Another one I thought was already up here. A pregnant woman gets into a car accident and falls into a deep coma. Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and realizes that she is no longer pregnant. Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby. The doctor replies, “Ma’am, you had twins! A boy …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Yard Sale
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a new song that I’ve only heard once just because I think I kinda like it, so here’s one. It’s hard to go wrong when you have Ben Harper playing acoustic. Some of that stuff is up there with my favourite music in the world. And it’s not …
The Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer
I haven’t used Be My Eyes much in the last few years. Basically any time I would have, Carin’s been there with Aira to take care of whatever the problem was. But since I won’t have access to Carin or Aira for the next few weeks, it occurred to me that perhaps I should pop …
The Floppotron Grows, Goes To the Circus
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Floppotron, and since last we left it, it’s gotten quite a bit bigger. It’s now up to version 3.0 and includes 512 floppy drives, 16 hard disks and 4 scanners. Ridiculous. Here it is playing Julius Fucík’s Entrance of the Gladiators, A.K.A. that clown song …
The Heat Is On
Maybe I’ve asked this before. I don’t know and I have no idea how I would begin finding out. So can someone explain to me the complexities that go into turning the heat for an entire apartment building on and off? Is it harder than click? I hope it is, because in spite of the …
A Post
Coming to you live from one of our nice lawn chairs that some dickhead pigeons have pecked the hell out of, it’s…a post about stuff! Yay! Right now you’re all sharing my first nice weather beer of 2023 with me. Thank you for being here. It means the world. And before you ask, no, I …
Sweet Child O’ Mine, The Bluegrass Edition
It’s official. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” kind of works as everything. Here’s a bluegrass version from Robyn Adele Anderson and Anthony Vincent to keep the streak alive.
Scarily Good AI Generated Voices Are Basically Here Now
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“So What’d You Get For Christmas?” “I Got My Affairs In Order!”
I’ve seen several news stories in the last couple of years about how Christmas is the worst time of year for heart attacks. It makes some sense. the holidays, fun as they can be, are also a pretty stressful time for many. Money, Travel, family disagreements, your doctor’s office texting you that you have terminal …
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A List of Low Bandwidth, Easy To Read News Resources
Since a lot of news websites are cluttered as hell, it can be hard to find and consume what you’re looking for. this is true if you’re blind like me and want to beat the shit out of the next video/ad/countdown timer that won’t stop interrupting the screen reader or bouncing it all over the …
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