Non death things

Aaaaaaaaand we’re back to our regularly scheduled non “meaningless death of a friend of the family” related programming.

First off, we have the Japanese training for a level 3 furry outbreak. TOKYO, Feb 21: A zoo employee dressed as an escaped mock gorilla tries to attack visitors during a training exercise at Ueno Zoo February 21, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Under the assumption that a big earthquake could happen at any time in Tokyo, the training is conducted for zoo staff in how to capture animals and lead the visitors to safety. (Koichi Kamoshia/Getty Images)

The car dealership called today. Apparently we need to write them a check for $1,900 because they forgot to include sales tax in the figure that they gave us. The question is: “why do I care?” The answer is that they have not yet submitted the registration because they realized their mistake when they noticed that (wait for it…) they had also forgotten to collect the $20 check that goes to the DMV. I was present for the conversation. Sales tax was certainly discussed. I need to look at the paperwork to see if my “they’re trying to shaft you” instincts are misfiring here. Remember, never assume malice when incompetence will suffice.

Also, I’ve been fighting with the stupid filesystem again. I had to open port 69 on the firewall so that TFTP could run. Does it never end?