I was going through my website considering whether or not I want to fix that bug in IE with my banner not always displaying when I noticed that after posting a comment, it seems to incorrectly redirect to http://index.php, but I am not exactly sure where the error is occuring and how long it has been happening, but I have a feeling that this occured right around the time I upgraded in September to b2evo 0.9.1. In any case, I'll try to take a look at it if I finish up a referee report I'm working on for on of my classes and can figure out how to calculate p-values in Matlab without any precanned routines. But in the mean time, the comments are being left.

-Trevor

I got this joke from Jenny, a joke and even adaptable if you are a Democrat:

A man from New York died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, "What are all those clocks?"

St. Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move."

"Oh," said the man, "whose clock is that?"

"That's Mother Teresa's. The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie."

"Incredible," said the man. "And whose clock is that one?"

St. Peter responded, "That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told only two lies in his entire life."

"Where's Senator Clinton's clock?" asked the man.

"Hilary's clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan."

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - A Colombian man accidentally shot his nephew to death while trying to cure his hiccups by pointing a revolver at him to scare him, police in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla said on Tuesday.

After shooting 21-year-old university student David Galvan in the neck, his uncle, Rafael Vargas, 35, was so distraught he turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, police said.

The incident took place on Sunday night while the two were having drinks with neighbors.

Galvan started to hiccup and Vargas, who works as a security guard, said he would use the home remedy for hiccups of scaring him. He pulled out his gun, pointed it at Galvan and it accidentally went off, witnesses told local television.

"They were drinking but they were aware of what was going on," one witness said.

It's funny how some things seem like such a good idea when you are drunk . . .

John Kerry and another Senator from MA, who has killed more people with his car than the women who visit abortion clinics (or so Democrats claim), have decided to join forces to attempt to filibuster the vote for Alito over concerns about Roe vs. Wade. This comes after some Democrats have voiced their support to vote Alito, claiming while they have concerns over his views, they are not so radical as to force an extreme measure such as the filibuster.

Now I will go on the record and state that while pro-life, I do respect women's right to choose, I do not respect the choice that women make to murder their unborn children. While there exist legitimate reasons to have an abortion (often to be judged on a case by case basis), having sex for merely pleaure is not an excuse if there is an unwanted pregnancy. With so many legitimate alternatives available today to have these "unwanted" children grow up healthy, abortions cannot be considered anything short of cruel, for the children do not have a choice whether they would like to grow up in this world.

So I think John Kerry and Kennedy need to get off their high horse, but who knows, if Roe vs. Wade was overturned, maybe there may be a few little Kerry's and Kennedy's running around, that in itself may justify keeping abortions legal.

-Trevor

For only $4 million they can add an "o" so the students will no longer have to go to colege.

-Trevor

The MPAA was caught making illegal copies of the movie "This Film is Not Yet Rated," a movie which looks into how the MPAA rates the movie industry. They claimed they made the copies becausee it had implications for their employees. I would like to see that defense work for anyone else who makes copies of movies. While it is not clear whether or not this copy was a digital copy, but if it was, they were also violating the DMCA. Considering that all movies have implications in my life, I do believe that the MPAA has given me free reign to copy all the movies I want.

-Trevor

Disney has announced a deal to purchase Pixar for $7.4 billion. This deal seals what has had been a very rocky relationship between the companies, peaking in 2004 when Jobs and ex-CEO Michael Eisner broke off talks to extend the distribution of Pixar's films. This deal makes Steve Jobs the single largest shareholder of Disney and boardmember.

I find this deal to be alarming in the sense that this another case of overpriced mergers. This all stems from Disney's fears that it will not be able to independently produce quality movies. Their fears were slightly justified with the release of Chicken Little that had not performed as well as the Pixar releases. This definitely affects the direction in which Disney goes in the next years as Steve Jobs is definitely without his opinions.

If I was Steve Jobs, who's ultimate loyalties should be towards Apple, I would be slightly concerned that this deal with Disney could negatively affect the appeal of Apple if the prospects of Disney do not improve after this deal. Steve Jobs should know better than many, the ability of the media to negatively affect a company once there is sign of decay.

Ultimately I think this was a poor decision by Disney who spent too much money for what ultimately is for personnel as the technology is standardized and Disney controls the distribution. Disney would have been better off by creating large incentives to steal some of the best creative talent from Pixar because $7.4 billion can purchase considerable loyalty. Well that's all folks.

