Anyway, we talked a lot about gadgets, blogs and Creative Commons. I got him to agree that it would make sense to put a Creative Commons license on his site so that people could use pictures of products and clips of his text to review products. I think that his stuff is PERFECT for blogs. I hope no one will be busting down my door and confiscating anything just because I thought those ducks were so damn kawai (cute) a few months back. Not to mention all the other fun things encountered at Dynamism and other sites that were just…

You’re driving along, you’ve got cameras in the car, when suddenly you spot something that begs a second look. You go back, take photos, avoid another car that also went back to look again, and pantomime shrugging and “I don’t know either” as you drive past them. You’ve had a “what the hell is that?” moment. We had one today. David and I drove aimlessly, more or less with the object of getting to a beach or park along the shore of Lake Michigan, so we meandered along northwards along Sheridan Road, which is one of those historic byways that…

David was talking the other day about getting a new car sometime in the next two years. Maybe he should rethink that: KITT just came on the market.

No, I’m not changing over to WordPress, even though David has. I’ve got new garb to blog in, since we went to the Bristol Renaissance Faire yesterday and I decided some new duds were in order. David already noted all of our activities yesterday. I had the beginnings of a Faire outfit, but really the best piece I had was a reversible weskit or doublet or whatever the vestlike garment is, so I added a new chemise and skirt in complementary colors. They’re nicer and better made than the original ones I got 2 years ago, so I wasn’t shopping…

Mr Idema, it emerged yesterday, has a colourful past. A volatile former Green Beret with a criminal record in the US, he describes himself as a security adviser. He also claims that he is the person on whom George Clooney’s part in the Hollywood film The Peacemaker was based. A weird story just got weirder – not only does he claim that the lead character in “The Peacemaker” was based on him or his exploits, he’s the guy that threatened to punch out Geraldo Rivera in the early days of th Afghan war over Rivera’s reportage. Besides which, has he…

Chicago Tribune | Monty Python show to try out in Chicago… because Tim Curry will be in it. We gotta, we gotta we gotta! Call Steve. Because: He leaked one detail regarding the stage version, relating to the knights’ encounter with the sniveling Frenchman played on the screen by John Cleese: “Remember the cow that gets flung over the wall? The cow has a song. That’s all I’m saying.” Moo-moo-moo! Moo moo moo, moo-moo moo moo, moo moo moo moo-moo moo moo… moo-moo-moo!

You know, the Google ads are starting to piss me off – apparently they think I want Shrub re-elected. Well, let’s see what we can do about that. For example, I think John Kerry would be a good President. I think that anyone would be a better President than the current Resident of the White House. I think that the Democrats, on the whole, are a lot less corrupt and definitely less evil than the Greyhaired Oldguys Party. Gee, the Illinois Democrats sure have a crappy web page. I feel free to criticize, because being critical does not make me…

I got to be acting team leader again today, oh joy. I had several moments where I realized “I am SO not into being team leader.” These happened when people higher on the food chain than I were asking me for information that I did not have, or to “use my own judgement” and walk the fine line between pissing people off or rolling over and letting them tap dance on my sternum. Monday – no holiday for me. I get to go in and listen to everyone on my team complain that not only are we the only team…