Gee, this freaky warm weather just keeps on going. Today for our drive back it was sunny and 70 F out, which was weird as we were driving past frozen rivers and lakes and seeing snow in the ditch.

And we're supposed to get 73 in Chicago on Wednesday.

After belief in global warming declined for several years (due to much less media coverage), it's been on the rise recently due to all the weird weather in the last year or two.

Gawker is one of the few places (the network, not that site in particular) where I read the comments, and it seems that it's totally by mistake, not design, because the things Denton intends to do would kill the things I like about it. The IO9 editors are pretty outspoken in defending what most of the IO9 community (as opposed to posters) want out of the experience, but I don't know if their voice gets to be heard.

I just read some of the comments on the Yahoo articles, and JESUS, those people are rude, stupid, and poorly articulated. I have to say that most of the complaints I have about Gawker network posters are at a totally different level.

What fun pictures of Juliana's wedding day!

he engaged his co-workers in conversations about intelligent design and handed out DVDs on the idea while at work.

That's why he got fired. It didn't matter if it was intelligent design or Girl Scout cookies, he was harassing his co-workers.

What fun pictures of Juliana's wedding day!

It was a totally fun day.

Even if my liver didn't think so.

Man, I love beauty bloggers. I saw a repetitive ad for something that I thought might be a cool idea, so I google it, find the blogs, and realise that despite the glam of the ads, the Cover Girl Blast Flipsticks are never going to be for me, because they're drying, strongly scented, and irritated some testers' lips. Next!

Not that I'd wear the colour in the ads--the googling was to find out the other colours in the range, primarily.

Fuck, I can't believe I need another Nook. And...how little I want one in colour. E-ink all the way, baby. I love that shit. I'm definitely five or so months out of warranty...

Is it a good idea, that if something goes wrong with your hardware during your warranty period, to get an extended warranty then, if they're still available? Like, even if it won't be available for whatever your fix is, it just makes it feel like you're dealing with something that is delicate, and might break again instead of an year?

Dunno. I don't think I've ever even gotten Apple Care, and that's supposed to be a shoe in.

...Don't read the comments?

I really need to buy a URL for my imaginary blog, "Don't Read the Comments Section."

It will not have a comments section.

My blogger name will be Anonymous Commenter. And I will write non-controversial pieces on the variety of butterflies in North America, peppered with occasional interrobangs preceded by the words "INPEACH KENYAN HUSSEIN OBAMACARE."

That way, I'll show up in crazy rightwinger search results and they will spontaneously combust at their computers because they won't be able to comment.

I'll also post some anti-vax bait to make it bipartisan, though.

And I will write non-controversial pieces on the variety of butterflies in North America

Monarchs rule!

And actually totally fail to respect borders what with their migration.

That's why he got fired. It didn't matter if it was intelligent design or Girl Scout cookies, he was harassing his co-workers.

Even with girl scout cookies, people in general just ask if it's ok to leave their order sheets at the reception desk. People can buy them if they want. And they usually buy a box from each one of three or four sheets. I've been asked if I would like to attend someone's church/mosque/synagogue functions when something special is happening, and have of course been invited to bar mitzvahs and christenings. I think that's all fine. "We're doing a thing, would you like to come? No? Well, you're welcome if you change your mind!" That's how it's done, people.

My old boss from back in the day would order a dozen boxes of my favorite two kinds so we'd have a ton of them in the office to munch on.

I'm thinking a lot more people would buy into intelligent design if it were mint flavored and covered in dark chocolate.