-Trevor

And I said "What about Breakfast at Trevor's?"
They said, "I think I remember where that is."
And as I recall, I think we all kinda liked it
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"

I don't know what exactly prompted my memories of a unremarkable song, but in any case, had some breakfast at my place on Sunday. Had some pancakes and omelettes. I'll get some pictures up later, this is of course just so everyone can see I actually have a semblance of a social life.

-Trevor

After a couple months of personal agony and struggle, Alex Rodriguez has decided to play in the World Baseball Classic for the United States. I really would not have had a problem with that, except that he is playing because of the "position" he has in baseball, an overpaid third baseman (well he didn't say the thing about the overpaid, but he did about the position). Anyways, I guess he is comfortable with it, but after mentioning he wanted to play for the Dominican Republic, but then said he didn't want to tear anyone's loyalties, but I have a feeling that like his agent Scott Boras, ARod has no loyalties except to dollar bills spilling into his pockets.

In other news, the United States has finally allowed Cuba's team into the WBC. Talk about making ourselves look like fools. They even brought up concerns about spies coming from the United States. Maybe we should so they can see that they live 80 miles away from a country that actually produces. In any case, to guarantee that Cuba will not profit from this, Cuba will donate all their profits to Hurrican Katrina victims. This is almost as bad as Venezuela donating fuel oil to households in New England. I guess when the government decided to get involved in baseball this summer with the whole steroids scandal, it decided that it needs to get involved in something as trivial as nine guys playing ball in a field.

-Trevor

Two University of Michigan graduates have recently been crowned the kings of Beer Pong. While they got to play in Las Vegas, the grand prize was only $5000, which probably comes out to around two years (everyday) of the "special" at Sals which allowed us entry to play beer pong. Considering that it was only once a week, we could play for around 13 years. Anyways, there is a growing concern that this promotes binge drinking. Other than a rather unfortunate decision when some of guys once decided to play with whiskey, I have never seen anyone become to drunk, certainly no more than they would have gotten from a house party. In any case, an interesting article. For those who don't know the rules, they explain fairly well in the article.

-Trevor

The Free Wheelchair Mission in California has just donated it's 100,000th free wheelchair. As you can see in the picture they are crafted from various standardized parts in China and shipped over here to be assembled. While it is very noble, I think it is sad that they could not find a better seat to use than a $6 plastic chair (that's the price in Tucson), and white at that. I would think they would at least paint it black. I guess having a wheelchair is certainly better than not, especially if you cannot walk, but I would definitely go for black. At least it probably is light weight unlike some montrosities they used to have

-Trevor

Here is the latest and greatest addition to Apple's always elegant designed computers. Under normal circumstances (being a poor grad student), I would not dream of buying a Mac, but the eventual potential to dual boot with Windows (Currently XP is not supported since the Mac does not use BIOS), this could be a hot commodity. The price is a bit of a deterrant, starting at $2000, but you get what you pay for. Overall I am happy with my Dell, especially considering that I payed half the price.

-Trevor

Has it been a year of reading my rants and daily life? Time flies when you're having fun. A lot has changed in my life in the last year, arguably more than it has ever changed before. It may also be useful to note what else has happened on January 18th, just so we can all see the great importance this day has played throughout history:

336 - Saint Mark elected Pope
532 - Nika Uprising in Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die
1644 - Pilgrims in Boston see first UFO in the U.S.
1862 - Confederacy of Arizona forms
1871 - 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Wilhelm and Bismarck
1919 - WW1 Peace Conference Opens near Versailles
1943 - Uprising in Warsaw Ghetto
1945 - Warsaw freed by Soviets
1964 - Plans for the WTC announced
1991 - Iraq launches SCUD missiles towards Israel
1996 - Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in NY

(Source: Brainhistory.com)

Some Quick Facts: There have been 277 posts (not including what I'm currently watching, listening, reading) making an average of 0.75 posts/day. Not too bad considering I only posted four times in April and eight in May. This just goes to show it pays to check out my site on a daily basis...

33 posts were made from 6:01 am to 12:00 pm
142 posts were made from 12:01 pm to 10:00 pm
102 posts were made from 10:01 pm to 6:00 am

So this isn't so bad as Charlie had suggested early in the year, however, I the number of afternoon posts have jumped significantly since his post in July (or so). Well I'm looking forward to another great year.

