my best to give the proper ...
(more)FBI Coerced Confession Deemed "Classified" (Tuesday 23rd of October 2007 01:30:10 AM)
Steve Bergstein is one of several who have blogged about a recent court ruling that reads like
most any bestselling crime novel. Apparently, when the court primitively posted their decision
(complete with backstory) it detailed how a coerced confession ...
(more)Walt Mossberg gives Ubuntu the cold-shoulder (Friday 14th of September 2007 11:30:00 PM)
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Captain Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal Brigade delivered a
pounding frontal attack to the good folks in the Ubuntu bunker today, sounding off about the
Linux OS distribution that's been taking a lot of people (but not ...
(more)A divine science book (Saturday 18th of August 2007 09:40:00 AM)
More and more I see these evangelicals on TV telling us how the Bible is the unalterable truth,
and the word of God, and such, and claim that science can't provide the same kind of truths.
However, is the Bible that correct? A little googling ...
(more)Another reason why we are apparently living in the days of the end (Monday 02nd of July 2007 05:15:00 PM)
In one of my spam accounts, I get an evangelical newsletter, and these evangelicals are
convinced that we're living in the Biblical enddays. They have come up with another convincing
piece of evidence: the European Union. Apparently we're this big union ...
(more)Heaven v Hell (Monday 02nd of July 2007 01:20:00 PM)
Whoa... I've finally completed the entire Divina Commedia. Hell and Purgatory were pretty quick
reads for me, but Paradise... I dunno... all the footnotes (60% of the version I read were
footnotes) were bound to get to me at some point. Anyways I'm done ...
(more)Full of Opinion, Void of Understanding Proverbs 18:2 (Sunday 29th of June 2008 06:58:00 AM)
Full of Opinion, Void of Understanding
REFERENCE: Proverbs 18:2 Fools have no interest in
understanding; they only want to air their own opinions.
Observation: Every morning on OPB
(Oregon Public Broadcasting) there is a radio show from the BBC ...
(more)Death penalty (Tuesday 19th of June 2007 01:10:00 PM)
With nothing on TV on Sunday night, I suddenly awoke in my chair looking at a documentary on
the death penalty in Texas, and hey, I've just written an entry on my humble opinion about
illegal immigrants in the US, so why not share my ...
(more)Illegal immigrants in America (Tuesday 19th of June 2007 12:46:00 PM)
On another blog I read an entry on illegal immigrants busting up the environment on the
US-Mexican border, on CNN the subject of illegal immigrants comes up all the time, Jon
Stewart's Daily Show has tackled the issue on several occasion, and now I'm ...
(more)Silly names (Monday 04th of June 2007 01:13:00 PM)
This is a subject I feel quite strongly about: the silly names some people give to their
children. With a nephew having been born recently, I had this discussion with my mom, and also
with a few other people, and I decided I'd devote an ...
(more)Evolution v Creation (Monday 21st of May 2007 12:41:00 PM)
I've decided to write another entry on religion. This time it will not be as critical of
Christianity as the one about Easter hypocrisy. I'll just share my beliefs on evolution and
creationism, or "intelligent design" as some call it (if you ...
(more)I thought we were headed for 1984 (Wednesday 02nd of May 2007 02:18:00 PM)
In the UK it's infinitely worse! All the surveillance, etc., the naming and shaming... Even if
you're trying on new clothes in one of those cubicles they film you. They're also far ahead of
us when it comes to the monitoring of your internet activities, ...
(more)Abortion (Wednesday 25th of April 2007 01:03:00 PM)
I recently posted a comment on abortion on Heather's blog, and now we have something of a
situation in the Netherlands as well. There is this Christian party, which I helped vote into
power. They will not actively work against the reasonably liberal abortion ...
(more)International Day of the Laboratory Animal (Wednesday 25th of April 2007 12:35:00 PM)
I was disgusted, when I switched on my radio last night. There was an interview with someone
who is in the business of testing medication on animals, the occasion being the 'International
Day of the Laboratory Animal'. Usually all it takes to annoy me ...
(more)Breezer Sluts and Coma Boozers (Monday 16th of April 2007 12:34:00 PM)
-First off, about the title, these are the most literal translations for the terms used in
Dutch to describe the people concerned. They are a bit harsh, yes, but I just want to be
accurate-A growing problem in the Netherlands are the so-called 'Breezer ...
(more)Religious hypocrisy (Monday 26th of March 2007 03:36:00 PM)
<diggthis align='left'>When I started this blog, I never intended to tackle this subject.
You just never know who you may offend, when talking about religion. Religions are screaming
ever louder these days, however. What little I have to say will ...
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