I don’t know about you, but God really hates me. I wonder how the Easter Bunny feels…
The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Take the Dante’s Inferno Test
Hey America! Remember when you were the land of the free? Well, thanks to corporate interests ruling your courts, you’re not any longer.
A media company, with no proof of infrigement can now demand that an ISP give them your name simply because they SAY they suspect that you are illegally copying files.
This ruling means that it’s open season on ISP customer information, because all a company has to do is CLAIM that someone is infringing.
If this were anything else, that company would talk to the police, convince them, and have the police get a subpoena letting them get access to the files. But thanks to the DMCA and the Republican party’s hatred of personal freedoms, you’re all screwed and you’re now guilty until proven innocent.
Fight for your freedom! Stand up to big business!
Looks like a lot of other people agree with my sentiments.
Sign the petition (more of a declaration of intent to boycott, but whatever).
To: Rinda.Vas@amgreetings.com
CC: tycho@penny-arcade.com; gabe@penny-arcade.com; info@cbldf.org; news@wired.com
As a regular reader of the webcomic “Penny Arcade” (PA) I was surprised to see the following news article from one of its creators:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/news.php3?date=2003-04-21#1243
Quoted:
HULK SMASH!
Direct new trailer download because streaming sucks.
My confidence in this movie not sucking has increased. Still not sure, but there’s hope.
I was going to go rant on the RIAA today, but this page rants in exactly the way I wish I could, so go read that instead.
Well, as promised I started Body For Life this week. It was very difficult to get myself motivated, so I’m glad that I announced it publicly. This is a shot of me on Day 3, which we’ll use as the “before” picture.
My belly is too big, my muscles aren’t defined at all, and look at that extra chin! Starting weight: 252lbs.
Yes, I know weight doesn’t tell the whole story, and I don’t have a “target weight”. I’ve always been pretty heavy, even when I wasn’t this bad. I’ll be fine with weighing 220 if I’m all muscle.
At the start of 2002, I’d had enough with my body degenerating. I’d always had some extra weight, but it was really going downhill for me. I’m 5′10″ and weighed 256lbs and sat in front of a computer most of the day. Something had to change.
I was smart enough to avoid fad diets. I knew that what I had to do was “eat right and exercise” but that’s much easier said than done. A few friends had tried Body For Life and the method seemed perfect, if a little extreme. So I hunkered down and did it. I just decided that I’d start and I did. Here’s what I looked like after my very first workout
I stuck with the program for the full 12 weeks, and took photos every week, and never cheated once without making it up by switching off-days. It really turned me around. I immediately felt my energy pick up and after about three or four weeks I could feel my muscles hardening. I started to feel better about myself and it started to show. Though I’m a pretty confident guy, my body image wasn’t the best. That was changing.
After twelve weeks, I looked more like this:
Because of the wedding that year, I stopped doing Body For Life “hardcore” but stuck with the diet and played road hockey twice a week. I managed to keep the weight off and feel great through to October when we stopped playing hockey.
At Christmas I really started to slide, and 2003 continued that trend. I’ve gained back 15 pounds that I lost, though I’ve kept a lot of the muslce mass so I’m not as bad as I was last year when I started.
But no more slacking. I’m officially announcing here (so I won’t wimp out) that I’m starting another hardcore full-on 12 week bout of Body For Life starting Monday, April 7th. I’ll post updates here. Wish me luck.
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