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Comment on iTosser by no deep thinking

no deep thinking — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:10:25 +0000

iThanks! (God that was awful, but I couldn’t resist…)

Comment on iTosser by Mr D

Mr D — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:37:22 +0000

iCongrats!

Comment on 2008 and 2009 by no deep thinking

no deep thinking — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:10:14 +0000

I was on a tear – insomnia has its uses.

The iMac has gone well enough – we had to jump right into using it, which has caused some teething problems. The old PC just died on a Sunday morning and I had the iMac set up, more or less by about 1.30 that afternoon.

Mind you, the missus and I used to be Mac people back in the day. When we were in grad school, she wrote hypertext presentations on a Mac for research experiments and had a series 1 MacBook in 95 (?) I tried to one up her by pointing out that my first computer at university was a second-hand series 1 Mac that ran everything off a 3.5″ floppy drive, and was beaten back into my place with the observation that her family had owned an Apple III in the 80s that was so basic it had no directory function.

In other words, it was a welcome return to Mac-land. My only concern is the longevity of the hardware.

Comment on 2008 and 2009 by Kirsty

Kirsty — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:41:22 +0000

Impressed you didn’t skip any questions.

How goes your wife’s iMac? It took me a while, but I love mine now. I get frustrated with Windows.

Comment on Yay by Melody

Melody — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:58:44 +0000

Yes, that would be nice.

Comment on who’d have thought it by no deep thinking

no deep thinking — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:50:42 +0000

Mr D, they’re calling it a movement because of the number of people contributing in small amounts, and because of the number of people volunteering for the campaign. Usually the amount of money that Obama has raised comes mostly from corporations, unions, and political action committees (PACs), so it’s essentially unprecedented to see the great unwashed raising money like this. And the McCain campaign has been completely out-maneuvered “on the ground,” as they say.

There are some “true believers,” but I guarantee you that most of them are not evangelical Christians. There is a small but significant slice of the population who are convinced that Obama is the anti-Christ and the Book of Revelations is about to come true… and they’re not just in the Bible Belt. We were out at a farm to pick some apples the other weekend, and passed a church – less than 50 miles from the Capitol Building, mind – with a sign outside that said that they were focusing on a series of sermons about “staying calm in the end times.”

Those people want to vote for Sarah Palin for President because she is one of the chosen – not the old Chosen people, but anointed by God to lead America back to its Christian roots. (That’s as much as I can type in seriousness…)

Comment on be a dad? by no deep thinking

no deep thinking — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:43:12 +0000

Oh I think so. Not necessarily this week, because the backlog is… well, it’s extensive. But I’m determined to get back into this site.

Comment on who’d have thought it by Melody

Melody — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:59:57 +0000

I second everything you just said.

Comment on be a dad? by Mr D

Mr D — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:36:16 +0000

Good to see you back! Will you be allowing yourself out to play more often?

Comment on who’d have thought it by Mr D

Mr D — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:35:03 +0000

I saw someone on TV saying that he didn’t have a campaign: he had a movement. Apparently the huge number of small donations is typical of a movement. So what is that – a sect? America seems to be keen on having a spiritual leader to follow, right? Well, I suppose that will such a high percentage of the population conditioned in following religious leaders, they’re simply repeating a well-known pattern. It’s amazing he hasn’t taken over the Bible Belt, even if only in providing them with another opportunity to practise their habits, rather than their ‘beliefs’.