Still alive. No commercial power but still around.

Apparently only 93% of my genetic ancestry is European. The other is not European. So I guess I can now claim minority status ( Read more... )

Have you ever tried using the damn thing ( Read more... )

Louisiana Democrats field no major candidates for statewide office

The stroke of 5 p.m. Thursday marked a dark moment in the history of the Louisiana Democratic Party. For the first time in modern memory, the party did not field a single major candidate for statewide office.
Ever since Reconstruction the DNC has ALWAYS counted on winning all the ( Read more... )

If you've got any outstanding debt (property) please... please get life insurance that covers the cost in total of the property.

It's the last thing you want to have your relatives deal with if you pass unexpectedly.

God help me, I had no idea the drama communities on LJ were populated primarily by crazy people who form them for support in enabling their mental disorder ( Read more... )

I want so badly to write an extensive analysis of the scandal and all the flaws that occurred in it's handling and debate. Unfortunately the whole issue is overexposed so any discussion of it will just be wank at this point. I figure a week ought to help things cool down and allow for people to be more accepting of yet another discussion on it ( Read more... )

After several days of acting up, my computer has bit the dust.

It lasted a good 4 years. Now I have to spend a few hundred on updating the motherboard and processor to the spiffy i7 based stuff.

Eventually I'll need Windows 7 64 bit to really take advantage of the memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Over_the_White_House

Why have I never heard of this film before? Why?

A movie made as FDR propaganda that has the president being a totalitarian guided by God and no one told me about it?

I leave the country on the day of the shooting and I come back to people going utterly insane about nuances and assertions based upon them.

And I thought the people selling Cuban cigars in Nassau were annoying.