I don't usually plug things on this site, but I noticed from my stats that about a quarter of my readers use Firefox 1.0, but less than 2% use Firefox 1.5. I would encourage everyone using anything other than the current version to get the latest version now! Whatever it is about Firefox that you love/like/enjoy, there is more of it in version 1.5.

Not much else going on, other than just surviving the "brutal" winter weather: 40 degrees and even little sun today. Our road is a sheet of ice with water standing on it, so that makes getting in and out of the property a lot of fun. Yesterday on the way to work, I nearly killed myself and Nestina when the truck started sliding sideways down a steep hill with a curve at the bottom.

I heard of another author who was recently caught lying. He made a statement that his memoir is essentially true even if he did change some stories. A large, clear garbage bag full of bear fat that may have been Oprah (who made this clown's book a best-seller by shilling it on that abortion she calls a talk-show) claimed that his heart-warming story made people feel good, so it doesn't really matter that it was made up and everyone just needs to shut up about it. Nasty things, those facts. They make insecure people feel all icky about their pointless lives. Awwww. I'm getting all choked up. Quick! Let's make up some stories that are "essentially true" before they realize they really don't have anything to offer the world and blow their brains out! Aside: Is there a human on the planet with an IQ north of 80 that doesn't think Oprah is getting massive kick-backs on her "book club" picks? That her picks seems to be books that don't seem to be making as big a splash as the publisher had hoped? Yea, you're probably right. I'm just being cynical again.

A while back, I posted about how all government schools suck. Now we have this. Any questions? Note the money quote: "McKeesport officials have hired a lawyer to investigate whether the school district should fire two fourth-grade teachers who had sex in a classroom several years ago while other teachers stood watch at the door, officials said Thursday." The school is spending money on a lawyer to determine whether these jerks should be fired? Here is a little thought experiment. What would happen if everyone involved in this were students. Do you think the school district would have to hire a lawyer to investigate whether the students would be expelled? Exactly. Yet another data point in favor of my theory that the average IQ of the adults in any school system is a standard deviation below that of the students they are "teaching."

I gotta go.