I have just registered for the US Selective Service. For those of you who don’t know, that’s the draft. Ya, I know, sucks, doesn’t it? I’ll leave you with this gem from the US SS website FAQ:
How does the Military Selective Service Act apply to individuals who have had a sex change?
Individuals who […]

So today I turned in the final copies of both my IB Extended Essay and my TOK Essay. The first is a long, 17 page, 4000 word (not including abstract or works cited) essay entitled “An examination of the effect of the Internet on free speech in the United States and throughout the world.” The […]

I know I haven’t posted lately. I just haven’t been in the mood to blog.
Here are some random thoughts for you, oh faithful readers:
The flames on the debian mailing lists have gotten ridiculous. Enough is enough guys. Drop it.
Calculus sucks
My laptop is dead
I am now a certified PADI Open Water Scuba Diver, having done my […]

In my last post, I said this:
The other big issue is the lack of an autosave, so that you can recover after a crash. My box locked up like it periodically does (I think I’ve finally traced the issue), and I lost about 3/4 of a page of the paper I had started.
Well, I was […]

Is there a linux word proccessor that doesn’t suck? For a while, I used OpenOffice.org’s oowriter, but it was really clunky and nothing was where I expected in the interface. Lately I’ve been using AbiWord which feels a lot nicer and is closer to what I’m used to, but it has a few flaws. For […]

From my friend Shannon:
Alcohol Over-pouring Caused by Short Glass Shapes, Marketing Prof Finds

Well, I’m writing a paper on the 20’s, and I was talking about how prohibition led to a rebellious nature that caused social change. I then switched to a more somber topic about organized crime and (completely unintentionally) used this transition:
“Prohibition had more sobering effects as well.”

(From Planet Debian)
This has to be the best blonde joke ever.

I realized I never finished my Hannukah list after the last night. I’ll repeat my list here, new items in bold, for those of you playing at home.
Scuba diving lessons (FUN!)
A mezzuzah necklace
A nice leatherman (multi-tool)
Clothes (A dress shirt, two pairs of slacks, 2 pairs of pajama pants, and a fleece jacket)
A leather jacket
A book […]

Happy New Years!