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Yesterday (thursday) morning on the way to work, I saw a nice photo opportunity from Tony Schmidt Park, on Lake Johanna, so I stopped at the parking lot, trudged through the snow, and you see the result there to the right. I’m reasonably happy with it, though it too a few tries to get the exposure right (this was the best of seven attempts).
It was a pretty good day, too. One of the things I like about having a job out of the house is the fact that I now have a reason to get out around (or before) sunrise. It’s one of my favorite times of the day, even when I have to shovel snow, like I have too many times this week.
On the other hand, heading to work before sunrise, then working a full day (plus a bit to make up for leaving early on Tuesday), driving in the dark to go shopping for an air-cleaner for mom’s bedroom, eating dinner, and then writing this used up pretty much all of my Thursday. It would have been nice to have a little time to watch TV or read a book or just relax. I’m starting to think I might want to switch back to the monday and friday blogging schedule I kept last time I had a job away from home.
- Sometimes Warren gets on a roll. His newest: Statism Not So Fun When You Aren’t In Control. He continues to point out that a bigger government that regulates more may be pretty spiffy while it’s regulating things your way but when the other side takes control, it’s a lot less fun. Remember that any government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take it all away. [coyote blog]
- Did you know Congress Nixed Costly Terror Training of a whole new crop of federal Air Marshalls? I didn’t. But hey, it makes me feel much safer! Oh wait. Is that what they intended? [instapundit]
- Jim tells me that there’s unionizing going on in some Starbucks Organizing Campaigns. Yeah, it’s mostly in faraway lands so far, and they are a pretty shitty coffee chain, but it’s interesting that the workers are actually gaining some traction. [jim]
- Glenn wonders if there’s a DVD Second Season for Firefly in the works. Hey Joss, I’d drop $40 to buy a set of DVDs of a second season. [instapundit]
- Some in the media are talking about The Danger of Wikipedia,
when people are allowed to post anything they want anonymously.
I just wonder why the guy who was libelled didn’t create an account and fix the page himself. That’s how wikipedia works, dumbass. [fark!] - This Microsoft Security Advisory basically says that if you’re using IE on Windows, you shouldn’t click any links. Useful! [vowe]
- Do you ever worry about Google’s Empire, Privacy, and Government Access to Personal Data? You know, google keeps track of all the searches that are made. And if you’ve got a static IP address, or a google cookie, they know who you are and can link those searches to you. [schneier]