So, I tried to go entirely wireless this evening, and I totally failed.
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There is currently a massive human rights travesty going on in Burma. It began when thousands of Buddhist monks staged peaceful protests in which they walked in public and prayed for peace. The Burmese military smashed these protests, beat and defrocked the monks, and tossed them into jail. Students and other monks took up the . . . → Read More: Burma I talked at the Greythumb meeting in Cambridge on Monday. Here are my slides. Yes, it’s a 30MB PDF. For the past two days, neither CNN nor the New York Times web sites have had coverage of the ongoing disaster in Burma. Monks defrocked and imprisoned, protesters shot, and so on. Did all that shit just get peacefully resolved, or what? I got all upset because it was happening, and then *poof* … . . . → Read More: Burma The movers asked if they could use “booter” to prop the door open. I looked over, and they were pointing at my little buddha statue, from the garden. I said “sure.” I’m sure that booter won’t mind. The die is cast. We have keys to the apartment. The cats are ensconced, and pissed off. Maia, in particular, was hiding *under* the fleece in the bottom of her kitty carrier. She popped out, made a circuit of the guest room (where they are staying for the acclimation period), and went back in the . . . → Read More: Movers 21.7 million pounds of meat recalled TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria and may have sickened more than a dozen people in eight states. Topps said it was recalling 21.7 million pounds of . . . → Read More: Mmmmmmmmm Some words of comfort came out of my mouth while getting ready to face the day. redmed found them amusing: When the movers leave, and you have to get in the car to drive to the new apartment, don’t think of it as saying goodbye to this house. We have not even gotten one goddamn . . . → Read More: Words of comfort I feel like I ought to post something here, but there’s not much to say. Actually, there’s plenty to say … but I don’t feel like saying it. * Work is going well. We had an “all hands” meeting yesterday that was remarkably effective. We designed content and menu bars for our new website. By . . . → Read More: Blog |
