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Quran Burning: Stupidity on All Sides
So there's this wingnutty church in Southern Florida (need I say more, really) that's promoting this mass burning of the Quran that they want to stage. Clearly they must have some clever media people, because the whole thing hardly sounds worth national news, let alone international news. I don't know how big this church is, but I'm sure this ( Read more... ) -
More crappy science reporting
I just heard a "story" on NPR, which is apparently a popular science story today, that reads basically "Stephen Hawking claims god not required for creation of the universe in new book" or something to that effect. The only "news" here is, perhaps, that Stephen Hawking has a new book out, and it makes this point ( Read more... ) -
Car Crap
It's been over a week now since I filled out the paperwork for my car. The one I wanted had to be transferred from another dealer, so I had to wait a little while for that to happen, but I was told it shouldn't take more than a week. I was hoping to have the car by last Saturday but...I never heard anything. Then I found out on Tuesday that the ( Read more... ) -
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I wear black jeans almost every day. That's practically all I wear for pants. A few other things sometimes, but mostly black jeans. All my black jeans have holes in them now. This means I might have to go shopping for clothes at some point. This makes me sad :( -
Well that answers that
I was one of the four people in my division selected to go to Black Hat and DefCon in Vegas this year. So unless something really unexpected comes up, I guess I know what I'll be doing this summer. So much for Otakon, alas. As I wrote before, if I'd mostly be going to Otakon to see friends, and nothing more. I'll miss that aspect of it, but ( Read more... ) -
Growing up atheist
One of my favorite podcasts, Reasonable Doubts did a great show a few months ago about raising children as a non-believer. The blog post is here, while the actual audio file for the show is hereWhile I have no intention of spawning any time soon, it's still an interesting topic to me, and they did a wonderful job addressing it. It discusses the ( Read more... ) -
Cafeteria ick
I know I've said this before, and I'll probably be saying it again, but I REALLY need to get into the habit of bringing lunch to work ( Read more... ) -
Otakon or Defcon?
They're both the same goddamn weekend this year. Which one should I go to?!
Otakon
Pros:- Nearly within walking distance for me.
- Wouldn't even need a hotel room (though could be more fun to have one).
- More people who I know would be there.
- Possibly some good movies.
- Video games.
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Extra vacation
My company has a bizarre policy of "alternate holidays"--two holidays a year that you can take pretty much any time. The official policy is that it has to be for some particular occasion--a known religious holiday, an anniversary, etc. But in most cases it doesn't much matter ( Read more... )
