Stuff and things

[hummingwolf]

Some days it seems like I'm the only thing standing between this house and total destruction.

Some days total destruction doesn't seem so bad.

In news unrelated to minor household disasters, many thanks to T.M.U.T.B. for the card and enclosures! As I was carrying my mail upstairs yesterday and looking at the return addresses, I suddenly realized what T.M.U.T.B. stood for and started cracking up, thereby startling a housemate. That alone put me in a better mood than I'd have been in otherwise. Such a rush of exuberance, I ran out and bought some 2-ply toilet paper! I know, I know, I'll try to be less extravagant in future.

Also found out yesterday that my food stamp benefits will be increased by $8 next month. Woo! Of course it'd be nice to have a place to live where I could store and cook that food, but hey, still working on that. Would be able to do more work on that if it weren't for having to stand between this house and total destruction. (The situation didn't get as bad as this, which is good since I don't have a Spanish-speaking tiger to talk to today anyway.)

In the news: Though it's a religious right blog and I've become so anti-Bush my heart's starting to bleed, I still share their glee about blogging's role in embarrassing CBS. The same blog also alerted readers to the quote "Let them go naked," which amuses me.

Sometimes graffiti is educational. Oh, and cannabis may help combat cancer, though one shouldn't place much faith in BBC science reporters.

Bush & Kerry tackle science. That's the BBC again--but Nature's full US election special can be found here.

Note to Windows users: Security alert! Update! Update!

Note to Firefox and Mozilla users: Security alert! Upgrade! Upgrade!

Note to Opera users: You're probably safe for today.

Right then, time to leave for today's appointment. Here's hoping that the world doesn't fall apart in the meantime.

Comments

[a3hourtour.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip; I followed the instructions to upgrade Mozilla. I try to never use IE.
By the way, if anyone has a wireless LAN they want to AVOID downloading the Windows Service Pack 2 as it wreaks havoc with the wireless LAN. This from Dell tech support for Wireless.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Glad the tip helped! Though there's a reason I directed one message to Windows users rather than just IE users--many programs use IE to do various things, so this particular IE vulnerability makes all Windows users vulnerable.

[bunney.livejournal.com]

Note to Opera users: You're probably safe for today.

::snerk::

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Well, Opera seems to be the only semi-major browser that nobody's found a horrible problem in, but that doesn't mean they won't..

(And here I sit, still using IE. Silly me.)

[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

There was a small problem in 7.23 on Windows, but that (like a recent Moz problem) was down to an underlying Windows flaw.

[paradigm-palace.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you've got your share of stress. I have not been able to go back too awfully far in reading your journal to get enough idea on what is going on other than that you need a day at the Spa!!! Sorry. I should never try to be funny. It backfires on me, constantly. But, seriously, I'll try to do some more reading and in the meantime....here's a hug even though I just met you because everyone needs one, sometimes. ::HUG::

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the hug! A spa treatment doesn't seem to be in my near future, alas, but I did get a nice massage in physical therapy yesterday. Of course I also got poked and prodded and stretched in uncomfortable directions, but that's to be expected.