Author: cosmo

Yesterday the White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino, was giving a teleconference and mentioned that global warming and associated climate changes are actually a good thing.

Puzzled, one of the reporters in the crowd asked her:

Her answer is stupendous in its stupidity.

So she’s saying that because some people die of the cold, having the entire planet get warmer would help those people! Yaaaay! Go global warming!

“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”

— Jeannette Rankin

“Only God can make a tree… probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.”

— Woody Allen

Yesterday it was sunny and 80 degrees: a gorgeous fall day.

This morning it was 30 degrees and snowing hard.

They were the big, fun, fluffy flakes. Naturally since it’s been so mild lately, the snow melted immediately when it hit the ground.

But then it got really weird: in early afternoon the clouds cleared, the sun shone… and still it snowed.

I took a picture of it, but unfortunately you can’t really see the flakes (they were much smaller than earlier). You can see some teensy white dots in the top half of this photo. It was a clear blue sky– some clouds on the horizon– and the snow was falling.

Awesome.

Stephen Colbert officially announced his candidacy for President today. He’s got my vote, and doubly so if Jon Stewart runs as his Vice-President.

This cracked me up because it’s exactly how I felt when I set up dual flatscreen monitors.

One of my clients sends me checks in unmarked envelopes, and happens to use the same font as the IRS (who also sends unmarked envelopes, and has a service center in Dallas like my client).

So I get letters like this in the mail and I’m not sure if it’s a check or bad news from the Gov. Luckily today was a good day.

Kyra had a school assignment to list the ten greatest inventions of all time. Her list was pretty awesome:

cars
It’s quicker to get places than walking and biking.

electricity
It helps us to see better than lanterns or candles.

telephone
To help communicate without having to go to that person’s house.

television
To be able to know what’s going on, like the weather.

thermometer
If you can’t go into a certain heat.

sewing machine
Easier to sew than by hand.

markers
Colors that are dark and permanent.

elastics
Tie your hair up in different styles.

light bulb
To let light come in, not being too bright.

magnets
Attach things to your refrigerator.

According to my calendar software, today is World Poetry Day.

I have no idea what that means, or how we’re supposed to celebrate it, but maybe I’ll go dig up a copy of The Lay of Leithian or something. (No, that’s not a dirty poem.)

I have a terabyte of storage on my main (home) data server, and it’s almost full. It’s funny– a few years ago when people said “terabyte” the natural reaction was “that’s more space than you’ll ever be able to use!” Now it’s practically commonplace in the server world.

Clearly I need a bigger hard drive.