Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Argh! VCR screwup (luser-error this time, not hardware issues or power failure -- I carefully programmed it then forgot to turn it off, and didn't notice until today). Uh, anybody feel like giving me Sunday's Charmed and Crossing Jordan on VHS or DVD (or VCD)? (Not sure whether I got Saturday's CSI or not. I probably missed that as well.) I'd be happy to send a blank tape or CD-R in trade, or reimburse the cost of a DVD-R (I don't have a stash of those).

"No matter how obvious a truth may be, someone has died for stating it." -- theferrett, 2005-08-30

And if you want more context than the catchy bumper-sticker version above, here's his next paragraph: "People hate the truth, particularly when it conflicts with their world view. They know how things are, and even if it's a terrible inconvenience they don't want to be shaken up. It doesn't matter how fundamental a truth may be, or even how easily provable it is; if people don't want to see it, they won't, and eventually they'll kill people who keep annoying them." (The whole entry is worth reading or rereading.)

Wow, gotta love it when the breeze has that "warm spring shower coming" feel to it! ... At the end of November.

This previously-unused icon seems appropriate for a weather post or a "Hmm" entry (I'm still not sure how to read the sky's facial expression there). Right now my "which icon gets used when" pattern is still vague. I should work out some sort of consistency so that I don't wind up being one of those people you lose track of on your friends-page because no image sticks in your mind as representing them. Right now my icons are images that I like, but which don't have obvious topic-associations, though I do tend to use "Vader" for tech stuff or when I'm feeling mischevious.

Mmm. Online-identity, avatars, "branding"; bunch o' stuff to think about. It seems to work out almost by accident for many people (and never coalesce for others), but being aware of the phenomena, my impulse is to work it all out intentionally. But maybe a longer period of observation is in order first.

Headache today; not as bad as yesterday or Sunday. Hoping I don't fall apart come evening again. Would like to get to rehearsal.

I suddenly have a strong urge to connect the earphone jack of a radio or television to the microphone jack of a PC, feed the signal to some speech-recognition software, and see how it fares.

Instead, I'm setting an alarm to [try to] wake me in time for rehearsal, and putting my head down for a nap.

scruffycritter thought I would be amused by a certain ESPN golf story. He was correct.

"Proving that he's one of the best sports around, Fred Funk wore a pink-flowered skirt for the third hole of the Skins Game on Saturday, his penalty for being outdriven by Annika Sorenstam."

Hey lookie, it's a Tuesday evening and I'm still awake! I'm running about 40 minutes late, but I'm actually heading to 3LF rehearsal for the first time in way too long. Not feeling especially good, but feeling well enough to drive. *whew* Dunno how tired I'll be tomorrow, but getting there tonight will be a Good Thing.