I’ve been having some trouble the last few days with my host’s mailservers. Receiving emails is no problem, but I haven’t been able to send emails out. So I’ve been relying on my gmail account to send and respond to trouble tickets. Doing so has forced me to get a little more familiar with gmail, [...]

Today is your birthday. It’s my birthday, too (yeah).

A big, rambling “essay” by Kurt Vonnegut. The journey is more fun than the destination.

I found out that, in addition to my “real” job and my part-time music gig, I’ll also be teaching a section of freshman English this summer. This is exciting news, as I always welcome the chance to be in a college classroom, and the extra cash will help. Besides a text of readings, we’ll be [...]

The Nobel Prize folks bring you this shockwave-powered map of world conflicts in the 20th century. You can select the range of years and hover over the conflict areas to learn about the issues. Sobering and informative.