My girlfriend is going to meet my brother's family and we're all going to Monterey.  Yay!  Week after next.

Today was her b-day, by the way.

No matter how many times they tell us IE is going to protect you against malicious websites, it still lets your whole computer be taken over just by clicking the wrong web link.  And so does Apple's Safari.

Also... Livermore scientist builds a laser that zaps mosquitoes

and how about a video game implementation running on sheep

Since getting into a relationship my prepaid cellphone costs have gone up about fivefold.  And their nickel-and-diming on text messages is a surprisingly big part of the total lately.  Might be time to get a real cellphone, like a MetroPCS maybe.  Up to this point there's been no need because most long conversations have been on my Vonage line.  ( ( Read more... )

Frank Miller's Peanuts

wtf of the day

Also: Holy crap, this is a real building in Shenyang, China.

Like kosher salt but don't like how Jewy it is?

You know what I wish?  I wish there was an iTunes for literature, where you could get copyrighted short stories for 99 cents.

My brother just got appointed by Barack to be the #3 man in the Department of Transportation!

Pending Senate approval, of course.

Argh I'm sick again!  101° fever and painful swallowing.

This is really NOT a good time.

Turkey strutting season has arrived!