Month: February 2007

Yesterday, while waiting for the bus, I had a terrible compulsion. There was no one around; traffic along that stretch of Mt. Auburn was clear because the lights at both ends were holding it. There was a pile of snow right next to me, left by Monday’s brief morning precipitation, and since it was near…

While I am disappointed by the probable cancellation of Studio 60, other TV was pretty good this week. I enjoyed BSG, what with its focus on real-world social issues; Heroes was enjoyable because it filled in a lot of holes in the conspiracy; and The Black Donnellys was intriguing enough that I will give it…

Okay, I admit it – I like reading American Scientist on the T in part to be seen as the kind of person who would read American Scientist on the T.

I DVR Nova every week, but I tend to let it sit in the queue for weeks at a time while staying caught up with other series. I’m finishing up an episode about an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, and one of their experts gets the title bar “Benedict Allen, Polar Explorer”. I don’t…

During the prayers of the congregation today, I found out that the cousin of a member was killed in action in Iraq last week. Since I do not personally know anyone who is active duty, two degrees of separation is about as close as I’m going to get. I believe he was pretty close to…

To all of you property owners out there: either (a) learn how to clear a sidewalk properly or (b) hire a competent snow removal service. Salt is not a magical ice-removing substance; it requires certain temperature ranges to work, and you need to actually, you know, spread it. On top of that, shoveling the snow…

Given the amount of snot coming out of my skull as we speak, I can only conclude that I am finally manifesting my mutant powers, and they happen to be mucus-based. Just wait until I can snare villains at 50 yards with booger nets. Now that that grossitude is over and done with, I will…

The T whipped out the ancient electric buses tonight, I guess because they assumed that bad things would happen with the ice and didn’t want to beat up the new buses they got last year. I didn’t even know they kept the old ones around. I guess the motors don’t really go bad, or anything,…

Today, the monitor upgrade chain finally reached down to my level, and I got my brand new DVI-D 21″ LCD. SO PRETTY. This, of course, improves my workflow… by… uh… making the code… clearer?