Geek in Heels

Last October, I received alerts on my credit monitoring services that an account had been opened in my name. 'It must be a mistake,' I thought, but just in case, I asked J if he knew anything about it. And as expected, he had no idea what I was talking about.

I examined the credit alert and saw that the account was for a credit card, so I looked up the credit card company online and called them. I didn't have an account number or anything like that so trying to get a representative on the line was a bit of a hassle, but eventually I got connected to the fraud department. I told them that I

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Books, Entertainment, Movies, Reviews, Web

The Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Past 50 Years

Apr 21. 2026

Over the past week, Literary Hub had a bracket-style vote for the best literary film adaptation of the last 50 years. The 64 choices were compiled from the editorial staff's personal favorites, then divided into four sub-genres: comedy, drama, action & thriller, and sci-fi, fantasy, & horror. After six rounds of voting and thousands of votes cast, the champion winner was crowned today.

You can see that the final four came down to The Princess Bride, Apocalypse Now, The Silence of the Lambs, and The LOTR: The Return of the King . All four are solid choices, IMHO. I wish Jurassic Park could have made it to the final four, but alas, it was competing with

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Personal, Relationships

Happy Anniversary!

Apr 18. 2026

18 years ago today:

We will have been together for 23 years this November. Since I'm 45 years old, that means we have been together for more than half my life.

Time flies when you're having fun.

Also, I can't believe our marriage is now old enough to vote. :lol:

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Career, Entertainment, Funny, Geek, Web

Try Being Middle Management (Keep the Dot Green)

Apr 14. 2026

For today's website of the day, I present to you The Green Dot : a site that lets you experience the absolute pointlessness of modern middle management. In the middle of the screen is your employee, who inevitably becomes bored and starts slacking off. Your mission is to keep his productivity levels up; that is, keep the Slack dot green.

As you can see in the screenshot above, there is a "Vitality" bar at the top of the screen. It is what makes the Slack dot green, yellow, or red. The vitality level keeps decreasing as time goes by, and your doing certain tasks — as the manager — at the bottom half of the page will

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Books, Entertainment, Geek, Web

Discover Famous Opening Lines from Literature

Apr 11. 2026

Verba Prima is a website that displays a new opening line from famous works from literature every time you visit. (Or, if you just want the next sentence, click on the "Next Chapter" button.)

It can be quite addictive to keep going, to see which lines you recognize and to see which ones catch your attention. Pretty soon, it's 2 A.M. and you suddenly have a hankering to read The Hobbit .

Be sure to check out the site for more famous opening lines! It can get repetitive at times, but you're sure to stumble upon some gems and find inspiration for your next read.

Via Reddit .

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Art/Design, Funny, Geek, Web

A Diagram of the World Wide Web

Apr 04. 2026

As one commenter put it, "The most terrifying part isn't the shark. It's that load-bearing strut labeled 'Unpaid Open Source Developers.' Somewhere in Nebraska, a guy named Dave is maintaining a regex library he wrote in 2003. If Dave decides to go outside and touch grass for just one weekend, the V8 engine explodes, AWS melts, and we all go back to the Stone Age."

Via Reddit .

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Entertainment, Funny, Geek, Science

Artemis II Crew Has Computer Trouble (F*ck Microsoft!)

Apr 03. 2026

Did you hear? More than a half-century after NASA last ventured farther than the International Space Station, Artemis II is on its way toward the moon. If all goes according to plan, the four astronauts will test the spacecraft's life-support systems over a 10-day voyage that loops around Earth before slingshotting around the moon. They'll attempt to travel about 248,700 miles from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13's record of 248,655 miles, set in 1970.

While Wednesday's launch went off without a hitch, the crew did encounter some problems onboard the spacecraft. First, the toilet malfunctioned. The fan was reported to be jammed, which meant the astronauts could use the toilet for number two but not number one. Fortunately, mission

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Someone(s) Is Trying to Steal My Identity

Apr 25. 2026