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Lorien's Last Breath
This is a filk song that I have written. You can hear it sung a cappella by me -- as best I can -- here.
Lorien's Last Breath lyrics:
Tune is "Gather Us In" by Marty HaugenI was the first at Time's Beginning ( Read more... ) -
To coin a term... xqz
The word is xqz. It is pronounced "shi-kwiz". It means "to deliberately popularize an invented term for no reason other than so that you can someday play it in Scrabble." Yes, I made it up. And, yes, I'm serious about getting it into common usage, just so I can someday play it. In other words, I hope to xqz the word "xqz ( Read more... ) -
Live action computer science
Me: Here. I have spoons. You can act this out.
Co-worker: You can't use spoons for the Dining Philosophers problem. You need chopsticks.
Me: Use the spoons. As far as I'm concerned, *everyone* starves with chopsticks. -
Maine needs the help of my friends
Alright, this one is personal. I'm asking all my friends and relatives to donate to the No On Prop 1 campaign in the state of Maine. What's going on? Earlier this year, Maine's legislature passed a law legalizing marriage for gays and lesbians. Legislature, not courts. Woohoo! But through signatures, there's a ballot measure Prop 1 to repeal that ( Read more... ) -
Britain's Prime Minister issues official appology to Alan Turing
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571
The Prime Minister has released a statement on the Second World War code-breaker, Alan Turing, recognising the “appalling” way he was treated for being gay ( Read more... ) -
ELCA Lutherans will allow gay clergy in same-sex relationships
Meeting in Minneapolis, the 4.7-million member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) , the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, voted Friday "to allow Lutherans in same-gender relationships to serve as pastors of congregations and serve in other professional leadership roles." Until now, only celibate gay men and lesbians ( Read more... ) -
Kittens need a home
We have captured wild kittens. They've been in our backyard the last few weeks, and we finally trapped them. There are four in the litter, plus mamma cat (she's not happy about being caught, but we put her in a different room from the kittens and the kits seem to be calming). We're going to get them all spayed/neutered on Wednesday. After that, we ( Read more... ) -
All web searches broken?
When inside the corporate firewall, any attempt to use Google or Yahoo assume I want the word "LabVIEW" added to my search query. Applies to IE and Firefox. Any clues how this happened? -
The Internet quote of the day
Today's "quote of the day" sums up bias and the problem of our "never say compromise" political system:
Seriously, I get the feeling that if Obama lay hands on a child and cured him of cancer you would be frothing at the mouth screaming "He didn't wash his hands!" Leave a comment
