Nice HTML there, Tom! And grrrreat spelling! It’s so awesome that you were able to get $200 million for your piece of crap site.

And Tom, you wouldn’t have to deal with spammers, phishing, cross-site scripting attacks or other nasties if you’d just get a stinkin’ clue. You’re not the first website in the world to deal with user-provided content/HTML. Do you really have anyone else programming on the site? Are they monkeys?

And let me close by saying what a great NON security feature. You’re changing people’s links to a domain name that doesn’t even have the word MYSPACE in the name. People are going to think that’s not normal and freak out, regardless of your cute little announcement box.

And nevermind the fact that you’ve just given yourself a way to police all links on your site and determine what is “allowed” and “not allowed” to be linked to, nor the fact that you’ve created your own database of links referenced by people using your site, which you will no doubt go on and sell to some marketing firm, privacy be damned!

Blah blah blah. I hate MySpace with a stinkin’ passion.

Look, I know LiveJournal is re-posting old posts of mine as if they were new. I have no idea why this happens, nor how to fix it. Blah.

All I know is that LiveJournal has a terrible RSS implementation, as neither Google Reader or FeedReader have a problem with my feed. So it’s not my fault as far as I can tell.

Worth mentioning is the other fact that LiveJournal will not let you administrate your feed through them. I would like to turn off LJ comments if I could, because I usually don’t read them unless I specifically remember to view all of my “converted” feed items that get posted. But nope, can’t do that.

If you’re into reading RSS feeds/blogs (and not just LiveJournal), I encourage you to try Google Reader. It’s free, fast, and best of all, accessible from any computer with internet access.

And that’s about all I have to say about that.

I won't pretend to know what you're thinking
I can't begin to know what you're going through
I won't deny the pain that you're feeling
But I'm gonna try and give a little hope to you

Just remember what I've told you
There's so much you're living for

There's a light at the end of this tunnel
There's a light at the end of this tunnel
For you, for you
There's a light at the end of this tunnel
Shinin' bright at the end of this tunnel
For you, for you
So keep holdin' on

You've got your disappointments and sorrows
You ought to share the weight of that load with me
Then you will find that the light of tomorrow
Brings a new life for your eyes to see

So remember what I've told you
There's so much you're living for

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Penn and Teller’s Bullsh*t! show, speaking about gun control and how useless it is. Needless to say, there’s language used. If that bothers you, then don’t watch it.

I’m not libertarian, but Penn & Teller make a lot of sense sometimes.

Yes, I’m a member of the NRA. I believe in the right (yes, a right) to bear arms. I do believe that if more people had concealed weapons permits, it would help, and not hurt, in situations such as the recent Virginia Tech shootings.

And if you’re someone who wants a concealed weapons permit, odds are you are one who is not afraid to use it in the appropriate situation. And that’s why there are rules/processes to obtain a concealed carry permit. Here in California, it is up to your local county sheriff to make the call.

Anyways, I get tired of hearing the same old baloney every time there’s some mass shooting in the news. Newsanchors/public blaming guns, lack of gun control, blaming video games, etc… God forbid we actually blame the thing responsible— the person who was firing the weapon!

Look, we have enough gun control laws. And criminals, murderers and general psychopaths just don’t care about those laws. If they want to harm someone, they’re going to. Regardless of what the law says. What if this guy had used a knife instead of a gun to murder 30+ people? Would we be hearing public outcry against the lack of knife control laws?

Guns are tools, and can be used for good as well as bad. Don’t blame them for what their owner is doing with them.

I suggest everyone check out A Human Right.

Having trouble viewing Windows Media content in Firefox under Vista? You’re not alone. Microsoft has finally released a patch to fix the problem.

Does Outlook 2007 just crawl on your screaming-fast machine? Microsoft has a new patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c262bcfd-1e09-49b6-9003-c4c47539df66&DisplayLang=en

I just applied it, and already can tell a huge difference. My PST file is fairly large, and this fix is meant to target just that. Enjoy.