Grim

Grim cuts to the quick over at Blackfive. Go read the post here.

What is it, then, that makes the difference?
That you weep and mourn.
How does that matter?
They do not.
But I slay as well; does that not equivocate the actions?
No.
Why?
You slay so it will end.
And they?
They slay so it will continue.
So the only difference is one of motivation and goals?
It is enough.

So Yeah

Been a while, hasn't it? Lots of stuff going on in the world, not all of it fun. It is interesting, of course, but only in the ancient Chinese sense of the word.

In any case, 'bout all I got here is some local news: for some reason or another, I've decided to start taking Krav Maga. There's an ATA school not five minutes from my apartment that offers it, I can afford it now, so I figured, why not?

Further bulletins as events warrant.

Katrina

Glenn Reynolds, over at Instapundit, has a running list of charities and aid organizations who are participating in the relief effort for the victims of Katrina.

Just in case the five people (maybe) who still check here are wondering how they can help. It would be a good place to start.

I'm a geek

Spent most of the day assembling a computer. Now, I'm watching the season premiers of Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica.

I'm currently geeking out about the fact that Ben Browder (formerly of Farscape) is now on SG-1. So is Claudia Black.

Also, for any X-files fans, Atlantis now has Mitch Pillegi.

And Battlestar Galactica... is still Battlestar Galactica. If you have the Sci-fi channel, or your regional equivalent thereof, and you are not watching this show, then you should be.

This has been a random update, we now return to our regularly scheduled program.

Microsoft is Evil

I know, I know...

Look, it's like this. I'm trying to build a new computer. For now, it'll be running Windows XP, simply because that's the easiest route for me to go.

I'm ordering the actual hardware off of Newegg. Now, Newegg, in all their glory, can get $800+ worth of assorted computer parts to me in less than a week's time. In other words, I ordered them last Friday and they'll be arriving here on Wednesday.

The gals in the office are gonna love me on account of all the boxes, but that's neither here nor there.

Because it's cheaper (though not by much), I ordered a copy of Windows XP through my work discount. Which means that I am buying it from Microsft itself.

It'll be Friday before they even ship the blasted thing, and another three to four weeks before it actually arrives here. In other words, I'll have a fully functional computer sitting here for a bloomin' month without an OS.

Needless to say, I am currently downloading an evaluation install of SuSe Linus 9.3. Just to see. And as soon as I can, I'm canceling that darn Microsoft order.

God Save the Queen

To the United Kingdom:

"Between us there can be no word of giving or taking, nor of reward, for we are brethren. [...]never has any league of peoples been more blessed, so that neither has failed the other, nor shall fail."

By our commonality of language, of parentage, of heritage, and of history, we are [i]brothers[/i], oh England. As we have stood together in the past, against flame and fire and all the hells of tyrants, so shall we stand again at this day.

Your brothers in America are with you, oh England. May the lives you have lost be repaid a hundred fold upon the adversary, and may your dominion last until the end of days.

God save the Queen, and God bless the noble and valorous people of the United Kingdom.

Obscenity

Scott Kirwin, over at Dean's World hits the nail on the head:

Moral Equivalence. Another link in the "Why Terrorists Suck" category.