I can totally imagine somebody saying this. Even in Hebrew, because we use the English words for "shell" and "script".

The other day when I was cursing my php & sql scripts, I had a wonder a bit moment about programmers in non-english speaking places. You pretty much need english, huh? Or do they translate it? I have no idea. I write very read-out-loudable code (because I can't not. Very literal) so I started mentally writing german and french sql queries. Then I remembered I had to debug the damn script and quit.

Kat, the fierce descriptor kinda nails the source of my discomfort (and kinda smushes it.) I'm feeling like being waaay under the radar right now, and my hair isn't. I'm in a sloppy-bun-tied-up-with-a-pencil mood and the hair isn't. Huh.

Hitler killed Roosevelt?

Well, the stress of the war probably shortened Roosevelt's life. (He died of a stroke in early '45, I think.)

We had a medcal savings account for a ong while and I liked that system. Now we have a group plan at work. I guess it's ok. We do work for doctors so we never actually pay them.

don't tell, but I'm going to sneak in Perkin's suitcase when she leaves for Galapagos

I am confused by the need to fly to Florida to go to the Galapagos. I thought they were off the West coast of South America? Is she taking the scenic route?

This is an interesting concept - a real estate site by the Expedia people that proposes to value your house. Except I tried mine and it told me what it was assessed for taxes at, which is, at a guess, at least $60K less than it would sell for. www.zillow.com

It also says my house is 2 br when it is 3, and says it has baseboard heating when it has radiators. Oh well.

Well, the stress of the war probably shortened Roosevelt's life.

OTOH, would FDR have run in 1940 (never mind 1944) if WWII hadn't occurred?

IMO, it's an open question. There was the two-term tradition. But at the same time, a number of people wanted FDR to run in 1940 because they didn't see any viable liberal candidate to carry on the New Deal and not because of the war. (Example: Harold Ickes was writing in his diary as early as 1938 that he wanted a third term for FDR for that very reason.)

(He died of a stroke in early '45, I think.)

Yes, April 12.

Job hunting gets more complicated.

the West coast of South America?

longitude(North America) != longitude(South America). Map.

longitude(North America) != longitude(South America).

NYC and Santiago, Chile are in the same time zone. Much of the Caribbean is an hour ahead of the U.S. East Coast.

While I'm sure the war was stressful, it's not that surprising for a man of 63 who has been seriously disabled for 30 years and smokes and drinks to be in poor health, especially with circulation problems. (um, wrt Roosevelt.) But all the online biographies say the war killed him. How do they know?

But all the online biographies say the war killed him. How do they know?

I think it's just anecdotal stuff - "He aged so rapidly during the war," and what-not.

But all the online biographies say the war killed him. How do they know?

It's more poetical to say that than to say, "Dude never washed behind his ears. Eventually, that caught up to him."

Yes, people, the insinuating influence of Spielberg-itis. I would blame the History Channel, but they always spent more time on Churchill anyway.

My health insurance isn't bad, but, it's amazing how quickly flex-spending money gets used up, isn't it? All those copays just disappear my ability to buy new glasses.