I'm happy to report that I've finally finished my video project, the chore that has sucked up all of my free time over the last three weeks. It's not perfect -- there are plenty of little errors I'd like to go back and correct and things I'd have done differently with more time -- but all in all, I'd say it's a pretty darn good peice of work. Still, I'm not sure I would have volunteered had I known how much work was involved. I wonder how much of a courtesy bonus I'll get for this. Considering I had to use my own computer (an irony, considering the bosses wouldn't "rent" a new editing deck from me), It had better be more than a token thanks. I saved them at least $30,000 from what they would have had to pay a third party -- and they wouldn't have had any software to show for it!

Oh well, I'm just glad to be through. Now I can actually enjoy my weekend. And of course, I'm tons more familiar with Adobe Premiere. Now on to Affer Effects...

Katherine Harris to run for Congress

The most disturbing part of this article is that this she-man and I were born in the same city.

CNN.com - Berlusconi backs Bush over missile defense
A telling Bushism from the article: "I frankly do not care what the political polls say. I do care about the opinions of people..."

Um, Mr. President, polls ARE the opinions of people.