I should probably stop flogging this dead horse, but....

From the judge's decision:

In the midst of this panoply, there arose the astonishing story of an evolution mural that was taken from a classroom and destroyed in 2002 by Larry Reeser, the head of buildings and grounds for the DASD. At the June 2004 meeting, Spahr asked Buckingham where he had received a picture of the evolution mural that had been torn down and incinerated. Jen Miller testified that Buckingham responded: “I gleefully watched it burn.” (12:118 (J. Miller)). Buckingham disliked the mural because he thought it advocated the theory of evolution, particularly common ancestry. (26:120 (Baksa)). Burning the evolutionary mural apparently was insufficient for Buckingham, however. Instead, he demanded that the teachers agree that there would never again be a mural depicting evolution in any of the classrooms and in exchange, Buckingham would agree to support the purchase of the biology textbook in need by the students. (36:56-57 (Baksa) (emphasis added)).

I should go to sleep. But the pizza just arrived. Gr.

Bhaahahahah...

NBC just called The Office one of the most original, inventive comedies. Original in the original BBC form? Yes. But actually original in the NBC format? Not so much.

One of the most original remakes...

Maybe this should go to tech, except it may be of use to folks who never go there: use Google as a proxy and access forbidden sites

Google is now also a free proxy service. Proxy is a device that stands between a PC and the internet, providing all the connections to the world wide web. What a proxy does is to receive all data from a requested site, so when you access web pages all data come from proxy.

What's the purpose for Google as a proxy? We often use office/school/university connections, usually those services are set to provide more safety, blocking the access to undesidered web sites (the "black list"). What you can do now is use Google translator service (language tools) as a proxy to bypass the restrictions set for our connection!

You just need to type the following URL:

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.nono.com
(www.nono.com stands for the URL you need to go to...)

What you'll get is the translation (english to english!) of the page you want to see... your connection is directed to a google.com page so this page won't be blocked (would be blocked only with google.com on the black list), no matter what's the content.

eta: Is this page too wide because of this post?

I've changed the sample url to be shorter....

Still too wide. But worth seeing.

I just caught a bit of a cosmetic surgery show (warm up for nip/tuck?) and this chick had two things done to her eyes, double chin removed, and softening of her face and there was absolutely no bruising and it took years off her face and she looked perfectly natural and 10 years younger minutes after she came out of anaesthetic. It was kinda creepy in its perfection, and makes me wonder if this is Photoshop.

Today is my best day in almost two months without acupuncture. None of my migraines lasted as long as half an hour.

Yay!

Have a good flight, msbelle!

I had to skip a whole lot. What's happening with people?

Gah. It's an infomercial that's actually listed as a program in the TV listings. Extra creepy. I've been brainwashed by doctorabergel.com. I mean, I can return to work and the gym in 48 hours. What's not to love?

What's happening with people?

Kat ordered pizza but needs help eating it.