Phrase of the Day

"Butt-nutty bat shit crazy" as uttered by Penn Jillette in the video An Atheists Guide to the 2012 election (found via J.M.G.), where Penn rates the various candidates for the U.S. Presidency from the perspective of an Atheist.

Penn Jillette is a refreshing voice of reason in this sometimes crazy world.

My Own Private Drama

For security reasons I chose to get 2-step verification to my Google Account, which I use for my gmail, my Google+ and my blog. It adds an extra layer of security by requiring that I have access to my iPhone – as well as my username and password – when I sign in. In addition to my username and password, I should enter a code that Google should supply to an app on my phone when I sign in.

"2-step verification drastically reduces the chances of having the personal information in your Google account stolen by someone else. Why? Because hackers would have to not only get your password and your username, they'd have to get a hold of your phone." 

Well that's how it is supposed to work according to Google. Sounds awesome huh? If it worked as intended I am sure it would be, but it doesn't!

You have an option when using it to let you stay logged in for 30-days. That first 30-day period expired for me yesterday, Friday. No problems I thought and brought up the Google Authenticator app to get the code for accessing my accounts again. I must have tried about 50 of those six digit codes generated by the app, but was told every time that the codes were not valid.

As I had to go on a Christmas dinner with my workmates yesterday I gave up for the evening and thought I would deal with it again today, after I had sobered up.

Well I tried 25 times today also, then I removed the app and reinstalled it and set it up again according to instructions and tried another 25 times. Still I got the message that the codes generated by the app were not valid. Totally frustrated I shut down the computer and gave up on ever accessing my blog ever again.

After a few hours trying not to think about the damned thing, I suddenly remembered I had actually gotten a set of ten written backup-codes when first setting up the thing. So I thought I might try them before giving up completely. Lo and behold, the backup code actually did work.

So in the future I am not even going to use the app generated codes but going for the backup codes straightaway, you can easily get ten new ones when you have used the first ten.

Bock in SecondLife is back in the air again. The world is safe as this blog continues it´s fight for truth. justice and the SecondLife way of life.

World AIDS Day

"The World AIDS day is celebrated on December 1st every year. It is dedicated to elevate the awareness of AIDS pandemic sources by spreading of HIV infectivity.

It is ordinary to hold remembrance to respect persons who have expired from HIV/AIDS on this day. Health officials and Govt detect the event, often with forums or speeches on AIDS theme. Since 1995, the President of United States has created an official announcement on the World AIDS Day. Govt of other states have made similar announcement on this day.

This disease has killed above 25 million people between 1981 and 2007. About 33.2 million people universal live with HIV/AIDS as of 2007. It has become the most critical epidemic in the recorded history."

Shaving Day

I have been taking part in "Movember" which is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of mustaches during the month of November.

The aim of Movember is to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues, such as prostate or testicular cancer and depression. By encouraging men to go to the doctor, Movember also wishes to increase early cancer detection, diagnosis and effective treatments, and ultimately reduce the number of preventable deaths.

Some say the mustache suits me, others say it makes me look older, younger or more distinguished. I don´t care what they say because I totally dislike it, so tonight it is coming off.

To me it looks - and feels - like I have a blond dead mouse covering my upper lip, disgusting!

Legally Insane

This morning two court appointed psychiatrists delivered their findings to the Oslo district court in the case of the Norwegian mass murderer A.B.B., who killed 77 people in July. 

In their report they have concluded that A.B.B.suffered from psychotic schizophrenia when he committed his crimes and that he is therefor legally insane. The psychiatric findings may mean A.B.B. cannot be sent to jail. 

The court will have the final decision on whether A.B.B. can be held responsible for the crimes, but it generally follows the recommendations of the experts. If the court upholds the conclusion A.B.B. will not be put on criminal trial but would instead face a court hearing to rule on his criminal insanity and the length of his commitment to a psychiatric institution.

It is reported that A.B.B. doesn't approve of the psychiatrists conclusions and that he "feels offended" by them.
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My first thought when I heard this news was that to those of us in the mainstream, the thoughts and actions of extremists must inevitably seem insane and bizarre. This in itself doesn't mean that extremists always are insane by definition, let alone criminally insane in a way that they should not be accountable for their actions.

The reality of an extremist is not the same as ours, neither are his remedies. But then again, I am not a psychiatrist...

It´s Time - Everywhere

This Australian video has had close to 1,8 million hits in only four days. Lets see if we can help to increase that!

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Music: Oliver Tank "Last Night I Heard Everything in Slow Motion"

"GetUp! Action for Australia" is an independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.

Happy Blogoversary, Eddi Haskell´s Second Life!

Sunday was the third blogoversary of my buddy Eddi Haskell´s blog "Eddi Haskell´s Second Life" and I nearly missed it altogether. Thanks for the reminder to Avacar Bluestar at GWNews!

Another year down, Eddi, and many, many more to go!

Sorry for the belated greeting, you almost succeeded in sneaking it past me. If it hadn't been for Avacar you might have made it.