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Copyright 2008 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:46:15 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss the hot russian chick from work had made so many references to firefly which were immediately followed by me looking at her quizzically and saying "i've never seen any of the episodes", a month or two ago she finally shoved... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/im_pen_and_cand.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/im_pen_and_cand.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:46:15 -0600 here's another bit of soul-baring i did back in the past, but never got around to posting for one reason or another. looking back, i actually posted an entry on the same day a little before the timestamp on this... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/i_went_down_dow.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/i_went_down_dow.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:17:21 -0600 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/subject_someone.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/subject_someone.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:51:28 -0600 man, who cares what friday (yesterday) was. i just read they are coming out with a criterion edition of bottle rocket!!! in october! finally!!! it'll be available in both dvd and blu-ray editions. it's set to include the original short,... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/can_you_see_how.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/can_you_see_how.html Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:18:20 -0600 today would have been my 10th wedding anniversary. what better way to note its passing than a description of our wedding written by my ex-wife, years ago, for a german class she was taking in college... ------------------------- aufsatz #2, theme... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/aufsatz_2_theme.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/aufsatz_2_theme.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:21:47 -0600 well, saturday morning last week i left houston for brady. i took a few days off of work, so i was out through thursday. i decided to take my motorcycle since $60 in gas roundtrip is much better than $300.... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/i_didnt_want_yo.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/i_didnt_want_yo.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:50:58 -0600 friday last week in the evening i headed over to notsuoh to catch atarimatt. i'd been wanting to see him perform for a long time, and it didn't disappoint. punk rock music made with two atari 2600's hooked up to... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/candleopera.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/06/candleopera.html Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:11:23 -0600 i recently "upgraded" my fedora box to fedora 9. i did a basic, no-frills, from-scratch install, then followed some of the good suggestions found on mjmwired.net to personalize it. i then tried following my own suggestions for installing the citrix... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/citrix_ica_clie_1.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/citrix_ica_clie_1.html Tue, 27 May 2008 23:12:21 -0600 i guess last week must have been uneventful, or i'm forgetful, because i don't recall anything i feel a burning need to note or comment on. or maybe it's all the booze, partying, and sex -- you know, just the... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/how_do_you_affo.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/how_do_you_affo.html Mon, 26 May 2008 22:44:38 -0600 the following entry was originally written 05.26.2006 -- two years ago today. i decided at the time to set it aside. i probably thought it was a bit snarky, and even though i still had a lot of animosity toward... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/the_dark_side_o.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/the_dark_side_o.html Mon, 26 May 2008 19:16:08 -0600 friday i was able to go into work late due to a maintenance window, so i had a nice lunch at brasil. i had originally planned to drop a bunch of stuff off at the westpark recycle center, but i... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/technology_bric.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/technology_bric.html Sun, 18 May 2008 21:30:41 -0600 based on a comment i made during the show tonight... (original photo appears to be by mark lennihan, associated press) last night i watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind again. i think maybe it really is a story about... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/icahn_haz_yahoo.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/icahn_haz_yahoo.html Wed, 14 May 2008 23:24:49 -0600 i've continued cleaning up and sanitizing my cubicle at work. i replaced my name on the nameplate on my cube with my employee id. (i'll refrain from explaining hopefully obvious implications.) humorously, over the next couple of hours i had... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/airport_and_air.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/airport_and_air.html Sun, 11 May 2008 21:08:26 -0600 today is the 10 year anniversary of failure.net. that's right, 10 years ago today i plopped down $70 for two years of ownership of the domain failure.net. it had never existed before. i didn't buy it from anyone. you... http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/ten_10_years_of.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/ten_10_years_of.html Thu, 08 May 2008 20:17:36 -0600 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/the_enemy_withi.html http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2008/05/the_enemy_withi.html Wed, 07 May 2008 21:47:02 -0600