Posts Tagged ‘Identity’

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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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Death Cap (Amanita phalloides)

by Seraphine Khorana on March 5th, 2011
Posted In: Comics
Death Cap (Amanita phalloides)

Tonight, I’m at the top of the proverbial mountain. I’ve arrived at the pinnacle.
This is it. Ta-da.
Tomorrow is my birthday, the one that changes everything. It’s the big four-oh.
No, I’m not Sisyphus. There is no huge boulder to roll back downhill, allowing me to start over. My punishment reward is to keep going.
Here’s what I’m blessed with: I’m comfortable in my own skin; I have a strong sense of self; Being 40 is 10 times easier than being 20.
I’ll get through this, even if it kills me.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don’t have time.
Quotation from Tallulah Bankhead

“I was blackballed by seven Pizza joints.” (Sarah Colonna on Youtube)

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Quotation from Maya Angelou

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Mistaken

by Seraphine Khorana on September 14th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Mistaken

I’m trying a new image format for today’s comic– a format that employs lossless data compression called png (portable network graphics) instead of my usual jpeg graphic. I think almost everyone can view the png format, unless you are using an obscure or very old browser. Let me know how you like it. Do you have any trouble seeing my comic? Does it take too long to load? Can you tell the difference?

PNG is considered a better choice than JPEG for storing images that contain text, line art, or other images with sharp transitions. Where an image contains both sharp transitions and photographic parts, a choice must be made between the large but sharp PNG and a small JPEG with artifacts around sharp transitions.
Quotation from Wikipedia.

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In Memory of Coco

by Seraphine Khorana on March 9th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
In Memory of Coco

The photo of Coco in today’s comic was taken by Elaine, who has an awesome photo page called Elaine Remains. Coco passed away last Saturday.

Every dog carries an ID in his back pocket, so to speak. On each side of the rectum is an anal sac, which contains a strong-smelling fluid. This fluid is the equivalent of a dog’s thumb-print. With a quick sniff, dogs can tell more about each other than we could determine by rifling through one another’s wallets. Dogs can tell the sex, age, health, reproductive status, diet, and mood from those smells. They get all the information they need to decide whether they want to associate with that dog and what kind of relationship they ought to have.
Quotation from Dog Behavior: When Dogs Lick & Sniff “Private” Places (BestBetPetSupplies.com)

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Pretty / Ugly

by Seraphine Khorana on January 7th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
Pretty / Ugly

Comparing myself to others makes me feel bad.

Self-centeredness comes into play when there is not enough self-esteem — not the other way around… Putting others down as a way to feel better about oneself is whack and unattractive. And while [a Diva] may appear confident and strong, usually the opposite holds true.
Quotation from Curly Nikki, Tyra Show

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28% Dork

by Seraphine Khorana on April 2nd, 2009
Posted In: Comics
28% Dork

There are some things you never outgrow.
But tell me exactly: What’s more important?
A) Who you are or B) Who you want to be?

I think I’ve been able to fool a lot of people because I know I’m a dork. I’m a geek.
Quotation from Gwen Stefani

I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.
Quotation from Natalie Portman

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