It's amusing and depressing at the same time to hear people who 20 years ago seethed at a $100 billion Reagan deficit now coo over the $1.75 TRILLION Obama deficit.

It's good waste now. Profligacy in the defense of liberalism is no crime, I guess.

Accomplishment for the day: debugging a 10MB shell script (10 MB!?! Who writes this crap?)

Buried deep in roughly 125,000 lines of code were three clues that led to the solution. Whoever wrote this monster didn't account for the possibility that the POSIX extensions wouldn't be installed on a Solaris box. Oops.

My head hurts.

Apparently, the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act that just passed contains about $2 million earmarked for "swine odor research."

I can save us $2 million here. It smells like pork.

If you want to impress me, listen to your military leaders.

The last time N. Korea launched one, the Bush administration (those neocon, go-it-alone, militaristic bastards, if you'll recall), declined to act.

Included in the massive stimulus bill that was signed last week was a provision to raise the limit on pre-tax deductions for mass transit expenses, from $120/month to $230. It takes effect March 1st. The new limit happens to nicely match my combined monthly light rail and ferry expenses ( Read more... )

Not at all impressed.

Wasn't all that impressed with Obama, either, but Jindal's speech was just plain weak.

Bobby Jindal (R-LA Gov) has been all over the TV lately and is widely considered a leading candidate for the GOP in 2012 ( Read more... )

I'm so exhausted from house-hunting today. We saw 8 properties (it would have been 9, but the first realtor missed our appointment). Four each in Fanwood and Westfield. One Tudor, seven Colonials -- although the last "Colonial" would be better described as "eclectic ( Read more... )

This

Westfield, NJ. I'd be happy living a pauper's life to entertain friends, family, and children off of this kitchen.

Gonna see it this weekend.

Gonna cry for a month afterwards.

Wait, WTF? PC on BSG? Seriously?