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Hoo boy, here we go again.

Today Bush was asked about the situation in Iran, and he responded, “As I say, all options are on the table. The use of force is the last option for any president and you know, we’ve used force in the recent past to secure our country.”

My immediate response was twofold:

1) “Secure our country”? How on earth did the invasion of Iraq secure American soil?

2) As if Iraq isn’t enough of a bottomless pit of disaster, we’re going to add Iran to the mix?

After a moment of reflection, however, the answer presented itself.

3) Bush lives in a different reality than I do.

“Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.”

— Albert Einstein

“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Now there’s some fun reading!

Saudi Arabia has crowned a new king, and a high-powered delegation from the United States went over to pay its respects. Vice President Cheney, former President Bush, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell gave obesance to the new king of oil.

Samuel Bodman, Secretary of Energy, perhaps said it best:

“As the world’s largest producer and as the world’s largest consumer, our two countries have a special relationship. We are, at least in certain respects, partners.”

That’s right. America, self-righteous and self-proclaimed defender of freedom and liberty, is a partner with one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet. In my mind, only China and North Korea are worse. The treatment of women in the Saudi Kingdom is deplorable.

But hey, they’ve got gas! Buddies! Pals!

Windows Vista continues to lose features. Today’s chopping block includes Monad, the virus-enabled command shell no different than a dozen other Unix shells. Good riddance. Of course, with all the other things being cut or “delayed”, it’s becoming harder for Microsoft to figure out a way to convince their customers that upgrading to Vista is worth the time and (let’s face it) hassle.

This is all summed up quite nicely in a post from Slashdot:

So that leaves Vista with the following features I guess:

– Slick ‘Vista’ wallpaper
– DRM to protect the wallpaper

Rock on!

“If you are not part of the solution, you are precipitate.”

— Gus Calabrese

“Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we’ve been bombing over the years been complaining?”

— George Wallace

Just when you thought you’d never find another federally-funded research study or graduate program that gave stupidity a new name, along comes Amanda Griffiths. She’s working hard on her Ph.D., eagerly awaiting the chance to defend her thesis, which is on the topic of… you guessed it…

… air guitar.

(Actual photo of Amanda.)

Laralee was at Vitamin Cottage (an organic and super-granola store) today and overheard a customer ask one of the employees:

“Where can I find the organic Jello?”