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"Twilight" as a sociocultural phenomenon
(Translated from Russian, source: http://dalaukar.livejournal.com/655983.htmlRead more... ) -
All We Had Was A Flag
They took it from us ( Read more... ) -
DRESDEN'S BACK! (or, spend a year dead for tax reasons)
I FRIKKIN' CALLED IT ( Read more... ) -
On the death of evil
(Soundtrack for this post hereA friend on Facebook suggested that whether you care about Bin Laden or not, you should remember what you were doing at the time you heard the news. For today is a day that will go down in history ( Read more... ) -
From the Soviet Informburo
At 4am yesterday, in the Amur river valley, the Chinese forces, composed of 4 infantry divisions supported by tanks and artillery, had crossed the Soviet-Chinese border and attacked a peaceful Soviet tractor. After repelling the treacherous attack with a broadside of machine gun and rocket fire, destroying 8 aircraft, over 30 tanks, and ( Read more... ) -
Quote of the day from Saturday
"Back in the 60's, America was doing drugs and fighting a war against communism. Now, America is doing communism and fighting a war against drugs."
- Me -
The Cable-Puller
(original at IT HappensOne day I had an urgent assignment to pull two score of twisted pairs cables across a distance of a hundred meters (300 ft.). Most of the path was over a fake ceiling three meters (9 ft.) high. After figuring out that solving the problem in a reasonable time was too much to put on a single pair of sysadmin shoulders, I ( Read more... ) -
Campus Interviews for Brooklyn College Walkout 04/29/09
Matt, undergrad (Health): "The walkout is beat ass. It's wrong to have 80% of the tuition going to fill the state deficit, not to benefit the school. The deficit can be fixed in other ways, like taking care of the MTA or making the CEOs take a pay cut. Many people in Brooklyn College are working, and $600 is a big deal when they already can barely ( Read more... )
