today's collection of random
1. \o/ for Judge Walker and California!
2. /o\ for Google and Verizon signaling the beginning of the end of Net Neutrality.
3. Is anyone surprised that the USMC declined to embed Hastings with a unit in Afghanistan? I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, Hastings cannot be surprised. Didn't his momma ever tell him not to shit where he eats? Even if he were allowed to embed, does he really think anyone would be comfortable or trust him, and speak openly in his presence? But on the other, I think this was an opportunity for the USMC to take the high road, and say, "Look, we can heal the media/military relationship issues, and this is one step on the way," if they let him go as planned. (Plus, they've let a Rolling Stone reporter embed with them before, and although the brass were not particularly happy with the book that resulted, I don't remember there being a huge uproar at the time the articles came out. I actually subscribed to the paper form of the magazine back then.)
4. :DDDDDD I am tempted to skip work entirely, but I need to passage some cells and do some ordering and other paperwork before we head to the airport.
5. My half-sister is getting married at the Sandals in St. Lucia in March. I think that will be a prime opportunity for the first actual vacation we'll have taken since... since we went to Australia in 2007? OMG, that was a long time ago!
2. /o\ for Google and Verizon signaling the beginning of the end of Net Neutrality.
3. Is anyone surprised that the USMC declined to embed Hastings with a unit in Afghanistan? I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, Hastings cannot be surprised. Didn't his momma ever tell him not to shit where he eats? Even if he were allowed to embed, does he really think anyone would be comfortable or trust him, and speak openly in his presence? But on the other, I think this was an opportunity for the USMC to take the high road, and say, "Look, we can heal the media/military relationship issues, and this is one step on the way," if they let him go as planned. (Plus, they've let a Rolling Stone reporter embed with them before, and although the brass were not particularly happy with the book that resulted, I don't remember there being a huge uproar at the time the articles came out. I actually subscribed to the paper form of the magazine back then.)
4. :DDDDDD I am tempted to skip work entirely, but I need to passage some cells and do some ordering and other paperwork before we head to the airport.
5. My half-sister is getting married at the Sandals in St. Lucia in March. I think that will be a prime opportunity for the first actual vacation we'll have taken since... since we went to Australia in 2007? OMG, that was a long time ago!