There are days I think I should include a table of contents with these things :-). It’s been a crazy two days, so here are some various thoughts:

***I hate Desktop Replacement time. This is something that periodically happens here at work when you are informed your computer is too old, and you’re the lucky winner of a new one. Now, the company ( Read more... )

Because I've been walking at lunch, I haven't had the chance to assemble news chum. But here are some articles that caught my eye:

• From the “Step away from the keyboard” Department: Ever wonder about Geek Squad and Best Buy? Here’s an explanation about why they are the most important part of Best Buy.
  
  
• From the “Up the Down Staircase” Department: ( Read more... )

First. I have a new boardgame: The Broadway Game. Now to find some people and two hours to play it.

Second. There’s a new element in town: 112 Copurnicum Copernicium.

1. One thing I forgot to mention in my review of Mary Poppins: When they were singing "Feed the Birds" and spreading the imaginary breadcrumbs over the orchestra pit, I was thinking "Feed the Musicians..."
   
   
2. We had a White Elephant gift exchange at work today. It's no fun when you end up with the gift you gave last year.
   
   
3. In other security news: Santa' ( Read more... )

(1) I listened to "Inna Gadda Da Vida" about 5 times today. I'm beginning to think it is a transcendental song, just like pi.

(2) Everyone who walks into my office compliments me on the layout and how much space there is. However, my new office is *smaller*. I wonder what impression my office was giving before?

Today’s lunchtime news reading has been light, so I’ve been thinking.... always a dangerous thing.... My recent review of history (triggered by going through my dad’s photo albums), combined with friend rediscovery, has reminded me how I am in many ways quite an anomaly in my surroundings ( Read more... )

A question that came up in a hallway discussion: “Is it better to be a good bad witch, or a bad good witch?”

• Item The First. We Has New TV. Well, actually, we has old hotel TV. Let me explain. Our main TV was a 27" JVC TV that we got around 1999 after our old house was burgled. In the last few months, it had an odd problem: the top of the image seemed aimed down (i.e., we had a black bar just at the top), and the real top of the image was reflected upside ( Read more... )

• The Los Angeles Times has an interesting article on how “Super Tuesday” will be close. Hopefully, race won’t be a factor, for in South Carolina, it appears that white voters supported ‘Hil, and black voters supported ‘Bama. Andy Tanenbaum said it best over at Electoral-Vote: if Obama is to win, the battle must be characterized as “youth” vs. “old ( Read more... )

• For some reason, I’ve been very hesistant to connect my iPod to iTunes today. I hope it syncs when I do finally connect it.
  
  ETA: Hmmm, others are having a freezing problem... yup, seems to be a 7.6.0.29 problem
  
  
• We took this afternoon off to visit Universal Hollywood. They are now using a fingerprint reader for annual pass holders. I was curious ( Read more... )