I distractedly watched Nothing But Trouble over at the Hutched Cottage last night. I decided about an hour ago that it would be well explained if Dan Akroyd (film's director - his first time with the job) had been arrested in a small town on a traffic violation, and been held overnight for a court appearance, instead of just being ticketed and ( Read more... )

So, I'm coming up on... the third... yeah... week of my self-imposed exile. Or really, the inverse of exile: sequestering, as I've referred to it before. I imagine that this will be the last such week, and that I will have made some move on my thesis before next weekend ( Read more... )

I haven't even looked at LJ since sometime in... March or something. There was an OS install or something, and I just didn't bother to think of my password. I was just that lazy ( Read more... )

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-garrett/sets/72157622511514044/

Above, you may see a link to a set or recent pictures of Pika, a Murphysboro cat.

If you don't see a link, then you're not special enough.

Oh those crazy cops. They bust some meth makers and finds some guns, including an impractical pistol, then...:

The Desert Eagle pistol can "blow a hole the size of a Mack truck through a person," said Leigh Winchell, regional chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Also, the Desert Eagle in .50 AE is known for being an overly large gas ( Read more... )

Oh yeah... this was one other bit:

"Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal , the top commander in Afghanistan , will issue the directive as part of an effort to cut down on civilian casualties, which have enraged the Afghan government and residents. Instead of calling in air support or firing into civilian homes where Taliban fighters have sought refuge, ( Read more... )

I guess it's about time to make a big long rambling livejournal post.

I'll separate this into possibly appropriate sub-sections.

I like what I likeOver the past week, I've discovered that I still like what I've liked in the recent past. And my recent past, I mean the past 10 years. Such a statement has not always been true. I've watched the first ( Read more... )

Sokay ( Read more... )

The AP must go throughLet's see a quote from a recent AP article ( Read more... )

I have ordered DVDs. Let me now rationalize the purchases ( Read more... )