Pete's Log: really long log entry
Entry #455, (Life in General)(posted when I was 22 years old.)
So apparently that last log entry didn't get mailed out because I was mistaken in my assumption that the domain name had returned. So since I haven't heard from Tony in some time, so I've switched back to using the register.com servers. The reason I initially switched away from those was the whole lack of an interface to edit mx entries, but those have been added since then. So there's no reason not to use the register.com servers. Hopefully all will be well once the change propogates. In the mean time, if the log readers want to read about why cartoon porn has fewer levels of indirection than real porn, they'll have to check the webpage for entry 454.
Sailor Moon yesterday witnessed a huge battle between good and evil. It was interesting. The plot has been building up to this for quite some time now. Today's episode wrapped up the rest of the plot line, so I'm curious to see where the show is going to go after this. One line that amused me particularly for some reason was "You give up yet your non-highness?"
A box arrived yesterday from home. It included various random things I forgot/didn't have room to pack. Among them, my copy of the first three volumes of Knuth and a supersoaker watergun. Yay!
TA'ing wasn't all that exciting, although there were a lot of questions. After locking up the dropbox and so forth it seems that there were a lot of late nights for the sophomores. After TA'ing Brian and I went to meijer and bought supplies for saturday. We also picked up string cheese and threw a few of those into the deep fat fryer which worked less well than we hoped, but was still fun.
Watched some rollerblading on espn2. I found it rather amusing that one of the tricks the bladers were doing was apparently called the "pornstar" ...
This whole oil thing is interesting to me. It doesn't affect me very much, at least not directly, but it really strikes me as odd that people aren't looking at non-oil based solutions more than they are. I think that there is especially an undeserved paranoia of nuclear power. We are too dependent on other countries for oil, and nuclear power, in general, seems to me to be cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient. But we've not built any nuclear plants in a long time. But what do I know? I'm just a computer scientist, not any sort of political or energy expert.
And, to keep up on the news that really matters, I figured I'd include a few news briefs that I found rather amusing:
Clinton, others guilty of war crime
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - A Belgrade court found President Clinton and other world leaders guilty of war crimes and sentenced them - in absentia - to 20 years in prison for NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia. The four-day trial was held in an attempt to resurrect anti-NATO sentiment here and win votes for President Slobodan Milosevic ahead of Sunday's elections. Belgrade's district court pronounced Clinton and 13 other leaders and NATO officials "guilty as charged" and ordered warrants be issued immediately for their arrest. Court-appointed lawyers were hired to represent the defendants. As each 20-year sentence was read out separately, the crowd behind a row of 14 empty chairs bearing nameplates of the accused, stood and applauded.
Bees could help in alcoholism fight
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Honey bees and humans have at least one thing in common: They both drink alcohol, and researchers want to know whether the insects can be used to test drugs designed to curb alcoholism. Some animals have to be injected or tricked into consuming alcohol, but not bees. In studies, honey bees harnessed on a small metal holder consumed solutions with various levels of ethanol. "We can even get them to drink pure ethanol, and I know of no organism that drinks pure ethanol, not even a college student," said Charles Abramson, a comparative psychologist at Oklahoma State University. Research could determine within a few months whether bees are suitable subjects that would allow drug companies to use fewer vertebrates in the first line of drug testing, Abramson said.
Dying prohibited in Riviera town
PARIS (AP) - Renowned for its breathtaking scenery, pine trees, rocky coastline and a clear blue Mediterranean Sea, the Riviera town of Le Lavandou is drawing headlines for a new local law that makes dying a grave offense. The town's only cemetery is full, and the project for a new one near the coast was rejected earlier this month by a regional court, which ruled that the plan violated a law on sea shore constructions. Facing the lack of cemetery space, Le Lavandou, 25 miles east of Toulon, on Tuesday passed a law: "It is forbidden without a cemetery plot to die on the territory of the commune." Currently, 19 people are awaiting a final resting place.
And finally some humor from fortune: "How do I love thee? My accumulator overflows."
An interesting friday night follows. After watching olympics for a while (platform diving is really cool) I go to Anne's and have milkshakes and watch "High Fidelity" with her and Annie. It was a rather amusing movie, had some very good moments. After that I went to some party on St. Pete's street with them. That was kinda interesting. Lisa showed up at that so I talked with her a bit... returned home at about 1:30 am.
Saturday: game day. Wake up, watch some football on tv, do some cleaning. People show at 2:30ish. Lisa, Dog, Arun, Siek, Katie Moor, Jill and a friend, and Anne all showed up. Other than the outcome of the game, everything went well. Dog and Brian had fun with the grill. I won't speak about the game.
Bummed around a while, then headed to Anne's birthday party. Hung around for a little while, but Brian and I were really not into the whole party scene, so we returned home. My neck is apparently out of shape: it's really sore from the small amounts of "hardkore" dancing I did last night.
with the esgeroth.org name having returned to functionality, I've been seeing a lot of log hits again, most of which were, as usual, referred by various searches related to "hentai" or "porn," including a very disturbing search for "Harry Potter Hentai" ... but there were also a few less disturbing searches for things such as "notre dame cheerleader pictures," "Sisson Family Virginia," "'sheet music' 'american beauty' download piano'," "Horrid Bills," "water gun fight bikini fun," "Cambodian dessert," "Denver and Stupid," "tube train video download," "log books for truck driving," and many more... My log has certainly proven to be a good source of entertainment for me, if nothing else.
olympics: women's soccer... usa beats brazil 1-0. USA! USA! USA! the best part about watching the game was they've showed the clip from the world cup with Brandi Chastain taking off her shirt several times already...