-Trevor

Mars has recently been contracted to rebuild New Orleans out of chocolate that will melt in your mouth, not in a hurricane. However, critics are arguing that there is not enough coconut filling to satisfy everyone... Anyways, out of all the things that have recently come out of Ray Nagin's mouth since hurricane Katrina, this should probably have been low on the priority list of what should be complained about. Yes, it was supposedly a mandate from God that New Orleans was meant to be a black city, but at some point, can't we find something else to report news on. I think that Nagin had good intentions, but remember that is what the road to hell is paved on. His imagined conversations with MLK Jr., brought up some great points, but overall, I think he needs to be reminded that since we have decided for better or worse that we are rebuilding New Orleans in the same spot that he should focus on being mayor not giving the national news fodder.

-Trevor

Top Search Terms for hemeac.com since February 2005. The software used to track statistics for my site also gathers the keywords used when coming from my website from a search engine. Here are the results: It just goes to show that you can be really led in the wrong direction when searching online.

-Trevor

Genre: Historical Fiction
Author: George MacDonald Fraser
Released: 1969
Notable Works: Royal Flash

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Does Joe Perry Eat Pudding? That was a growing question evidently now that he has recently been seen with a cowboy hat. Evidently not, according to news in which after finding out about rumors of him trying out the new chic gay cowboy thing, he has ditched the hat. Qu? Lastima. I guess after taking over the color purple (not the movie), the triangle, rainbows, the steel industry, it has come now that if you wear a cowboy hat, you must be gay, kind of sad considering a couple of months ago, the cowboy hat was a symbol of heterosexuals. Personally I think there shouldn't be a connotation for wearing a hat. However this brings back an e-mail I got in undergraduate from a campus group which stated that if you wore blue jeans on a specific day that you would be supporting gay rights and if you didn't, you were basically a homophobe. The whole for or against attitude seems to be as prevalent as it has been, but I guess it is hard to see shades of grey. Thanks for the post Vern.

-Trevor

Style: American Buffet
Location: Central Tucson
Approximate Price: $10.95
Date Visited: January 13, 2005
Comparable Alternatives: Bonanza, Golden Corral

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For whatever reason some images were broken in my gallery, almost seemed to have reverted to a previous backup, but in any case, I'll have it fixed sooner or later.

-Trevor

Sabotaging my own pictures, here's what I changed it to. I can say I did pretty fucking good for a 15 minute hack job. However, it will/would be priceless to see there faces when they see their pictures have been sabotaged. The moral of the story is, ask permission before hotlinking my photos because I have no life and therefore will FIND out. If the picture is the same, hit ctrl F5 to clear the cache for my website. Remember to check the links from the previous post to see the changes as well

-Trevor

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Sabotaged:

27 Year Old Kelly who is married to Dave in PA has decided to leech a photo that I grabbed off the Dr. Pepper website back when I reviewed the sweet drink. More of a screen grab in which I cropped out only what I wanted, but regardless, they are using potentially large amounts of my precious bandwidth, not really, but that sounds a lot cooler. Anyways, I'm wondering if I should be an ass and tell them to take the image off their website or at least host it themselves. It is from Blogspot where I am not certain they can host pictures, but I'm not sure if I should care. Suggestions are welcome.

-Trevor

Update: Further I found about anthonyutter419 from xanga.com who is also using the same picture on his main page. In addition he has a midi file that is just plain annoying and some interesting photos of I believe himself that you should check out here.

I seem to think that these people are unable to host images and thus steal the bandwidth from others, so considering that I am paying for it and they not, I guess I could/should disable hotlinking to my images.

-Trevor

Pat Robertson has apologized to Sharon's son for saying that it was God's punishment to Sharon for dividing the Gaza Strip. Interestingly enough, it was the same day that Israel said that they would not allow deal with Robertson in a new Christian center that is expected to bring $1.5 billion (yes a "b") annually in revenue (click here for link). Crazy, but if Pat Robertson has stated that was God's doing in the first place, why should he apologize for saying what God did, unless he really does not have a direct link to God and is a national scam artist. All I will say is that Robertson has shown that he is as spineless as all the other televangelists and other screwballs on television. If Robertson truly believes in his cause, he should not let something as trivial as money get in his way of enlightening the world for God would not let a true prophet's message be left unheard. Tsk Tsk Robertson, I shake my head in your general direction.

