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Last login: 4 weeks agoGregux: Greg is a 45 year old single guy from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.; Likes 2,209 pages, 7 videos, 31 photos • 178 fans • Received 32 reviews; Member since Nov 13, 2005

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6988343.stm: Sep 10, 2007 4:05pm 3 reviews news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6988343.stm; (Sometimes, if you click on this link, you'll get a 404 Error. Just come back to this page and click the link again. Since this is a BBC page, I assume it's just the British way of doing things.)

Obituary of Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop.

I wasn't a customer of The Body Shop, but some of the women I've been involved with over the years were, and they swore by her products. They were high quality and their manufacture and testing were cruelty-free, a first in the cosmetics industry.

I first heard of Roddick while watching a segment about her on "60 Minutes." I was struck not only by her drive and intelligence, but her dedication to her principles and her ingenuity. When she first started The Body Shop and was making her products in her kitchen, she needed inexpensive containers. That quest led her to a medical supply company, and resulted in her first offerings being packaged in bottles intended for collecting urine samples.

It's unfortunate that someone like her is now gone, and equally unfortunate that there are not more like her around -- an entrepreneur with vision and conscience, whose business plan does not consist solely of grasping market share.

http://www.demonbaby.com/pics/americanworld.gif: Sep 2, 2007 2:24pm 475 reviews humor
http://www.demonbaby.com/pics/americanworld.gif; Anyone notice that, according to this map, Africa doesn't even exist?

ARTseenSOHO - Albert Einstein: Sep 2, 2007 1:52pm 8 reviews philosophy, books
http://www.artseensoho.com/Life/readings/einstein.html; I won't quote Einstein here, since the passage is short and you'd have no reason to visit the page if I did. I'll just give my own little commentary. It might be best if you visit the page first, then return and read what I've written, lest it be too much of an influence.

(A good reason StumbleUpon should add a feature to hide comments. Hint, hint.)

I'm not religious, nor am I spiritual by any accepted standard. Despite this, I'm not closed minded to idea of feeling in awe and wonder of things greater than myself and beyond my understanding. I simply choose not to remain in awe and wonder, but to do what I can to gain a greater understanding and become more than I am through it. I know too many people who choose to isolate themselves within the limits of their current understandings. They are what they are, they say, and always will be. I feel sorry for them. There is so much to learn and experience within the brief flicker of a life's candle flame than none of us could hope to discover it all, but some choose to accept the delusion that they have and whatever lies outside there understanding is not worth knowing. Their lives become little more than idle time before death. I want to live like a child in a petting zoo, always amazed by what I see and looking for whatever else there might be, never wanting to leave. I won't stop learning, experiencing, and growing till I'm no longer breathing.

Fuji Rock Festival 07 - English: Aug 29, 2007 5:49pm 1 review music
http://www.smash-uk.com/frf07/index.html; This is the site for 2007 Fuji Rock Festival, which is now history. The only reason I'm linking to it is that there isn't one yet for the 2008 Festival. When there is, I'll link to it.

I've been wanting to vacation in Japan for the past few years, but couldn't figure out a particular time or reason until I heard about this annual 3-day festival, which draws quite a few Japanese and international acts. As soon as tickets go on sale for next year's show, I'll be ready.

And the timing of the show couldn't be better. It's held in late July, which, if I spent a few weeks in Japan, would allow me to be there for the Bon Festival. I'm not a spiritual person, and would probably find the Fuji Rock Festival more spiritually moving, but there's something about Bon that I've always found appealing.

Time to start improving my conversational Japanese.

Tokyo subway map: Jun 16, 2007 10:45pm 12 reviews japan
http://www.bento.com/subtop5.html; If my travel plans don't change, I might need this sometime within the next year or so.

NPR : Are Computer Keyboards Dishwasher Safe?: Jun 16, 2007 10:11pm 12 reviews computers, science
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11029793&ps=bb1; Washing electronic components with soap and water goes way back to the early days of radio. This might not be common knowledge, but it's hardly anything new.

The keyboard I'm using right now has gone through the dishwasher a couple of times. It wasn't to disinfect it, but because the keys had started to stick from spilling coffee and soft drinks on it too many times. I wouldn't recommend using detergent though -- hot water will suffice. And I'd be reluctant to do this with a wireless keyboard, but it might still be all right.

Credit-card firms monitor gasoline-pump purchases: Jun 16, 2007 9:52pm 1 review news
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0616biz-gascardlimit0616.html; This is really shitty. Not only are gasoline prices in the U.S. getting to be more than many people can afford, now you can't even pay if you've got the money!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Bully_Asshole.jpg: Jun 16, 2007 9:21pm 1 review humor, photography
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Bully_Asshole.jpg; Some days are so full of bull, it's a real pain in the ass.

Popgadget Personal Technology for Women: Little Joseph candle holder: Jun 16, 2007 9:03pm 2 reviews science, bizarre
http://www.popgadget.net/2007/06/little_joseph_c.php; My first though was "bukkake candlestick."

I found this through my friend Lhuga's page. I don't know if this is what she was thinking when she posted it -- if not, then I apologize profusely -- but I have a vivid imagination and a sick mind and I'm forced to go with my first impressions.