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January 23rd, 2008
08:00 pm
Okay, bay area, enough is enough. Ten straight days of rain? Come on.
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April 29th, 2007
05:11 pm - oops.
Damn, I'm glad I'm not moving to the East Bay!
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April 14th, 2007
12:52 pm - scandal! shock! horror! moral outrage!
So now there's a New York Times article about the [self-righteous] indignation of people who express shock 'n outrage that Jon Corzine wasn't wearing a seat belt when his car crashed.
I quote:
Jon Rantzman, 67, of Walnut Creek, Calif., who posted a critical comment on the Empire Zone blog of The New York Times Web site, said in a phone interview: “A governor, any governor, should be a role model, not a scofflaw. How can we pass a law and fine the citizens of New Jersey for not doing something” that the governor “gets away with”?
Um...Mr. Rantzman? The governer didn't get away with it. He was critically injured in a horrible car crash.
It's not that I entirely disagree with those of you who are surprised that a governor would ride around without a safety belt. Yes, that was dumb. And yeah, it was also illegal. But you know what? I have bigger things to be morally indignant about. On the scale of political scandals, Jon Corzine's front seat habits just don't rate very high.
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September 16th, 2006
02:25 am - Darwin laughed.
Does anyone else find it sort of funny that the company supposedly responsible for the E. coli outbreaks is named Natural Selection Foods?
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September 15th, 2006
02:19 pm - help!
Problem solved.
Goddamn windows. Goddamn amazon seller.
So, I bought myself an very inexpensive secondhand scanner, since I need one for some of the freelance stuff I'm doing. The amazon seller's report mentioned nothing about compatibility problems, but now that I have the scanner (a Canon CanoScan FB630U) and its installation CD, I'm not able to install it on my computer, since, as the installation CD "oops, there's been a problem" menu informs me, this scanner was designed for Mac or for Windows 98, but not for Windows XP, which is what I have. (Please pardon the run-on sentence.)
The logical but highly annoying thing to do would be to box up the item and ship it back to the seller, who really should have made it clear on his/her page that this scanner wouldn't work for all computers. But I do need a scanner, and I don't have a lot of money, and I really would like to keep this one, if at all possible. Do any of you techie types out there have any suggestions? Is there some sort of marvelous driver I can download to fix my compatibility issue?
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September 12th, 2006
02:36 pm - What's playing at Loews?
I'd been meaning to post this photo. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cataptromancer and I spotted this rather surprising marquee a few weeks ago, on our way back from Coney Island.
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September 5th, 2006
01:34 pm
Oh, that's darkly amusing. Wikipedia's entry on stringrays is now locked due to vandalism.
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September 2nd, 2006
August 27th, 2006
August 20th, 2006
01:38 pm
I just returned from a week in paradise (also known as northeastern Vermont) with unugunu, qiafucked, friendlesswaif, and juliandc. Readjusting to city life isn't easy after seven days with this as your front yard:
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August 10th, 2006
09:53 pm
So what do you think all these airports are doing with passengers' discarded liquids and gels? If I hopped on the bus to LaGuardia, could I maybe stock up on free toiletries?
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August 9th, 2006
12:24 am - so precious on their little wheels
I veered dangerously close to purchasing a pair of pet mice this evening. Their names would have been Eloise and Mathilda.
As K. pointed out, buying mice in New York City seems rather ironic.
Note to self: Do not stop into pet stores on your way home unless absolutely necessary.
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May 9th, 2006
07:19 am - Whaaat?
From the New York Times:
Throughout its history, the C.I.A. has prided itself for its independence and flair,
and for a culture that values truth-telling and risk-taking over deference to authority.
Um...excuse me? The C.I.A.? Truth-telling? Throughout its history? What the fuck!?
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April 23rd, 2006
11:28 am
Silly me. There I was thinking that lapicide probably had something to do with killing bunnies, when actually it simply means stonecutter.
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April 18th, 2006
07:33 pm - book suggestions!
Help! I just zoomed through a couple P.D. James mysteries, followed by a healthy dose of Arthur Conan Doyle, and now I'm at a loss for what to read. I could use a break from crime-solving, but otherwise I'm open to any suggestions, fiction or non-fiction.
Read, get set, recommend.
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April 17th, 2006
April 5th, 2006
March 8th, 2006
February 27th, 2006
10:08 pm
For the truly desperate academic? Faculty positions in Afghanistan!
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