Wednesday 6 November 2002

Whoops! Here’s Father Tran, speaking for himself. This is the very homily he gave. He was very fiery and passionate, and made his point. 11:53:53 PM    comment []

Struggling with an editorial policy decision.... 11:13:22 PM    comment []

What was I saying? Right, BSD, Unix, Linux, Microsoft. Paul thought that Apples were for Microsoft-haters. Well, no, not really, Paul. As a Macintosh user since March (or was it May? Some month with an M.) of 1984, I remember the first iteration of Excel, a Lotus 1-2-3 competitor, as Microsoft Multiplan, with fondness. And the first programming language that I could type in and see results for on my own machine, rather than just dream up in my head and commit to paper and transfer to the school Apple IIe or Commodore 64 (POKE! PEEK!), was Microsoft Basic for Macintosh. 11:11:22 PM    comment []

In Washington a week and a half ago, Rev Tran spoke on this event, though perhaps not this passage, in the synoptic gospels: "...Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?" But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Show me a coin. Whose likeness and inscription has it?" They said, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." [Jesus, by way of Luke] In whose likeness am I stamped? Who has inscribed His Word on my heart? For a Catholic, it is not a privilege to vote, but a duty, just as it is a duty to obey the law and pay taxes (ugh!). It is a moral obligation that one must perform, even if it is only to vote for the lesser of two evils, to try to bring about the least objectionable outcome. Having done my bounden duty, knowing it is futile in the state where I live, still I had to add my voice, especially for those without a voice. 11:04:48 PM    comment []

Hm. Seems my clock is off again. I should remember to reset the clock when I travel back from the future. I think the time is correct now. I leave network time off when on site because I believe they block outside NTP ports for some reason. Must have been fiddling with the time in the meanwhile, but twelve hours off? I hope I don’t have to exercise that APP this soon. Then again, it would be nice to exercise it, considering that that’s the only thing I got for the $350 I spent, as I already have the complimentary TechTool. So even though it looks like no bloggage for yesterday, really there was. 10:59:13 PM    comment []

categories: Hostage to Crap

Whoever was looking for information about Rita Dove’s “Parsley,” it’s over here. Next time, young feller, do your homework earlier at night! And check the Google caches if it’s not on the front page. 12:02:42 PM    comment []

Paul Frankenstein points to Ms Spiers, Celebrity Stalker. I spit up my tea when I read the Franzen part. She did the same thing to me! It’s very disconcerting, as I noted then: Big smile. Silence. Er? Turn to other conversers to try to see if they said anything important while your own attempt to break away went nowhere; they’re still inanely chatting about how they want to annex Israel as the fifty-first state. Pfft. Look up wondering, is she still giving me a blank stare? Yep. Still giving him a blank stare. Well, she was certainly not admiring my meager readership (quantity, I mean, not quality; I would take you guys over any four-fifths of the [um, name really big blog here] readership, I swear I would). So I imagine she must have been admiring the free beer I won. 11:50:49 AM    comment []