Oh, yeah, so I'm a sysop on Wikipedia, now, or something.I'm predicting that Arnold's going to crush Angelides, in the gubernatorial election. The Dems depleted their war chest, too much, last election, and while they had some good victories to show for it, their funds are too far gone, and their candidates were all watered down and blown to pieces ( Read more... )

This has been the strangest day in recent memory.I woke up at seven, this morning. I guess that's not too unusual. Except that I woke up at about one or two in the afternoon, yesterday, and not much different the day before. You get the picture. Wandered out, did some stuff online, went back to bed for a bit until Ashley visited; then we went and ( Read more... )

This update is, for reasons I can't decide, dedicated to the five-year-old girl in the store who, per the song she was singing and dancing to, could show me how to "dip it low" and "make [my] man sing."So. Ash has been out for a week, and I've spent the vast majority of my time without any internet access (not over yet). That's made for some ( Read more... )

I now speak a wee bit of Irish slang!

"Man, I'd love to curb that oil rigger, but I'd get in serious barney."

The gauntlet...So I was getting ready for work, this morning, and I knew I'd never make it through the day without a little jolt -- I could feel as much from my head to my toes. So. I broke into the cupboard, and saw two options: some cruddy generic French Roast, or some African Kenya Something Something Bold from Starbucks. Guess which one I ( Read more... )

The box office clerk was not amused when I asked for "Two to the one with Tom Hanks and bad hair, please."

Sometimes, people can really suck. It takes so much effort to build, to gather up a small corner of happiness in this world, yet it's so easy to destroy. Even the best house of cards can be toppled by just a few whispered words ( Read more... )

Ramble to the max.

I wrote this at least a year ago, I think. Found it while digging through old files. It's changed the way I look at quite a few things -- mainly how I make some decisions, but also sometimes even how I look at morality or the meaning of life. So, I figured it'd be worth a post.

( The Philosophy of Value )

Those doggone mp3s!

I keep thinking of something I posted on a forum just shy of two years ago -- April 6, 2004, to be exact. ( Here's an excerpt. )

Evanescence - HelloPlayground schoolbell rings again ( Read more... )