Weebsington 3000

CNN has an audience reaction bar that follows the debate made up of a focus group consisting of persuadable democrats, republicans, and independents. it's funny to watch because it basically is partisan, except for independents, they love everything that is said. It is actually pretty funny to watch, it reminds me of PTA disbands episode.

Ned: Well, all right, I'd like to call this meeting of the PTA to
or-diddely-order. Let's see if we can't put an end to this
strike fuss, huh? Mrs. Krabappel, why don't you begin?
Skinner: Boo!
Edna: Oh, "boo" yourself. Our demands are simple: a small cost-of-
living increase and some better equipment and supplies for
your children.
Audience: Yeah! Give it to them! etc.
Skinner: Yeah, in a dream world. We have a very tight budget; to do
what she's asking, we'd have to raise taxes.
Audience: Raise taxes? They're too high as they are. Taxes are bad.
etc.
Edna: It's your children's future.
Audience: That's right. Children are important. etc.
Skinner: It'll cost you.
Audience: No to taxes. My God, they're going to raise taxes. etc.
Edna: C'mon!
Audience: She makes a good case. Good point. etc.
Skinner: [rubs his fingertips together]
Audience: More taxes? The finger thing means the taxes. etc.
Ned: Well, I guess this is a case where we'll have to agree to
disagree.
Skinner: I don't agree to that.
Edna: Neither do I!

Angie called the pregnant lady hotline tonight to see if she could help paint the bathrooms. They told her that she could paint with latex paint, so we were like awesome. We double-checked the primer we bought, and apparently, it causes cancer and fetal abnormalities in California, which is great because we live in Iowa. It made me really sad how much the federal government has dropped the ball consumer protection wise. (In addition to our paint, we would not have been able to buy our mower in California)

Andrew has requested a Ruddiger update - Ruddiger is no longer called Ruddiger - her name is now Audrey so that I may call her Rudy. Apparently Rudy already has hair and is five-ish pounds (just a guess-timate based on the size of her Briggs'ian head) She should arrive in about a month and a half, which is exciting and scary at the same time

I really want to rewrite my simulation software in ruby because I love their ORM (object relational mapping) but I need the c++ speed (it's already slow enough) and it would probably be the first time someone would have moved from c++ to ruby for the final version in simulation software

My favorite election website has pegged McCain beating Obama by two delegates. I recommend going to the website, it does a really good job of condensing poll numbers and showing what state will really make a difference. Obama really needs either Indiana, Ohio, Nevada, New Mexico, or Virginia - none of which Kerry picked up in 2004.

Hello [on a cellphone], greetings, it's me, an outlaw,
I ask you, my love, to accept happiness.
Hello, hello, it's me, Picasso,
I sent you a beep [cellphone signal], and I'm brave [or strong],
But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.

You want to leave but you don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want don't want to take me.
Your face and the love from the linden trees,
And I remember your eyes.

I call you [over the phone], to tell you what I feel right now,
Hello, my love, it's me, your happiness.
Hello, hello, it's me again, Picasso,
I sent you a beep [cellphone signal] and I'm brave [or strong],
But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.

(10:58:22) coworker: sorry, tangent, I just had this mr. show-ish sketch idea where people build computers to compete in spelling bees
(10:58:25) coworker: thought you'd like to know
(10:58:36) me: how would that work?
(10:58:46) me: wouldn't they all have dictionaries?
(10:58:51) coworker: exactly
(10:59:06) me: so who would win? the one that crashed last?
(10:59:16) coworker: they'd still say them nervously and such
(10:59:27) coworker: but it'd just go on forever
(11:00:40) coworker: the inventors would talk about all the advancements they've made, but that wouldn't even be related to the spelling bee
(11:01:10) coworker: like this updated model can now calculate 10 more digits of pi than previous models
(11:02:16) coworker: oh, that could be the ending, he computes pi and everyone is amazed he can go the extra 10 digits, but he fails because he was supposed to spell it

Inspired by Maria, here's the tagset for my thesis...

I'm not a nerd, I'm a jock that's too cool for sports! - Bart