"Madonna of the Yarnwinder," believed to have been painted in the first decade of the 16th century, was taken from Drumlanrig castle in southern Scotland at around 6 a.m. EDT. CNN.com - Da Vinci theft at Scottish castle - Aug. 27, 2003
As the article points out, how would you ever sell it? And I hope the person in charge of security for the exhibit has been sacked.
My mom tipped me off about Allegiant Air yesterday, they're a low-cost airline flying mostly to Vegas from various cities, including Des Moines! You can get a round trip ticket for as low as $99, but I don't think I want to visit Vegas in August.
I'm pooped today, I worked a 12 hour day yesterday, staying late to help some of the Resnet crew clean up after the Blaster worm that's causing problems in the dorms. Only 2 of the residence halls at UNI have internet access right now, as every student computer has to be manually checked, cleaned, and patched before the building is allowed on the campus network. Did I mention they aren't air conditioned? So, I spent about 3.5 hours going door to door on a floor full of freshman girls, which might sound good in theory, but at that point all I wanted to do is go home and sleep.
I really enjoy how some faculty don't even bother to go look at the room they're going to be teaching in for the semester until the first day of classes. Then they inevitably freak out, because they've been assigned to a room that doesn't have a projector/computer/vcr/dvd setup in it, and now it's an emergency, because they've planned their whole semester around that. Guess who has to come up with a solution? The Scheduling office? The Faculty member? The Dean's Office? Or The Computer Guy? Yeah...the computer guy...
It's the first day of the fall semester, here at UNI. It's supposed to reach 92°F today, so it's toasty warm, and crowded on campus. I've already been asked directions by freshmen at least 5 times. So far, the highlight of my day was watching a Goth chick, wearing too much makeup and far too many black clothes for the heat, strutting her stuff all tough, then getting nailed by a sprinkler that's watering the new sod. Her "cooler than thou" atttitude was completely destroyed.
