I've been working on writing a philosophy paper for the better part of forever.  Contemplating the deep meaning of my writers block has not yet led me to a completed paper, but it has led me to something of a revelation on exactly why I happen to get writers block.
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In between other, more important activities, I've gotten an Ubuntu system up and running so I could kick the tires of Notes 8.5 for Linux.
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Tried updating the ol' blog here again to try out the Blogsphere 3.02 template, but couldn't get it to work.  
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Watching Heroes last week, I got to witness what I believe to be television history - the first on-screen appearance of a peanut-butter and rice cake sandwich.  
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Upcoming parenthood has held many a surprise, one of them being an inflatable baby that is very much *not* to be used in training you to beat your child.  No, this is a lifesaving, if entirely crepy, device.  
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I can't believe I'd never stumbled across this before...Most marvelous Mike Myers movie.

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The Mac mine is a very cool piece of computer hardware, the only problem I had with mine was the measly 512 MB of Ram.  But when buying Apple hardware new, they really soak you on the memory upgrades AND require you to order on-line rather than pick up from their store, so I heartily recommend getting the base model from them and upgrading the Ram yourself.  With most Apple systems this is super easy, like with our aluminum iMac, it took about 5 minutes.  The Mini takes this normally straightforward computer task
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Cartoon by award winning illustrator Tony Auth

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