I am now the proud owner of dedicated and autographed copies of both Neuromancer and, his latest, Spook Country by William Gibson.

I just ate breakfast at a coffee shop / diner with some outdoor seating. Right next to me was a spider. After I finished my omelet, he decided he was going to rebuild his web. I sat there and drank another cup of coffee just so I could watch. It was really fascinating watching it first take apart all the inner pieces, then add more spokes where ( Read more... )

"Bulls usually mind their own business. All they want to do is eat, poop, and hump anything that moos. As a man, I respect the clarity of their missions."
Scott Adams 2007.07.17

so, the world's richest men are in the news right now. Their worth approximately 60 Billion dollars each. I don't understand numbers that big, so I broke it down a little. Presuming they just had that as a pile of cash under a very big mattress, or maybe a giant tower of coins like Scrooge in Duck Tales (so we don't have to worry about interest ( Read more... )

taken from here: http://www.badmovies.org/movies/sixstringsam/index.htmlIn the movie's alternate reality Russia nuked the U.S. in 1957 and then invaded, Lost Vegas is the last bastion of freedom and Elvis is the king. After four decades he passes on and every warrior/musician hears the call. They must journey to Lost Vegas where one shall be ( Read more... )

Dear Internet, please stop tempting me to waste my time (until after I'm done working) with sites full of links to humor and junk, like video from the Daily Show comparing Cheney to the Highlander, or a picture of that kid from the Nirvana album (the naked baby) now that he's 17. etc. etc. etc. I would like to get some real work done, thank you.

why is that every virus scanner, spyware detection kit etc. allows you to schedule fast scans, full scans, and updates, but doesn't allow you to schedule the most sensible option: always update before scanning - and wait for the update to complete before scanning. It should also allow me to tell it to run a fast scan every night of the week except ( Read more... )

I just joined iGo, and that makes me happy.

Found on the Internet: "Our boys are named after thunder gods - Raydan (2 ½ years) and Thorin (3 ½ months).". These kids are either really unfortunate or really lucky, I'm not sure which.

I also met someone named "Tevo" (pronounced like the DVR Tivo). His two brothers are Robert and Kevin. How does that happen?

So I'm walking down the street this morning and in front of me is the girl wearing those sweat pants with words on the butt. Hers said "PINK". Except... Her ass has swallowed up the 'N', which is amazing because these weren't small letters. So she's walking around with a mondo wedge and "PIK" written on her ass ( Read more... )