Posts Tagged ‘Chameleon’

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Unique Identity

by Seraphine Khorana on June 12th, 2011
Posted In: Comics
Unique Identity

Halt! Who goes there? It’s just meee!
Cyber-thieves recently hacked the International Monetary Fund. They also successfully hacked Sony, Google and Lockheed. Malicious hackers also breached WordPress.com, potentially impacting Yahoo, Flickr, NASA and the New York Times. Other hacked sites include the U.S. Postal Service and Hyundai.

Meanwhile, I can’t remember my own passwords. I forget also the answers to password reminder questions like “Who was your first grade teacher?”
It was either Miss Canfield, Miss Landers or Mrs. Rayburn, but I’m not completely sure which…

Perhaps most frightening of all is the fact that these type of attacks could quite easily be directed towards Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) organizations, for example Energy and Water, where the impact of such a breach would have severe, immediate and potentially life-threatening consequences for everyday citizens.
Quotation from Mohan Koo, Dtex Systems

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Ugly Hair Day

by Seraphine Khorana on April 19th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Ugly Hair Day

When you have an ugly hair day, conventional wisdom says to put your hair into a ponytail or wear a hair accessory. The other option is to wear an invisibility cloak.

Scientists at UC Berkeley have taken a major step toward making Harry Potter’s disguise of choice a reality. They’ve engineered two new materials — one using a fishnet of metal layers, the other using tiny silver wires — that neither absorb nor reflect light, causing it instead to bend backward.
Quotation from Time Magazine

I’m fine but you’re obviously having a bad hair day.
Quotation from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992 movie)

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Use it or Lose it: Reptile Dysfunction

by Seraphine Khorana on January 30th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Use it or Lose it: Reptile Dysfunction

3) Lizards without tails lose strength, dominance and “territory” to bigger, fully-endowed lizards. 2) When a lizard’s tail grows back, the new tail is going to be smaller and less colorful than the original. 1) Lizards who have tails can run faster than those without tails. The moral of this tale? When threatened by predators, tuck tail and run.

Geckos and other lizards not only shed their tails to confuse predators (or people), but their tails’ movements suggest they literally “have a mind of their own,” Canadian researchers have found.
Quotation from CBC News, Technology and Science section

Has 3 lizard tails and a baseball card in my backpack.
Tweet from Schneidermike on Twitter

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On Being Bubbly

by Seraphine Khorana on January 1st, 2010
Posted In: Comics
On Being Bubbly

I want to be bubbly like Sarah Clark or Reese Witherspoon, fresh and full of energy. I can “act” bubbly, but unfortunately, I feel silly when doing so. I can’t even be a convincing perky when i feel really good. I would love to have been born with a bubbly personality.

You know, a girl in my sorority, Tracy Marcinco got a perm once. We all tried to talk her out of it. Curls weren’t a good look for her. She didn’t have your bone structure, but thankfully that same day she entered the Pheta Delta Phi wet t-shirt contest where she was completely hosed to down from head to toe.
Quotation from Elle Woods, Legally Blonde

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The Change

by Seraphine Khorana on November 9th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
The Change

Certain people make a habit of anger. They seethe with resentment, which is very hard for them to overcome. Some psychiatrists consider this chronic bitterness to be a mental disorder called Post-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder. The scary fact is this happens also to “normal” people who suffer an unexpected setback such as job loss, divorce, or financial shock. I wish there was a simple, green, heart-shaped pill available to cure everyone’s anger!

They feel the world has treated them unfairly. It’s one step more complex than anger. They’re angry plus helpless.
Quotation from Dr. Michael Linden, who estimates 1% to 2% of the population meets the criterion for Post-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder

Embitterment is a violation of basic beliefs. It causes a very severe emotional reaction… We are always coping with negative life events. It’s the reaction that varies.
Another quotation from Dr. Michael Linden

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I used to be purple, but then I evolved

by Seraphine Khorana on February 27th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
I used to be purple, but then I evolved

Americans go where the money goes. That’s because we’re chameleons. That’s our reputation, whether it’s true or not. But now that the money is gone, where are we? That’s the question everyone is asking: Where are we going now, and what do we need to do to get there?

Green jobs are a way to aid the middle class: Comment by Joseph R. Biden Jr., Vice President of the United States (Philidelphia Inquirer)

When the men on the chess board
get up and tell you where to go
And you just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving slow
Go ask Alice
I think she’ll know
Lyrics from Jefferson Airplane, Go Ask Alice White Rabbit

A Granola type who bakes cakes for the moon as ‘offerings’, thinks tofu and tahini are great breakfast choices, and who’s idea of style is to wear multiple layers of cheap market clothes made in Cambodia from dried grass and colored using low impact dyes such as menstrual blood and compost bin ‘discharge’.
Definition of “Yoghurt Weaver” from UrbanDictionary.com

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