nuts

I’m tired of seeing my own writing at the top of the blog, so here’s something else to get tired of soon.

I’ve added a list of the last five songs I’ve listened to on last.fm down on the sidebar (waaay down, right now).

Is Gmail ever going to come out of Beta?

Remember when people would buy Gmail invites on ebay? I’ve got 100 right now. In each of five or six accounts. Anybody want one? (note: the answer is: WTF? You can just sign up on the web site, so why bother counting invites?)

We’re Not Gonna Take It is on the radio, and I remember as a kid thinking the “see me, feel me” part was all about sex. Now that I’m older? It sounds like a congressional campaign ad.

(you’re welcome)

When the Pirates malfunctions, the pirates don’t eat the tourists

Not that our military is stressed or anything, but check this out. Airplane gets loaded with cruise missiles, which were supposed to go to get destroyed, but apparently also had a free power-up to the nukyular variety.

Now watch as a thousand people scramble to cover their ass while two hundred politicians swear that it’s a ‘wake up call’ and call hearings and shit that will end up with somebody getting a Presidential Freedom Medal while they blame Iran.

First there’s this:

Six nuclear warheads on cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military officials have confirmed.

Then?

The crew was unaware that the plane was carrying nuclear weapons, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the extraordinary sensitivity and security surrounding the case.

and the kicker:

Military officials also say the missiles could not have been launched because of multiple security procedures required to be enacted before any launch would have been authorized.

Would those be at all like the multiple security procedures required to put nuclear missiles on a plane in the first place?

What a bunch of idiots.

I suppose it’s good for me

First, how about a Twainism:

We should be careful to get out of an experience all the wisdom that is in it — not like the cat that sits on a hot stove lid.

She will never sit down on a hot lid again — and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) American Author

There is that. Also, if you want whiny navel-gazing, read on…

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