An interesting night: Awakened around 1:10 by a small plane flying very low over the houses. Like a.... cropduster? Since this is a highly unusual thing to have happen, and since there's no problem that 1:10 a.m. can't make worse, it kinda freaked me out, and led to a series of very interesting dreams once I did fall back asleep. And now the questions: Credible threat? Pilot FUI? Do I feel flu-like? Do the dogs feel flu-like? Of all the streets in America, why this one? Is it safe to go outside? Did anybody report it?

If I don't post for a while.....

It means nothing. That would just be business as usual.
10/31/2001 05:41:52 AM

Stumbled across while looking for fonts: Maniackers Design Web Site.
10/26/2001 04:43:14 PM

This is truly unbelievable. The dogs have adjusted for the end of daylight saving time (just a tad early). It is 4 on the dot and they are lined up, doing the dinnertime stare at mom.
10/26/2001 04:03:56 PM

A picture every mile across America: Taken On The Road.
10/26/2001 05:49:36 AM

Yes, I must get a Handspring, if only to make your holiday shopping so much easier.
10/24/2001 06:06:11 AM

Classic example of a plan just not being thought through.
10/23/2001 08:56:23 AM

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. A former employer has just sent me 14 pages of legalese to inform me that upon my retirement, they're going to give me ... wait ... let's recap my career at this particular employer. Eight years, how many bosses? Nine? Working six days a week, virtually every holiday, hours round the clock depending on who got fired, daily uncertainty, dental claims that went underpaid until somebody sued, a building with external doors that had hinges on the outside, so that anyone with a screwdriver and half an ounce of sense could have broken into the place at any time of day or night, dealing with co-workers who threw up peach schnapps into the equipment, co-workers who didn't show up at all, dozens of other repressed (for good reason) memories. Ready? They're going to pay me a maximum of $46.02 a month on which to retire. Of course, that's only if I decide to screw you, dear husband, out of your share... if you don't sign that notarized affadavit that lets me off the hook, you'll get the princely sum of $21.77 (after I die), and I'd have to squeak by on $43.53. What's that, the cable bill? It is today. Since I like to think I'm a few years off from retirement, we can rest assured that in our old age, we will be able to afford, possibly, three cans of cat food a month. One for you, one for me, the dogs can share.
10/22/2001 07:14:06 PM

The perils of eating at my desk everyday: I just turned over and shook out my keyboard. I'm really glad I did that and not somebody else. Optional lunchtime game: Name that crumb.
10/22/2001 12:18:59 PM

Backup CNN question for bin Laden: What is your problem, dude?
10/18/2001 05:50:44 AM

Times really are tough: I just got back from the store, where a significant number of people -- actually, just women -- were there only to buy a balloon or flowers for Boss's Day. Deliver me from working for any supervisor who doesn't see right through Boss's Day.
10/16/2001 08:43:17 AM

All the geeks are keeping Things to Say When You're Losing a Technical Argument handy.
10/15/2001 12:14:47 PM

Oh, hey, I forgot to link to the Dottie Award winners.
10/15/2001 07:34:40 AM

Wow, all the way up to 677. And someday, 1Ghz. Speed does matter.
10/15/2001 07:19:14 AM

Heard the latest Rush Limbaugh joke? Neither has he.
10/14/2001 02:21:14 PM

A site for folks in need of wider horizons: Cousin Couples.
10/14/2001 02:09:06 PM

At this, uh, truly amazing site, you can learn things like Osama bin Laden is actually an employee of the CIA.
10/13/2001 01:58:43 PM

Salon has served up the biggest pile of horseshit I've ever seen on their site. Rail against Microsoft all you want, I don't care -- I still manage to read /. without taking a bat to my machine, but jeez, at least have half a clue about what you're talking about. Salon is charging for articles now. This one was free and not worth half the price.
10/8/2001 04:59:06 PM

Okay, look. I haven't been paying much attention here, what with the world exploding, work (indirectly related to the world exploding), my 'real' sites, and trying to find something with dots to wear Thursday. Normally I don't just link things found on other blogs, but if it weren't for The Bradlands pointing me to JedBartlet.com and Jish sending me off to The Matwix, you'd be looking at even less.
10/6/2001 05:09:41 PM

I love it when God speaks through The Onion.
10/5/2001 08:58:11 PM