Monday Happy Place [link]

Yes!Pretending I was already gone when an unexpected file transfer hit my e-mail after hours Friday paid off: turns out I was just supposed to save the files as backups, not spend the whole weekend trying to get answers from people about what needed to be done to them.

Radio DJ jokes about pistol-whipping a group of nuns advocation for social justice (and Iowa Congressman laughs): [link]

Did the Congressman go to Catholic School?

Thanks for the content suggestions--those have been added. And thanks for the copy editing--those corrections have also been made. And apparently I can't spell Somerhalder on my own.

Unfortunately, it's Monday morning, and this means developers again, and I am having to walk them through a) identifying what they have b) identifying what they need and c) asking for what they need. This is what I got my university degree for.

Fiction question--if you had to pick one over the other, would you prefer a story about people dumber than you, or about people you're dumber than?

Fiction question--if you had to pick one over the other, would you prefer a story about people dumber than you, or about people you're dumber than?

I like to read stories about Mycroft Holmes. The smarter the characters are, the more engaged I feel. Characters need to seem at least as smart as me, or I get impatient and lose interest.

People I'm dumber than, for sure.

They reversed the MT supreme court on campaign finance

BALLS.

We're gonna need a constitutional amendment to fix campaign finance, and it'll never happen.

Maybe Continuum isn't science fiction, after all. (It's a Canadian science fiction show where the future is entirely run by corporations: there are no governments left, just companies.)

Maybe Continuum isn't science fiction, after all. (It's a Canadian science fiction show where the future is entirely run by corporations: there are no governments left, just companies.)

The Red/Blue/Green Mars trilogy assumes the same thing - governments and the UN still exist, but are widely considered to be useless and outdated compared to the "transnats" (transnational corporations).

This does sound like a stupid question, but bear with me: are you stupid?

I mean, basically--I like movies with people I'm dumber than, and I don't feel dumb. So...I like movies about smart people, assuming I'm average.

So...I like movies about smart people, assuming I'm average.

Yes. Really I like movies about SUPER smart people, assuming I'm smart.

I made such an ass of myself in staff meeting -- yikes. I mean in the sense of not actually remembering what my job entails. I was tired and hungry, both the result of waking up stupid early this morning (so having breakfast early). Ah well.

I always like to read about/watch smart characters.