So far I've only bought two things from woot.com, which is amazing since I obsessively watch the site everyday to see what wacky, oddball thingy they are hocking on any given day. And awaiting my chance to get my paws on the 3 Bags of Crap that will deliver to me a ecstasy indescribable in human words, and grant me undying happiness for the rest of ( Read more... )

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"Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia warned Poland on Thursday that it was “playing a dangerous game” by agreeing to deploy part of the controversial American anti-ballistic missile shield on its territory."

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Maybe it's an overindulgence of things caffeinated, maybe I'm stressed (work has been very busy), I could be preoccupied with the prospect of the impending russian empire, maybe these things just happen -- I haven't been sleeping very well. It's hard to know, the tossing and turning and the haze of near-unconsciousness obscure reality perfectly, ( Read more... )

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Cutting through the early morning fog in my People's Car, on the hills around Valley Forge.

Early morning, 64°F, windows down, heat blowing gently through the foot-well vents, and the muted rumble of five cylinders ahead.

How long now until Putin declares himself Czar and moves the capital back to St. Petersburg?