Tanuki Racoon

http://www.awesomedude.com/coleparker/Shor...ies/widomsv.htm It's under short stories with a HORRID acronym so nobody will ever find it. I propose "Summer Vacation" instead of WIDOMSV :)

Your post was full of information that qualifies as TMI.Armpit Pube Transplant? AAAAIIIIEEEE

Yes, thank you Grandma, I shall suck my eggs better next time. ;) I'll give you something to suck on if you need it....

BTW, in the USA Tarmac and Asphalt are two different products. Asphalt is what you pave a road with. You pave a runway with Tarmac. And they are NOT the same. (So what do Brits call what they pave a runway with?)

First, please note we are referring to the firewall that prevents people coming IN to your computer. This differs from a corporate model which prevents inbound *AND* outbound traffic. (Though some routers allow you to control that as well...) A. The manual will say. B. Or go to your router control panel ( http://192.168.1.1 for most routers) and look for settings to enable/disable it or at least to acknowledge it's there C. Or check the mfr's website. D. Or ask Google. Google knows everything. E. Read this: http://ask-leo.com/does_my_router_have_a_f...all_or_not.html Or send me the Mfr and model# of your router and I'll look it up for you.

Des, you are correct. Running two firewalls at the same time is bad. They slow each other down. It's counter-productive. Your hardware firewall included with most BUT NOT ALL routers will kick the ass of any software solution in both security and speed. If your router has a firewall please DISABLE your software firewall. If you have a laptop you don't have much choice. You need something Norton (PC) or Mac (Built-in).

ALWAYS back up your work frequently to two files. Alternate saves to XXX-1 and XXX-2 just in case.

Some polls have McCain ahead by as much as 7% and my real concern is many middle-American voters won't press "the black button" when it comes time to vote. I'm not sure America ready. America is stupid.

I don't patronize establishments with people that utterly stupid. I can't return. I often call management and vent.

I've never found a Brit who doesn't KNOW the word 'sidewalk' but all my Brit friends use pavement when referring to it.

Interesting article. Anyway, in it http://www.google.com/psearch I went and checked. My complete web history back to Summer 2006 is there. Scary as hell. I didn't change it, but wow. Double-wow.

Odd. My previous reply is gone. I wonder why????

I haven't read it myself but I have been told that the EULA (End User License Agreement) for Google's new poduct is terrifying and have read a number of blogs from people who are refusing to use it because of that. Apparently it has some serious Big Brother issues.

I'm just not sure there's room for another browser. IE and FF own it all and the rest are tiny. Then again maybe Google does something cool. I hope so.

We all have regrets so get over the one about the job. Move forward. As for the friend, that's dicier. I must say he doesn't seem to be the type of friend you thought he was if he's not reciprocating attempts to keep in touch.You will persevere...

http://www.snopes.com/humor/lists/olympics.asp

Des. You're REALLY weird. Coming from me, that says something.

No, certainly not Cats in your case. Probably SHOWBOAT :D

Read this today and was shocked. That's so dumb, it's ridiculous. It encourages mediocrity. Let him play, dammit.

Blame it on the raccoon. Hmph.Just for that I won't tell everyone how much I liked the poem.

:) Nice (:

I'm going to use a word which might piss off the author. I loved this story. It was, well, er, CUTE.

Maybe

I notice our resident Emu hasn't chimed in on this assault on his kin.

Ah, the Cyborgs?