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It seems that every few months, people act surprised that Theo and djb are right assheads. Peckerito dug up an old article that reminds us what happens with the irresistable force meets the immovable object.

One thing that I'm missing with my current gig is the fury of unsubstantiated debate. Everyone here is so unassertive that it feels like kicking a puppy when I act the least bit aggressive. I miss having fights with friends at work and alarming coworkers.

For some daft reason, Mercedes stereos have a cassette tape-based head unit. Sure, I bought the cd changer option, but it's in the glovebox, out of arm's reach, and anyway, the changer caddy is rather a pain to work with. As it stands, it's impossible to play CDs upon demand, especially while driving. I've heard they've rectified this for the 2005 model year, approximately 15 years later than one would have expected.

Anyway, I thought,"Hey, iPod, they have those FM transmitters that probably work ok, since they've had over twenty years to perfect the technology since Mr. Microphone gave kids everywhere a way to put staticky ghost voices on an FM radio in the same room."

Today marked the second anniversary of our hitchedness. I did some quick math, and, of that time, we have lived together for approximately nine months. We were married in 2002, and three days after returning to the US after the wedding and honeymoon, I left for Indianapolis and NYC for six months. About a month after I left, Kat moved to DC to start law school.

I joined her in DC for about six months, when she left to study in Budapest and Prague, and to work on the UN HRC. Just when she returned, I started flying to Minnecrapolis every week, racking up 2-3 days/week at home.

Here, have a tree, too.

Nothing today. I just stumbled across the picture of this little guy when cleaning out some of my old junk in iPhoto.

I read the following from the regexp2 module for ACL.

• The new matcher uses Perl syntax, and is nearly feature compatible with Perl. Only a few obscure features have not been implemented.
• Speed: the new matcher was designed to be fast. On the CL-PPCRE test suite (with 1600+ tests) it is on average 30% faster than Perl.

Of course, the smartarse in me immediately responds,"What, the useful few obscure features?" I think every regexp feature in Perl can be called "obscure" by some party.

Note to self: no matter how much "I'm gay and counterculture," you hear from the guy cutting your hair, the following is apparently inappropriate on the east coast:

WOMAN AT NEXT STATION: You have to make sure they only use their mouths for eating.

WOMAN CUTTING HAIR AT NEXT STATION: Hmm

W.A.N.S.: You have to discipline them right away. Also, only pet them as a reward, don't get in the habit of always petting.

WEST COAST PERVERT: I hope she's talking about dogs.

Whilst my bon mot did not have the result I expected, which was something along the lines of a smirk and a chuckle, it did have the otherwise-potentially-useful side effect of shutting everyone up for a few minutes.

I stumbled across this monster on the way to the bank this afternoon. It's hard to tell, but it's sitting on a sidewalk made of "normal" sized bricks. He (or she) was about 3"+ long, which is way too big for a bug out in the wild, or at least the non-wilds of which I am an inhabitant.

Edit: Thanks to goose, I have learned that this is an adult hellgrammite, or dobson fly.

Nonetheless, considering the kind of art Kurtz practices and the kind of supplies he uses, "I could see how they would think it was really strange."

For instance: the mobile DNA extracting machine used for testing food products for genetic contamination. Such a machine was in Kurtz's home. His focus, in recent years, has been on projects that highlight the trouble with genetically modified seeds.

Annual Data Sources

I have a TOTO in each of our bathrooms. They're the low-middle models, and their only real features are about 3000000kpa of flushing power, and the magical soft-close lid and seat. Those two features alone have ruined me for conventional toilets. If I had the new TOTO Neorest, I'd never be able to potty away from home again.

Getting old means that nothing in your hotel room is better than what you have at home. The bed isn't softer, the couch isn't more napful, the tv isn't bigger or brighter, the shower and bathroom aren't more...marbly, etc. etc.

The only thing here "better" than at home is the leather furniture. Leather chaises longues wouldn't last long with the cats.

Every week, I'm ready to go home earlier and earlier.

Back in Le Merde in Minneapolis. They've fixed a lot of the problems I've had with this place before. The crappy plasmas now have a decent video-on-demand system, so you can see The Last Disembowelment Of Christ from the comfort of the fluffy bed. Valet also had my car ready when I went down, which was also a pleasant change.

But enough of that. This South Park riff on 'The Aristocrats' is the funniest thing I've seen this week. Peeing my pants I am.

We took a trip down to the Luray Caverns where they are, apparently, researching new high-density optical storage. I didn't see any HD-DVDs for sale, but we couldn't find our way back to that department, apparently.

On the way back, we didn't really want to spend another afternoon driving up Highway 29, after driving up and down it on the way to Monticello when my parents were here, and up it today. Kat decided that we should try the Skyline Drive which, we discovered, had a $10 fee. I think it was intended for people who were interested in stopping along the way, rather than just looking for a quicker way back to civilisation.

Film at 11.

I buy cars with turbos, I take out the old turbo, insert a new bigger fatter one, I make sure my chip is up to date and I charge that turbo with higher pressure then recommended. I get the fattest rims and accessories I can affoard.I want cutting edge and I hope gentoo keeps balancing stability with cutting edge. See I like the freedom that gentoo will provide me with. Instead of saying "my way or download it yourself", they say "my way or just simply unmask it or make your own ebuild etc".