Earlier this week, I received a bunch of dire emails from Yahoo! threatening to delete my blog. Why? Well, according to them, my site contained “malicious code.” Yikes! The email suggested that I change my Yahoo! password, which struck me as potentially “phishy.” What if this was bait to lure me to a fake login page and snatch my password with keystroke logging malware? It happens! I Googled several phrases from the email, and found that there is, in fact, a scam along these lines which used the exact same wording as the email Yahoo! sent me. However, in my…
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Mel Brooks has successfully given his movie, “Young Frankenstein,” new life as a musical, or as Dr. Frankenstein might have exclaimed, “It’s alive!”
Here’s a simple idea that’s fun to do whether you plan to ring in the New Year at a wild party or at a small gathering at home: Ask people you know what they predict for the upcoming year. Make sure you write their ideas down, especially if you plan to enjoy a cocktail or two. Now all you need to do is tuck the list somewhere safe, and remember to bring it out the following year. My Friends’ Predictions from Last Year Last year, I posted some predictions for 2010 that people at my New Year’s party made. Here…
I have been blogging at Mental Mosaic since March 9th (my birthday) of 2007. I chose the name “Mental Mosaic” because I didn’t want to limit my blog topics. I also love mosaics, both figuratively and literally. I like the idea of taking one’s pieces and rearranging them into something new and even beautiful. That’s why my first tagline was: Pick up your pieces; Make something pretty. Life can shatter a person in so many ways. It’s what we do with ourselves afterwards that matters. I like that idea, don’t you? Rght away, this blog connected me to some really…
In light of tonight’s full lunar eclipse, or perhaps I should say, ‘in shadow of,’ here are some of my favorite online apps for stargazing. Clear Dark Sky Attilla Danko created a wonderful tool called the Clear Sky Chart, which quickly helps you find the perfect place in your area for stargazing. Simply enter the coordinates of your locale, and Danko’s graph shows you what sort of viewing conditions to expect over the next 48 hours. From Danko’s bio, he seems like a really cool guy, too. Wheel of Stars Jim Bumgardner created a fascinating art-meets-science piece he calls, Wheel…
Today’s post was triggered by the following Reverb 10 prompt, which comes from Martha Mihalick December 16 – Friendship How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? I recently spent a couple hours talking to my wife-in-law on the phone. What’s a wife-in-law, you ask? Simply put, a wife-in-law is the person who at one time was married to the same guy you are, or were. She and I coined that term one day when trying to explain to someone how we are related. People are…