Mess with the bull and you’ll get the horns. Translated loosely, this means that when you call the EMS for medical help, sometimes you’ll get Tasered.
Waxahachie resident Allen Nelms says a call to 911 to get medical attention for his diabetic seizure got him Tasered by police instead.
He said he still has no answer as to why police broke down his door with their guns drawn before shooting him multiple times with a Taser as he lay in bed.
“One of the officers said I ‘lunged’ at him. I asked him, ‘How can I lunge at you from my back and on my bed?’ ” Nelms said in an interview with the Daily Light.
Ahhh, diabetics. Can’t trust those sick puppies. Always pricking themselves to watch the blood flow. Gives me the creeps. One minute they are lying in bed, the next they are turning into vampiric bats and lunging at you.
“Allen was shouting, ‘Please don’t do me like this. I just need help.’ Next thing I heard some ‘zing’ noise and Allen was shouting,” she wrote in her statement. “I asked what were they doing to him. One policeman replied, ‘We just took care of him.’
Oh they took care of him alright.
Haha, I wonder if Kungfucius’ Ph.D. thesis will be like this. I mean, if this is what Masters students work on… G-Mouse!!!
Intimate Controllers is a set of sensors embedded in underwear that direct the action on a video game. Rather than sit separately on the couch and jam fingers against small plastic buttons, players touch each other to control the game.
For her demo, Chowdhury made a video of herself and a partner playing Pong. He stands behind her with his hands near her shoulders, and she reaches back toward his hips. When he touches her left breast, the paddle moves to the left. The sensor in the right bra cup moves the Pong paddle to the right.
WTF?!
Lighthearted and playful, the invention nevertheless has a serious side. With it, Jennifer acknowledges the seductive nature of video games and the deleterious effect a passion for games can have on relationships. Yet “stop gaming” is hardly a solution.
I never game on a first date. But sometimes I game with other people. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
[Conversation with Velius]
Kabitzin: Ok, gotta go watch crab fishing with Bunky.
Velius: … what?
Kabitzin: Yeah… it’s a show that Bunky really likes called Deadliest Catch. BBL.
Velius: Have fun…
[DVR cuts off the last 1 minute of the next episode's preview. Bunky spazzes out.]
Bunky: OMG it cut off! You ruined my show by recording your stupid UFC Fight Night! How do I change this thing?
Kabitzin: Wait a second, I didn’t ruin the show. It was just the preview. Why don’t you set it to stop recording 10 minutes later? I keep telling you this.
Bunky: You ruined my show.
Kabitzin: I didn’t want to spoil it for you, but let me tell you what happens next episode: THEY CATCH MORE CRABS!!!
Doesn’t get much more exciting than that.
Velius alerted me that there are some issues with commenting. I experienced this myself lately, and I would either get a 404 if I was signed in, or a ASCII smiley face when I wasn’t. When I heard Velius was having the same problem, I decided to switch the theme. I tried disabling all plugins and this didn’t fix the problem. Only switching to a non-K2 theme seemed to work, so I wonder if it is a javascript problem. Until I get it figured out, I’ll be going with a default theme.
Edit: I think it might be a problem with the live commenting, which is not such a big deal.
Q: What do you feel is your greatest weakness?
A: I feel that my greatest weakness is that I am so good-looking that clients immediately suspect that I am superficial. I strive to be judged on the strength of my accomplishments and to be taken seriously for the quality of work that I produce. I feel that my work history speaks to my depth of character and experience. I continually work to overcome my weakness and refute all the “haters” out there.
I was thinking about this with Velius’ recent behavorial test, and also my brother’s recent college essays. Why in the world would you ever want to mention a real weakness? And how do you keep a straight face (as the interviewer) when faced with a stream of BS about a weakness-as-a-strength?
Ugh, for the last few days I’ve been experiencing vertigo and dizziness. I’m not sure what caused it, but I woke up from a nap on Sunday to find the world spinning around. I’d never had vertigo before, so at first I had no clue WTF was going on. It was actually kinda amusing the first time it happened (”Whee! I’m spinning!!!”) but like Lucky Channel, after the first two episodes it got old real fast. I occasionally get motion sickness, so all the spinning made me kinda nauseous as well. The silver lining was that because I occasionally get motion sickness, I had Dramamine on hand. The Dramamine definitely helped, but it took over an hour to kick in.
I’m feeling a lot better today, and have yet to experience any vertigo. I do feel a little nauseous and generally crappy, but it’s not as scary as having the world moving all around you with every head movement.
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