i hate days like this...

i just had to inform all the top-level techies in the company (IT, support, development, testing, etc) that the JVM 1.5.0_04 we're distributing with most of our products is NOT compliant to the new Daylight Savings Time changes kicking in next year.

so, did Condoleezza Rice see THAT one coming?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14906669/

if i may be the first to say so

What fucking rain?

I swear the weather people this year have been the worst predictors EVER since I started giving a shit about the weather.

they are lying knaves

i say that to ANYBODY who actually thinks policians are telling the truth when they say that the gay marriage amendment won't affect gay people who sign contractual agreements.

This site very nicely collects dozens of stories of gay couples who have gone through absolute legal hell just to get any one of the hundreds (327, according to the New York Supreme Court) of rights that "traditional" married couples get simply by virtue of being married (with no lawyer necessary).  It's focused on Wisconsin, but hundreds if not thousands of similar stories can be found for every state in this supposed "union".

I'm so very sorry, Stuart...

...that the agencies that make commercials (and the record labels that own the rights to do whatever the hell they want with YOUR songs) have decided to have some American singer do a very shitty version of "In a Big Country", completely removing all of the spirit that you and the band put into it, all for the sake of some sale at Kohls...