I am unashamed to admit that I googled. The fact that [link] is named "Gusworld" only disturbes me a little.

Going back more than a bit... Rome's historical accuracy is on a par with Deadwood's.

Which is to say: They ain't accurate.

As a SF-genre dude, this does not disturb me. I can soak up a setting quickly, attending only to its explicitly stated constraints.

MY Bruins are still desperately trying to assemble a team and get it into playing shape now that the lockout is over. No idea how the similarly named teams that have actually been doing their jobs the last year are.

What is a Bruin?

Poking head to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Polter-Cow's birthday. Happy birthday, P-C! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

It's also Herah's birthday. I hadn't seen her posts in forever, but I hope the well-wishes will find their way to her, somehow.

Hi Nilly!

I don't think P-C hangs out in Natter these days, but he'd probably see birthday wishes in Bitches.

I need to solicit an "Amen." If you have ever stared at a piece of code you wrote and gone: "What the frack does that mean?", give me an "Amen."

Lordy yes! Back when I used to (pretend to) code for a living, I would get into the Coding Zone. The next day or so I'd look at my code and think, "This is either absolutely frelling brilliant, or it's spaghetti. And I don't know which."

Random things about the federal response to Katrina: the FEMA rank-and-file (and other responders) were just operating on last-known-good orders. Some people had been told to drive trucks of water there, others had been told to stop trucks. In a crisis, people will stick to what they've been trained to do. Unless there is leadership.

This is where that asshat in charge of FEMA really failed, and by extension, the administration that put him in charge.

I just got home from work. Not only did I work on Sunday, it was the night shift. Now I have about 3 hours before I have to get up to work elsewhere.

Thank you, Nilly! And you're right, tommyrot, but I had to poke my head in here to see Nilly do her thing.

If you have ever stared at a piece of code you wrote and gone: "What the frack does that mean?", give me an "Amen."

I am infamous in my work group for forgetting completely what I wrote (or worked on) more than two weeks previous. I tell them I'm like that guy from Memento and they understand a little. In self-defense, I've come to using very explicit field names, parameters, as well as lots of helpful comments in the code as to what does which, and explaining what a function does when it's called.

It's like leaving a trail of bread crumbs....