Ooooh! Pack up the car,

Ooooh! Pack up the car, we're going to Algona, to see the world's biggest Chee-to! I can't believe some "journalist" spent his time on this article, is there no "real" news to report today? And really, why would you want a giant Chee-to? Every time I eat them, I feel like Midas, because whatever I touch for the rest of the day turns a tasty golden orange. Cool Ranch Doritos are better, not as messy, and it gives you a superpower: Toxic Breath.

Wow, this is America? Talk

Wow, this is America? Talk about free speech violation, this lawyer was arrested for wearing a T-Shirt that read "Give Peace A Chance" in a local mall. The kicker, is that he bought the shirt at said mall. Okay, now, he is guilty of trespassing, if he refused to leave the mall when asked, as it's private property. But, why did they ask him to remove his shirt? As I read the article, he could have stayed in the mall, if he removed the shirt, which must mean that it was his shirt which was offensive, not his actions, so I don't buy the mall's line about him being "disruptive".

Anyone want to buy the

Anyone want to buy the farm? John's selling his beloved homestead, act now, and get chickens free! I'd buy it under the following conditions:

1. I got a tech job at ISU, paying at least $45K/year, and that job did not suck. 2. I could get cable modem/DSL/high speed wireless service there (not satellite, too much latency!).

But, since I'm doubting either one of those is going to happen any time soon, he'll have to find another sucker. :)

I have a shiny new

I have a shiny new iMac sitting on my desk now at work. Too bad I don't get to keep it. It's a tricked-out machine, with a 17" LCD, 1Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, SuperDrive, Bluetooth, AppleCare, the works! It's a sexy little machine, I didn't know how I'd react to the wide aspect ratio display, but I like it, a lot. However, the mouse is an abomination. I tried to use it, after half an hour I yanked it out of the keyboard and dug up a Microsoft mouse. I don't know what retarded designer at Apple thinks that piece of crap mouse is something that anyone would enjoy using for an extended period of time, but they should be fired, then beaten with all unused mice that people have sitting in drawers, because they can't tolerate them.

That said, I love the machine, it's going to the end-user soon, I'm just whipping up some documentation, and doing some testing on it first. SPSS 11 loads s-l-o-w-l-y on it, but everything else is quite snappy.