February 2008
12 posts
Commute
Apparently, the planets aligned in such a way as to greatly increase the number of dumbasses on the highway this evening right around the time I was driving home. The stretch of I-95 that runs through New England has a pretty high population of dumbasses to begin with, but cosmic forces made tonight extra exciting. The procession included (but was not limited to):
A tanker truck who eschewed...
January 2008
6 posts
Buh-bye now →
Giuliani bows out, thankfully. NPR had a rather snarky commentary last night before the official announcement was made. It was pretty amusing.
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Grammar: affect vs effect →
I think I have a decent handle on the appropriate usage…it’s good to revisit it every so often though.
Starry
If I sit in just the right position, there are no less than 22 LEDs visible to me. If I wait 45 minutes, my monitor will power down, and the LEDs will be the only light source in the room. It’s good to know that once we pollute the atmosphere enough so that we’ll never be able to gaze upon real stars again, we can still experience twinkling points of light simply by sitting in our...