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An Atheist’s Day in the Woods, also known as “The Atheist and the Bear.” Belly laugh.
Speaking of woodland creatures, Tim seems to have had a problem with Psycho Squirrels. As I told him, we get cocky squirrels here in DC, too, but the really brazen ones are the pigeons. They waddle right up to your pants legs, and fly in people’s faces.
I often get irritated at the length of time it takes for the PDI news site to load, owing mostly to Flash banner ads, a graphics-heavy layout, and slow servers. Fortunately, they have a Wireless Section, which, while aimed at SMS/PDA devices, will work just as well on any browser. Bookmark it for quicker access to Inq7 content, with a simple linear layout that loads quickly from just about anywhere.
“When I asked Wright about it, he gave me a funny look and asked if I’d watched prime-time television recently. I hadn’t. He’s right. A night of channel-surfing, with an emphasis on the offerings on Fox, made The Sims look like … Henry James.”
Guys and Digital Dolls. Excellent and holistic article, if somewhat out-of-date, by Bob Thompson of Washington Post Magazine: about The Sims, popular culture, Henry James, and the sexes. But mostly about The Sims.
Make sure you have the right doctype at the top of your code, so the latest browsers display your pages the way they’re meant to be.
Current events in Venezuela approximate my idea of a worst-case scenario in Manila: Pro-Erap anti-government riots getting out of hand and leading to a possible transfer of power — or a military junta.
The question is whether the change in leadership would culminate in a reinstatement of Erap — or one of his political cronies — as head of a new government (an unlikely scenario, which will only result in more violence). Or would the military appoint someone, or rally behind another public figure with popular appeal?
So much for Washington’s no-ransom policy. I’m praying for the freedom of those missionaries, of course, but ransom is not the way to do it. It’s precisely because Libya paid ransom for the last batch of hostages that these extremist bandits were able to kidnap new ones.
If money is paid to the Abu Sayyaff, and the American troops currently there do not immediately exterminate them, there will only be more terror and chaos in the Philippines.
Not to say that chaos isn’t the norm. Hay buhay. Parang life.
I stepped out in faith and prayed to God, not only for a job, but for a well-paying web design job to start on April 15. I asked for it in faith, but always in full submission to God’s will. I told Tiff not to worry about my employment, because on April 15, I would be starting my first day of work.
Today, the good Lord answered my prayers: to the letter. I never tire of saying it, but there is most definitely a God, and he always works for the good of those who love Him. Praise Him, people, I’m employed!
(For security, I can’t tell you exactly what kind of company it is. Let’s just say I’m helping a worthy nonprofit to infect truth. And as an added bonus, I’m learning PHP/MySQL. Yay!)
ADDENDUM: No, no, I’m not with Infect-Truth itself, I’m with a similar organization. But rest assured I will attempt to bring some of that visual flair and panache to the different sites on this network. In a valid, usable, and standards-compliant way, of course. :)
I just got hit by the “Sexy Arminian Girls” search again, which now turns up both Russ and me. Tsk, tsk. Whoever you are out there, aren’t you aware that Calvinist girls are sexier?
Okay, all done! Entries restored from the Google cache have been combined into a single 690KB file. The webcam is back, too, but only intermittently, as I’m not always able to get the webcam terminal at this internet rental shop. ;)
I’ve determined the extent to which my weblog was damaged by that DB problem: there are huge, gaping holes in my monthly archive from April 2001 to January 2002. The whole month of December was wiped out. I’ll have to work on restoring them by going over to the Google cache.
I suppose this should only underscore the importance of doing regular backups of your archives. MovableType users, export often!