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1)  Playing outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes. Braveheart, Rosencrantz

2)  Did you say, "What the fuck-ass fuck of a bum-fuck shithole town is this?".  Did you say that, Mr. Walsh?

3)  (first person) Is says here she tried to kill you at an - exercise ( Read more... )

Fortune Magazine has written a large piece on Steve Jobs. Not being an Apple guy myself, my exposure to his man has been largely through others' impressions of him. I knew he was a business genius and eccentric, but I actually new little else about him. It's a great article. Should you be interested, take the time to read this.

The Trouble ( Read more... )

Gary Gygax fails his PPDM. May his soul fly to Mt. Celestia.

All joking aside, he's a legend of the RPG industry, and it's sad to see him go.

Apply Title IX to Sciences? It's more likely then you think.I've spoken with others about this in the past, but this is the largest single article I've read on the subject. Can't say I agree. Their logic is inconsistent, and doesn't appear to work both ways. As a male, I find the mentality of many female dominated majors/schools of thought to ( Read more... )

Met a couple of guys from New Zealand today. They flew in to pitch some really neat organizational efficiency software my boss is interested in. My wife would have swooned - they had accents you could listen to all day long. Really nice guys too ( Read more... )

Three square miles of Arizona to become giant solar plant

Didn't something like this get tried in an anime to vaporize attacking ships in orbit? If not, it damn well should.

From a TIME/CNN article about the Texas debate ( Read more... )

For those interested, Jon Stewart will be on Larry King Live tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9pm EST. Provided I remember, I'll be watching ( Read more... )

Thanks to electrichobbit, for some statistics advice today. My boss really loves the fact that I have a technology rich background, and that I have strong analytical skills from my education. However, he has had a tendency to ask me lots of questions outside of what I know. I had a "consult" with springplum's husband the other week on VB work in Excel (which I'm going ( Read more... )

I wanted to take a second to say that LJ has been wonderful since my college days in keeping in touch with a number of my good friends. Some stayed in Oklahoma, some went to Texas, some overseas. But we've been able to keep tags on friends in ways that no previous generation ever could. We live in an electronically connected world that allows us ( Read more... )