-Trevor

Well it's official, the spring semester has returned, but not with a vengeance. In any case, it is good to be back and I even get a free lunch at the Marriott tomorrow, that alones makes the nearly $20,000 in loans I borrowed worth it. Some guys and I had originally planned on hitting the beaches down in Mexico this weekend, but the warm weather we have had has finally gone away and I can't imagine enjoying freezing by the ocean. In any case we have a long weekend coming up that I am pretty excited about, because after two days of class, it is hard not to enjoy a long weekend.

-Trevor

A woman who appears to do some sort of graphic design (I didn't look too closely) was recently asked to remove this picture from her work due to the potential that it could cause discomfort to those with eating disorders. I am wondering how far this will eventually spread. Will naturalists (PC for nudists) eventually be able to get billboards to feature nude models since the "clothes" they are often wearing are offensive to those who have an aversion to clothes. I'm not stating that being a naturalist is a disorder, but rather it is a sad state of affairs with the whole Politcal Correctness movement.

-Trevor

Genre: Fantasy
Author: J.K. Rowling
Released: 2005
Notable Works: Harry Potter Series

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"No dude, independent films are those black and white hippie movies. They're always about gay cowboys eating pudding."

-Cartman

I know Brokeback Mountain has been "out" for a while, but for crying out loud, why is there such a fuss about two cowboys who are gay. Is that the final "gay invasion" of everything pure to the United States culture? The irony is that South Park predicted that this would be a hit indie film, of course they were eating pudding.

However, both conservatives and liberals are making too much of this film. For the religious conservatives, if being gay is a sin, why should you care if they will burn in hell for all eternity, as long as you have your eternal salvation, so just go away. As for the liberals, this movie is not helping anyone and is as easily as offensive as Farenheit 911 and Bowling for Columbine. These types of movies do nothing to produce acceptance and only further divides. It is only good for its shock factor and that has destroyed for me an merits it may actually have had for a movie.

I have come to discover that I hold a dislike towards these movies which sole purpose is to deliver a political message (ie. The Life of David Gale, 2001: A Space Odyssey). Dammit when I am watching a movie, I don't need to indoctrinated when I watch a movie, I can come up with my own opinions.

-Trevor

I uploaded a bunch more pictures for your viewing pleasure. I also have reorganized my folder layout to hopefully make more sense.

-Trevor

Went Hiking on Friday in Pima Canyon Again. It was a great hike, but damn I realized that studying for a semester without getting much exercise kills the body. When I first got there, I saw a woman with a white skirt and high heels standing around and definitely looked out of place. I guess she was a reporter and asked me if I was going to go hiking. I was thinking this was a really stupid question since the only thing to do on a hiking trail is to go hiking (I think I also looked the part). I was torn between being nice and telling her I was scoping out a good place to bury a body. I settled for "I think so", but I was nice and answered her other questions. My guess was she and her cameraman (taking nature shots) were gathering an informal report on who was hiking on the trail. After that, my hike was very relaxing. I met a lot of snowbirds along the way (people who live in the south during the winter, as the "natives" call them). I went hiking for around five hours and by the time I was back in my car, I was so tired I didn't want to wait out for another hour to get shots of the sunset, so that will have to wait for another day. In any case, click the link to check out the pictures.

-Trevor

I got back on Wednesday afternoon and the first thing I noticed, I could see the sun. I never realized how bad not seeing the sun for two weeks was until I was in Arizona for five months and saw the sun everyday. It also helps when it is nice and warm during the day. We had left on Wednesday morning around 4:30 am in case of freezing rain, but there wasn't so we stopped at a Denny's in Bloomington and my parents and I shared a meal. My dad and I both got a little ill from the meal, which made for a slightly uncomfortable flight, but must not have been food poisoning because I felt ok once I got off the flight. Everything seems to be going good except there appears to be a clog in the drainage system which does not look pretty and so I had to call the landlord. Hopefully it can get cleaned up today. Well, I'm off to do a little hiking. Take it easy everybody.

-Trevor

Hey Everyone,

I am back to Arizona after 2 1/2 weeks in the not-quite-frigid North. It was a lot of fun and sometimes relaxing, but I'm glad to be starting the semester next week. As it stands now, it looks like I will be back in late June or early July. It was a lot of fun to see everyone and I'm sorry to all those I didn't see before going back. I'll post a couple more pictures in the next couple of days.

-Trevor