A book I am reading features two characters: the competitive "winner" that always succeeds at every task to which he turns his hand and the philosophical teacher who is so centered as to be immune to bribery. I always wanted to be more like the latter than the former.

I go through phases of googling people I once knew. This has allowed me to track ( Read more... )

( I am weirder than 92% of the populace )

lovelyangelpdx forwarded me this account of an experience with FedEx that is almost identical to mine, including the phantom delivery and returning to sender.

Please, friends, never use FedEx.

Horked from dubhain:
( Alphamemery )

( Photo of my new, blue mini skirt )

No surprises here...

( What is my Perfect Major? )

( More likely Homeland Security )

Although this begs the question of why one would ever need such information (a question to which I have no good answer) Wikipedia once again comes through in the clinch.

( List of Smurfs )

This article complains that the following error message is "unprofessional":

try
{
/* SNIP: 15 lines */
}
catch
{
//How did this happen??
log.fatal("Aaaaarrrgghhhh");
}

Anti-pirate thinking like that caused global warming.

Believe!