That Miami Times article--wow. It eerily recalls the behavior of the Manticore kids in Dark Angel, down to the gentle, benificent spirit they called the Blue Lady, and some of the other details. Makes me wonder where the writers got that stuff. And of course, the article itself provokes big sympathy, and kind of an anthropological desire to know more.

I think his presence encourages positive usability choices.

Totally legit.

But this is also a corporate culture where people demand the slide deck before the meeting and print themselves a copy to leaf through during it.

Yeah, that I see as not your problem. But that's easy to say from a distance.

Ugh. One of my FB freinds is suddenly out of nowhere pulling an Uncle Fucknut--posting links about how the government conspired to take away our civil liberties and there were navy seals with backpacks at the marathon, and the Chechen dudes are just patsies, and I'm like DUUUUUDE.

I needed a day off swim to rest my strained shoulder. trying to see the silver lining

it's not really working.

That's pretty funny, Jess.

Virtual cocktail party sounds excellent to me, although at this point I may go right to bed as soon as I get home.

A little over an hour to go, maybe I can get through this week without messing up the accounts of the analyst on vacation too badly...

Yeah, I'm gonna have to defriend one, and he's one of my anarchist Christian music festival punk buddies! WTF, punk buddy? But I just met him this year, friend of my student, so I guess I was just guessing at his politics. But you have forehead tattoos, man, I didn't know uber-Conservative Republicans came in a flavor with forehead tattoos.

JFC, one of my neighbors just set off their smoke detector. Everything seems to be OK, but that was a momentary concern.

man, I didn't know uber-Conservative Republicans came in a flavor with forehead tattoos.

...huh.

Sheesh, Jesse, like you didn't have enough to deal with already. I suppose everyone's jumpy, but yikes.

...huh.

Right?