Monthly Archives: September 2006

Go Rev

September 20, 2006 – 2:27 pm

The Washington Post had an interesting article about a supposed war on Christianity a few months ago, that I was reminded of following recent attempts to restart the subject (and here we are, only in September!) I particularly like this quote from the Rev. Robert M Franklin: “This is a skirmish over religious pluralism, and [...]

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Mac Update

September 19, 2006 – 6:33 am

After a comedy of errors finding the service place (that included visits to two major cities, and the digital readout of miles left in the gas tank of my car reaching 0) I took my baby in for service. Unfortunately Apple haven’t yet started shipping the necessary parts, so it could be weeks before she [...]

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Woe, woe and thrice woe

September 18, 2006 – 10:05 am

My MacBook, the fourth most important person in my life (2nd if you measure it by time spent), is sick. She is suffering from Insulation Deficit Disorder, and has to go back to the nice people at Apple. Unfortunately she contained my work (as in work-work, not World of Warcraft work), so I’m currently scraping [...]

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Camels

September 14, 2006 – 5:51 pm

OK, I’ve tried to come up with a snappy description for this picture of camels 4 times now, and I’m all out of comic genius – just go and look, it’s fantastic.

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Not promising

September 14, 2006 – 2:24 am

I was forwarded an email about a pay raise approval that has gone to my CEO, the blessed Larry. That in itself is scary enough (he’ll probably cover it by reaching down the back of his sofa). Fortunately my mail app made me feel a lot better: “Thunderbird thinks this email may be a scam.”

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