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This plane is a better dancer than I am. I’m amazed that it can just float there and hover like that. I want one now.

Cripes! What do you suppose the chances are that I won’t be acutely aware of Justin’s Rattlesnake Bite story the next time I go hiking? Seriously, I was overly aware of looking for snakes before, and that was when I thought that snakes would mostly try to avoid humans if possible. Justin says he was just sitting there with his arm dangling. The Pictures are absolutely horrifying.

How is it possible that Donald Rumsfeld still has a job in this government. Actually, I’m not even sure why Bush still has a job, but the country spoke, and we get the government we deserve I guess.

What was I saying? Oh yeah, Rumsfeld. Well, how about a little: Donald Rumsfeld Orders Breakfast at Denny’s. It was written back in 2003, but it’s saddly just as timely as ever.

I found Anatomy of a Software Bug to be fascinating. Now, I’m a bit of a geek, but I think most people would be interested in this in a detective story kind of way.

It basically walks the reader through an error in an old version of Microsoft Word and explores some of the differences in the Windows and Mac versions of Word. It’s really very interesting.

What if… presents a series of ethical thought experiments.

I was kind of turned off when I read the first thought experiment which was really transparent. However, the second twist on the trolley experiment was interesting. I think I can rationalize my choices, but even still, I feel like I’m less consistent in my thinking that I normally am. That’s really interesting to me.

This morning, I was watching TV, and I saw an ad for Gummy vitamins. I think that is brilliant. In fact, I rewound the TiVo just to make sure I really saw what I thought I saw.

However, as genius an idea as that seems to me, it pales in comparison to the Carma* Sutra for Gummy Bears.

Thank you internet.

In a mirror universe where up is down and left is right, President Bush reads speeches written by children. Zoe Baker’s is my favorite.

Mmmmmmm…. Steak: Argentina On Two Steaks A Day makes me want to pack my bags and my knife and fork jump on a plane.

It’s true. I think I have to go to Argentina now. But first, maybe another trip to Samba, which is Brazilian rather than Argentinean, but still dang tasty and requires a quick car trip instead of a passport and plane tickets.

Man, and all this time, I’ve been creating manual groupings for my pivot tables. How on earth did I miss that Excel will do that for me? Doh!

Excel Tips and Techniques

BlackBoxVoting has completed log analysis of 40 touch screen voting machines in Florida and found multiple problems. They don’t go so far as to label it voter fraud yet, but I do.

Proof of Vote Fraud in 2004 Florida Election. Don’t accept this America!