Why did I not find out about this moronitude until now ( Read more... )

Americans know Bart better than 1st AmendmentMy coworker found this today. The gist of the article is that, in a random sampling of US citizens, far more could name all five Simpsons than could name more than three of the freedoms protected by the First Amendment. (The linked article only covers the "less than one percent" who can name all five, ( Read more... )

Happiness is discovering that, not only does the pan-Asian place near work have a buffet that includes fresh, yummy sushi and costs less than $10, but also that it's closer than most of the fast-food joints we end up going to all the time ( Read more... )

Seen on guitarboard.com ( Read more... )

There are a hundred little things I've set up over the last several years to make work easier. When someone makes large alterations to the computer, I get to reconstruct a whole lot of them from scratch ( Read more... )

Target Pharmacy makes me happy. Not only did they fill my prescription in 15 minutes on a Saturday afternoon-- the same prescription that took my local CVS 2 and a half hours to fill on a Thursday evening, but they actually gave me the non-childproof cap that I requested... something CVS hasn't managed to do any of the million and a half times I' ( Read more... )

I'm feeling far better than yesterday, though still not in top form. At least the headache and nausea are gone. Hurray! *coughhackcough ( Read more... )

Virginia's part-year income tax forms are arbitrarily and annoyingly complicated. I have never taken more than about forty-five minutes to do my taxes before (having no house, no dividents, and very few weird adjustments makes this possible), but Virginia's aneurism-inducing form 760PY just took me at least an hour and fifteen minutes ( Read more... )

Providing no commentation in your "example code" other than references to a ginormous Word document which does not display correctly in OpenOffice is an Abomination Unto Nuggan.

Where do I download the patch for a fidgety roommate who turns off the power strip with her feet without realizing it? Repeatedly?