Yes, it looks like W. is backtracking. I guess he's learning that greens and mainstream environmentalists are going to give him trouble, even if they did hand him the White House with their Nader votes. Now if only people felt as strongly about election procedures and campaign finance reform.

I can't believe I'm starting to like Mac OS X. I love that the spell-checker is built into the operating system. And as a Windows user, I'm just a little envious of the multi-system instant message application, "Fire."

Is Bush turning green? I thought people turned red from shame. Well, at any rate, I wonder if it's too late to cancel my check to the Sierra Club.

Yet another reason to hate Canadians.

Wow, miracles do happen, even in the Bush II administration.

One more thing:

My old computer, which is now hooked up at work, has been making this annoying buzzing sound. Despite my previous conjectures, I know now it's not any of the hard drives, because I scientifically unplugged them separately to test that hypothesis, being the closet scientist I am. Anyway, I think I've narrowed it down to the CPU cooling fan. What is it, and more importantly, how do I make the evil spirits in the fan go away?

Good news! Blogger is saved!

I can't believe I'm about to drive to the post office and mail off my taxes. I did them online more than a month ago, but like the procrastinator I am, I waited until today to actually send state form and federal confirmation in. Arrrgh. And to top it all off, I have to pay $118 in state taxes. And guess how many stories I have to do before noon tomorrow? Three. Calgon, take me away!

Did you know that a 24 oz. Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo'd smothie has 755 calories? That's not a drink -- that's a freakin' meal!

Wow, I've been playing Tribes 2 so much since it arrived that I'm losing all sense of time and reality. Trust me, it's a sad way to spend one's Friday night. I don't know how long I was palying last night, but I slept till noon this morning and immediately started playing when I woke up. And now I'll be late to the Newshounds party. At the risk of sounding like a bigger geek than I already do, let me just say this game is awesome.

Naturally.

For the record, I hate Sarah Lacy.

They've sissified my Mach III.

In other news, my angry letter to SONICblue worked. They admitted that some early units had a design flaw that made them susceptable to static electricity damage and offered to replace the unit for free. Now let's hope this one doesn't die.

Sad but true.

This just in from Matt:

I got something for your website. I met the guys from Creed this weekend at the Solid Rock golf tournament and they are the biggest jerks in the world.

You can quote me on that.

Thanks, Matt.

I've finally gotten around to posting the photos of last weekend's visit from my good buddy Matt. For the first time since I moved, I got to show a tourist around the Bay Area and managed to keep him entertained. This is not as easy as it sounds, even in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Imagine two theoretical forces in the universe: the unstoppable force, and the immovable object. Matt would be the immovable object.

I saw Memento last night. It's an excellent movie -- suspenseful, engaging and profound. The story traces backwards the story of a man trying to search for his wife's killer while dealing with a rare form of amesia that allows him to retain long-term memories but not make new ones. Peeling away layers of the present to get to the past, the themes of identity, truth and our capcity for self-deception unravel in a capitvatingly orginal way. This is the best movie I've seen in a while, even taking into account the film festival I attended recently. This film is so rich I'm going to have to see it again.

Thanks to Dubya, stupid is in!

Actually, they sound more like Juliana Hatfield. Oh, that's because that's who's really singing.

Is it just me, or do Josie and the Pussycats sound just like Letters to Cleo?