The last panel says it all.

Jim Baen of Baen Books died yesterday.

http://www.david-drake.com/baen.html

I hate Myspace.

That is all.

Car's brakes finally work.

Given that it was on 3/28 that they went out (at the corner of Howe and Folsom, just to give you an idea of how far I had to drive without them...), I am in yet another state of 'finally! Woohoo!'

Now to get the door and shocks fixed...You know, the problems I actually knew about when I bought the car...

Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children rocks.

So...apparently between a bit of an error when running a program, compounded by not rebooting right away, I managed to hose several important folders (like a good portion of the "Program Files" folder...). At least, that's what I think happened. While much of the important programs have been restored, I do not have access to several system ( Read more... )

So, one of the things I've been doing this semester is observing at schools. One teacher I talked to gave a piece of good advice. He told me to write down the ten things I HATED teachers doing...and then never do them ( Read more... )

I would like to start carrying around a baseball bat. And any time someone utters any of the following phrases, I would use said bat to beat any such inclinations out of them. Maybe I should hire the Narn Bat Squad#1: "Rules are meant to be broken ( Read more... )

Two rules of classical music:
1) Anyone who says there's a composer out there better than Bach, Beethovan, or Mozart is full of shit.
2) Any discussion of Wagner (the person, not nessesarily the music) that does not mention how much of an asshole he was is incomplete.

http://www.last.fm/

Pandora has an effective life of about 2 weeks. This works a little better. I might go back to either and play around for a bit, but I'm a bit busy with school and watching the Farscape DVDs I borrowed from a friend.