I'm planning on going to Target after work and stocking up for the next 10 to 20 years or so.

Polaroids are no more.

So I keep staring at this map of Orange County. I'm rather close to the fire, but on the backside, so I'm not in any real danger. But I think about where I used to live and the little arrow pointing to it, and it's scary. I hope all you folks in San Diego are okay and you're welcome to stay with me if you need to. Of course, if you actually ( Read more... )

To whom it may concern:

My back hurts.

Thank you.

-The management

"I just think I'm ready to use a device where each application was designed by people who seem to talk to one another on occasion. " -- Tycho Brahe

I don't know why I feel this need to post this here, but I was just talking to a friend and I got a little pissed off. So here is lesson time with me ( Read more... )

I rarely use this space for political commentary or the like, but this piece of news is something special.

To summarize: The government can read your mail.

How great is that?

Speaking of making my ears bleed, please for the love of all that is good, don't listen to or let your loved ones listen to the Nelly Furtado song "Maneater". Please.

So I was really excited about the Marshmallow shooter I saw earlier in the holiday season, but I have quickly abandoned that for this. The link I saw to it described it as a good way to teach about object oriented code, which someone how makes it sound boring. The truth is that had this existed when I was a kid, rather than just steal it from my ( Read more... )

So I was wiki-ing, in a successful procrastination attempt and discovered that Neil Gaiman is the son of a rather prominent Scientologist. Which of course leads to the speculation that he, himself is also a scientologist. People have "proof" that he ran a chapter in former years.

I find the whole thing completely bizarre.

I think if I were living a different life, I'd get a giant tattoo of the London Underground on my back. The only question would be if I should get it updated every time the tube gets updated...

In other news, I made myself a Kaboodle for Christmas, but to save you time and effort, I'll quickly summarize: I want large blocks of Scharffen Berger ( Read more... )