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Steven M Scotten

I'm insufferably pleased with myself

I bought some parts to replace some damaged items on my Virago in anticipation of selling it. One of the easiest to replace was the taillight lens, which had been broken when the bike was accidentally backed into something. I also bought six rubber grommets of the type that easily

Abstract

All too frequently, I use words whose meaning I’ve gleaned only vaguely from context. Occasionally this leads to some minor embarassment as I misuse a word, although most frequently this has been followed by a sense of gratitude and relief for having come to a better understanding of the

The terrorists are winning

Stefangrad hasn’t recovered. The fires caused by the plane crashes forced massive infrastructure expenditures, and the economy spiralled out of control. Soon, the city’s population abandoned Stefangrad, taking it from a city of 45,000 down to 20,000, slashing the tax income needed to support basic services

SimTerrorists?

I have a SimCity game that’s been running for the last several days. Stefangrad just had two plane crashes, one right after the other. Both went into my sports stadium. And here I thought that traffic congestion was my biggest problem.

Time to go back to spending money on motorcycle parts

I’m single again. I’m pretty sad and hurt and disappointed. But I’m not going to drink over it, unless you count Diet Coke. She says that I’m perfect in every way except that she’s not attracted to me. Or not always attracted to me. Well,

Stego on Monitor

1317 < p class=”g2image_float_right”> Someone is being very kind to me

I hate the New York Times

Frequently, well-meaning friends or colleagues send me links to articles on the New York Times website: nytimes.com. I think it was ten years ago when I first jumped through their “give us personal information about yourself in exchange for free access to our articles” hoops. Since then, EVERY TIME