Ruth Moratz

On a misty mountain, California, UNITED STATES


Joined September 9th 2008

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Basement walls covered in Sharpie Art

October 13th 2008 09:43
It's amazing what someone with some free time, artistic talent, and a pocketful of sharpies can accomplish. Charlie Kratzer of South Lexington, Kentucky covered the walls of his basement with an amazing group of characters including Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, Winston Churchill, Bullwinkle and Rocky, George Bernard Shaw, Joan Crawford and William Shakespeare. He has also recreated famous works of art such as Picasso's The Dream and Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

The view of his basement below doesn't show so well at this size. You can see a larger view at Kentucky.com.

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stephen kings


Stephen King is trying out a new format for his latest video project. He is calling it a graphic video series and it's drawn in the style of a graphic novel. There are 25 episodes under two minutes each.

It from his new short story collection "Just after Sunset" and is being made into a graphic novel due to be out in early 2009. It's about a psychiatrist who treats a patient that believes he is protecting the world by obsessively counting and rearranging things, and then falls victim to the same obsession.

It is very well drawn and I did enjoy watching it even if the episodes were a bit short. You can watch the whole series with the widget provided by the Nishere.com website. There is an advantage to watching it with the widget...no commercials between every episode.

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Online personal assistant

October 11th 2008 06:56
pageonce internet


Pageonce calls itself the First Personal Internet Assistant. It's looks like a great idea. You can view all your personal accounts and websites in one place - bank, credit, utility, even your netflix and social networking sites. It will show balances, bills that are due, cell phone usage, new messages and emails, frequent flyer miles. It sounds great but I'm a little paranoid about giving out so much information - bank accts, credit card numbers, passwords, etc.
If anyone out their uses it I'd love to hear how safe you feel using it and how well it works.

pageonce utility
Utilities Page

pageonce social
Social page



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Movie ratings by country

October 10th 2008 05:54
Here are the movie ratings used by a few different countries. I thought it would be interesting to see how the different countries break it down.

United States

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Test Your Color IQ

October 7th 2008 02:49
paint color


This is fun to try. You have to arrange colored squares (they kind of look like paint chips) in order by hue. It is a lot harder than it sounds. The lower your score the better. I got a 14


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The CSS Zen Garden Challenge

October 6th 2008 03:45
css zen garden design
Design by John Politowski - U.S.


Do you consider yourself a css expert? Then the css Zen Garden is the place for you. It's an unusual web site that challenges designers to use the same code as everyone else, change only the css and come up with a completely different and useable webpage


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Paradise (animated short) with movie

October 3rd 2008 05:36
paradise still animated short


This short animated film won the 2008 International children's film festival. I'm surprised it won at a children's film festival. Although it is animated it isn't really a child's story


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Whats your ecological footprint?

October 3rd 2008 05:07
earth


At ecofoot.org you can take a short quiz to see what your ecological footprint is. Its available for the US and Australia


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Dolphin bubble rings

October 2nd 2008 07:45
dolphin rings
Photo courtesy of Deep Ocean.

In this video you can watch Bottlenose Dolphins creating and playing with bubble rings


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bread with hair


Well if that bread your eating has L-Cysteine listed as an ingredient that is probably what your eating. L-Cysteine is used as a dough conditioner to increase production and is most often obtained from human hair. It can be also be obtained from duck feathers and boar bristles but it's most cost effective to get it from human hair through hydrolysis. It is also used as a hearty (meaty) flavoring in foods and also in some beauty products and medications. There has been a rumor floating around that the hair is obtained from cadavers but this has never been proven to be true


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Recent Comments

Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Test Your Color IQ

October 7th 2008 21:28
It helps to move back from the monitor now and then.

Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Test Your Color IQ

October 7th 2008 04:28
I was surprised to see that most of the ones I missed were in the same color palette.

Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Forest Falls Creek

October 7th 2008 01:24
It was just a Nikon P&S which should explain why I wasn't able to do much about the overexposure.


Comment by Ruth Moratz
on unable to unsubscribe

September 28th 2008 23:23
I'm having a similar problem when I add comments. I keep getting email notices whenever someone adds a comment after mine. I've gone back to my comment and made sure no is selected under notify me of replies, but I still get them. Sometimes after I go back and double check when I still keep getting emails, I will find the yes is selected....very strange.

Oh this is happening on newer posts.




Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Given the chance guys, would you?

September 26th 2008 06:03
Ruby, don't leave out the heartburn, constipation, milk leakage, needing to always be within sight of a restroom, and strangers constantly rubbing your belly and asking if its a girl or boy.

That last one really sucks when they do that and you aren't pregnant.

Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Tommo's Birthday Present Vegan Brownies

September 26th 2008 05:47
Those look heavenly. My vegan brownies never seem to cook in the middle. I can't wait to try these.

Not sure where I'll find Orzata though.

Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Given the chance guys, would you?

September 26th 2008 05:39
By being able to become pregnant you are in fact female.

Not true....think seahorses.

Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Given the chance guys, would you?

September 26th 2008 03:40
Hi Chris,

Maybe your right. Possibly 1% might go for it. Of the men I've met in my life, I couldn't see a single one of them doing it. Not because they wouldn't want to experience it but because I just don't think they could handle it.

After a week or two of morning sickness I think it would end right there for quite a few men. Plus I believe it's been proven that men just have a lower threshold for pain. Men do compete in some rough sports, but getting punched in a boxing ring is one thing, 24 hours of continous labor is quite another.



Comment by Ruth Moratz
on Given the chance guys, would you?

September 26th 2008 01:55
I think given the choice about 0.1% would take up the offer. If something happened where they HAD to be the ones giving birth, civilization would end.

Comment by Ruth Moratz
on You know your pants are too low when...

September 26th 2008 01:44
Hahahahahaha