Tuesday
Today was much better than yesterday. I thought that I felt the slight twinge of a headache around 5:00… but then I remembered that I hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast. So, I dipped into my not-so-secret stash of M&M’s. That helped.

Every once in a while, you have a moment of clarity that helps to find the right path through what had once seemed like a twisting labyrinth – the likes of which King Minos himself would have been proud. I had one of those moments today. I was working on a project and thought that I had figured out how to do it. But, when I moved from “theory” to “practical application,” I found that something had been lost in translation. So, I tried it again, to no avail. I even tried it a third time… and fared no better than the first two attempts.

And then, it hit: A slight paradigm shift.

But it was enough to get me to see an option that I hadn’t considered. I tried the new idea. And it worked. The first time. Beautifully.

I spent the evening at and ‘ place. I had originally gone to watch part of the Necromunda game that Nox was hosting. I wound up chatting the night away with Nyx.

News
NPR News: German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Elected New Pope
Morning Edition: Oklahoma City: A Decade of Adjustment, Rebuilding
Morning Edition: Government Unveils Revised Food Pyramid
Morning Edition: No Child Left Behind Under Fire in Utah
Morning Edition: The Cheapest Airfare Ever (Sorry, .)

Stray Toasters

  • I think that I need new speakers for my computer. While this isn’t a critical need, the satellites are sounding rougher than they should; the bass unit sounds like it’s going, too. But, again, it’s not a critical need. Replacing the mainboard, processor and video card come first.
  • For : From Chugworth Academy – #182: Random Spotlight #1: Jason the Red Ranger
  • As a corollary to this picture…
  • Thanks to for the Andrew Loomis links!
  • “I dare a great many things…”
  • I just read this comic on Real Life. And it put a horrible Star Trek:TNG image in my head. It was so bad that I was compelled to torture share it with Greg Dean, the strip’s creator.
  • Hey, , there’s Kitty Pryde (and Lockheed!) picture behind this link.
  • The WB has announced that it will show an exclusive eight-minute special footage preview of Batman Begins during the 90-minute season finale of Smallville on Wednesday, May 18.
  • While I normally like tech/geeky things, all that I can say to this is “Um, yeah….”.
  • Mattel Announces Signature Partnership with Save the Children
  • Star Wars Biker Scout and Speeder Bike Statue

And with that…

Namaste.