Jess

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Date registered: June 4, 2010

Biography

Jessica Lathrop is a big nerd, originally from Virginia, and transplanted to the boonies of Western Maryland.

Latest posts

  1. SOPA, PIPA, Censorship & You — January 18, 2012
  2. Oh, Spam, You Rascal — January 13, 2012
  3. Waste Not… — January 10, 2012
  4. What’s It Do? — December 31, 2011
  5. Sudden Politics Nerd — November 9, 2011

Most commented posts

  1. Terrible Loser — 8 comments
  2. Wedding Day Recap — 6 comments
  3. A Tale of Two Kitties — 6 comments
  4. Little Big Planet 2 Announced — 3 comments
  5. Wedding Brain Dump — 3 comments

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Jan
18
2012

SOPA, PIPA, Censorship & You

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I’m incredibly surprised at myself for keeping so quiet about this issue until now. What seems like a million years ago now, I participated in “Grey Day” as a sort of grassroots effort in 2000 for People of the Internet to self-regulate how they generated their web content. It was the advent of “hot-linking” and …

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Jan
13
2012

Oh, Spam, You Rascal

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LOLWHUT?

Once upon a time, I had quite a laugh sifting through the weirdo spam comments I was getting on the blog. They haven’t been very funny in a very long time. They still aren’t. However, I’ve noticed that I’ve been getting tons more lately. And they’re all on really old posts. Yay Google indexing? To …

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Jan
10
2012

Waste Not…

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So, I’m in Dallas for work. When away from home, I avoid restaurants I can eat at when home like it was my only purpose in life. Technically, I’m in Addison. There are 3 things in Addison: a big fancy mall, hotels, and 873,000 restaurants. Finding an interesting place to eat is not even a …

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Dec
31
2011

What’s It Do?

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Desktop Daleks

I got two Desktop Daleks for Christmas. I unpacked them to put them on my desk. While doing so, this happened: Husband: “What’s it do?” Me: *blinkblink* . . . Exterminates! I would have thought that was obvious . . .

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Nov
09
2011

Sudden Politics Nerd

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Fireworks

I am about to share a letter from Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) but before I do so, I want to preface with a few things: I don’t like telling people how their politics should lay out. Don’t tell me how mine should. If we can agree on that ground rule, we can talk. I very …

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Jul
06
2011

Random Doodle July 5th

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Random Weird Doodle

I had written out some stuff about being a sucker for new pens, blank notebooks, and wishing I could draw rather than doodle. But I feel like just sharing the doodle.

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Jun
15
2011

Wedding Anniversary Weekend of DOOM!

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Photo by Katherine Gray - Build Your Wings Photography

Ok, not really of DOOM. But, oh the mishaps were very Lathrop-y. Because it is so much fun and we have such a wonderful time with it at the Mocks, I tracked down a Beatles Rock Band Limited Edition bundle. It comes with a drum set, Hoffner bass controller, microphone and microphone stand. Buying all …

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Jun
07
2011

House Stuff and Math is Hard

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Obey Gravity, it's the law!

“Kitchen cabinets falling out of ceiling. Whee!” This was my post snippet to remind me to post about this stuff later. I should delete it to start in properly with what’s going on with the house right now, but that snippet really sums it up. What I should also do is change it to past …

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Jun
01
2011

DC Comics’ BIG Announcement

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Harley Quinn and Robin statue

I would be horribly remiss in not posting anything about this topic (but what else would be new, there?), so here goes. Dan DiDio, co-publisher of DC Comics broke the news to USA Today they are rebooting the DC Universe and relaunching some 50 titles at issue #1. I have relatively mixed feelings on this. …

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Apr
08
2011

The Power Outage Effect

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The Power Outage Effect is having the all-consuming urge to heat something in the microwave, charge my phone, or check the internet when the power is out. I’m having the same effect with the looming government shutdown and associated furlough. I am potentially about to be without a paycheck and there are things I want …

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