Monthly Archives: June 2004

In Memoriam

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

— Ronald Reagan

“When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future.”

— Ronald Reagan

With great thanks, we remember former President Ronald Reagan, our fortieth president who did so much for this nation. He will be remembered for all time for his undying support and love for the nation he once represented.

Randomnessity

  1. Our peephole exists again. Yay.
  2. All that’s left now is evaluations on Tuesday and then I’m gettin’ the Hell out of Dodge.
  3. Fear the packing skills of girls.
  4. If you’ve never seen Reduced Shakespeare Company and you call yourself a literary muse, shame on you.

That is all.

Your Computer May Be Hazardous To Your Health

After Wired announces that your computer is bad for you because of certain toxins left over after manufacturing processes, I predict the following two possible responses:

a) “Okie dokie, then.”
b) “WE’RE ALL GUNNA DIE! WE’RE ALL GUNNA DIE!”

And, possibly,

c) “I run Linux. I’m immune to your propaganda.”

Now, am I better off because I use a laptop as my primary machine, or does that just make it worse? I admit to having three desktops at home, at least two of them reasonably old, with one of them having just been upgraded to a new case and motherboard. Hmm, how many toxins have I inhaled in the last few minutes…

Hodgepodge

In case anyone was wondering how to feed people over at Google, here’s what it takes. Seesh. Anyone want to feed an army?

In the continuing saga of the adaptation of alternate energy technologies, another page has turned. I’ve written before about hybrid cars, but I’ve never mentioned biodiesel, a substance usually made out of cooking oil. Wired reports that the number of biodiesel stations nationwide has grown. This is great, since it continues to increase the amount of options drivers have over petroleum. A number of bus companies — the one I know of being Intercity Transit here in Olympia — have adopted biodiesel fuel for a cleaner fleet.

In other news, Linux is having a tough time in Iraq, which some contend is a bad thing, since it means that Iraq may spend millions of dollars to maintain its information technology resources that it could commit elsewhere. I find this an interesting argument, considering that Iraq is just now forming a new interim government who will likely look to keep costs low while the country stabilizes.

Stupid Evergreen Students, Part II

Current Music: the ben taylor band – famous among the barns – rain

It’s as if the Gods smiled upon me and decided to offer me pristine proof when I said Evergreen students were damn stupid. I take it back. It’s not that Evergreen students are stupid — it’s that they’re really damn freaking stupid, to the point where my incredulity can’t take it anymore.

I got back from Bellingham at about 6PM and was talking to Amanda’s grandmother when she pointed out that our peephole seemed to be a little broken. Well, yeah, it was broken — one part of it was hanging out the inside of the door.

Excuse me, it wasn’t broken, it was stolen. Yes, that’s correct, someone took our peephole. More accurately, they took the part of the peephole that sticks to the outside of the door and provides the privacy barrier so that people can’t see into the room. WHAT THE HELL DOES ANYONE ON THIS CAMPUS NEED A HALF OF A PEEPHOLE FOR?!?

So our peephole is now a peephole in that people can see in as well as out. Well, that would be the case if I hadn’t temporarily taped the peephole shut until we can get Facilities to fix the damn thing.

I’m just waiting for lightning to strike me twice.