Thus Spake Russ

Posted By Russ on May 14, 2012 at 10:00 am

• I get my truck back from having hand controls installed today. Freedom! #
• That's NEXT month. // RT @isfullofcrap: @RussEmerson Just wait until they install the brainwave controls. And the gun turrets. #
• Freedom! FREEDOM!!! (I drove farther today than I have at any time in the last 4 years. It was great.) #
• I'd have gone out for a drive to exercise my freedom today, but it's wet out. I never liked driving in the rain, even when my legs worked. #
• Hear, hear. RT @NiceDeb: Agreeing 100% With Michelle Malkin – Stop Saying Obama Is A "Nice Guy" http://t.co/k3TUHwG9 #tcot #
• I'm always astonished at the crudeness and obscenity that can spew from the mind of a peeved leftist. It must come from being a loser. #
• RT @bob_owens: Teen Romney cut a kid's hair. Adult Obama wants babies that survived abortions to die naked and alone. Progressives SUCK. #
• OK, neuropathy: when I said you could have the night off, I meant the *whole* night. #
• Oh joy… cable is out. Huzzah for the new smartphone. #
• Anything with Geraldine McEwan, Mark Gatiss, Tim McInnerny… AND Herbert Lom… AND Derek Jacobi has got to be great. http://t.co/mCSCrnz9 #
• RT @PoliticsOfFear: Commercials at 2am are full of nagging wives & men with prostate issues. #RedEye #
• Caught the cat drinking from my mug of Diet Coke. Great. Like I need a caffeinated Kismet on my hands. #
• Idiot cat just chewed thru my phone recharge cable. Should I murder him now, or after I find out what a replacement will cost? #
• OK, let's see if this spliced cable works. (If you see smoke coming from my house, please call the fire department.) #
• Saturday's work is done… can anyone guess what I'm having for dinner? #
• The answer, as on every Saturday night in recent memory, is: Korean. In this case, grilled beef. #
• Temperature soaring… forehead & ears burning… chills… great. Bloody marvelous. Just in time for my "weekend" to begin. #

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Posted By Russ on May 9, 2012 at 3:08 pm

Sherlock
^{Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.}

Quick Review: Sherlock Holmes translated to the 21st century works. Especially when the writers are better than merely elementary.

And when the creators/writers are part of the Doctor Who camp, you know that at various times it’ll be fascinating, spooky, surprising, and laugh-out-loud funny.

5 stars.

The first three episodes — mini-movies, really — are available (DVD and streaming) on Netflix. New episodes are currently airing on PBS’s “Masterpiece Mystery.”

Benedict Cumberbatch shines as Holmes, and Freeman is a brilliant Watson. Andrew Scott, as Moriarty, is inspired in his sheer badness. None, however, would have half the impact were it not for the exceptional writing.

Scene: Holmes and Watson are on their way to see Irene Adler. They get out of their taxi. Holmes has a plan to gain entry to her home, but hasn’t told Watson….

Watson: “Are we here?”
Holmes: “Two streets away, but this will do.”
Watson: “For what?”
Holmes: “Punch me in the face.”
Watson: “Punch you.”
Holmes: “Yes, punch me. In the face. Didn’t you hear me?”
Watson: “I always hear ‘punch me in the face’ when you’re speaking, but it’s usually subtext.” [This might be the single best line of dialogue I've ever heard, anywhere, ever.]
Holmes: “Oh, for God’s sakes.” [punches Watson.]

[Watson punches Holmes — in the face. He then tackles him and they wrestle. Watson ends up with a chokehold on Holmes.]

Holmes: [strangled voice] “OK, I think we’ve done enough, John.”
Watson: “You ought to remember, Sherlock, I was a soldier. I killed people.”
Holmes: “You were a doctor.”
Watson: “I had bad days.”

I laughed until I almost couldn’t breathe.

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Posted By Russ on May 7, 2012 at 10:00 am

• RT @michellemalkin: 'Til @Twitter brass wake up: #freechrisloeschAGAIN #freechrisloeschAGAIN #freechrisloeschAGAIN #freechrisloeschAGAIN #
• Fall down, go boom. And put an elbow-shaped dent in the drywall. Genius. #
• Excellent news – I no longer have to risk death weekly getting my trash can to the curb. The collectors will henceforth come up to get it. #
• Lo, and somewhere distant do mine ears detect the sound of cat expelling hairball. Whereabouts, none can say. A mystery, to be sure. #
• So, whatever happened to @gatewaypundit ? #
• How To Succeed In Business With Lots OF Effort #BoringMovies #
• I'm now trained and certified in the use of hand controls for driving. Wheeeee. (Installation next week, I hope.) #
• RT @iowahawkblog: a "do-nothing Congress" is sort of like a "do-nothing arsonist." #
• I found the perfect ringtone to use for one of my contacts…. http://t.co/XFiwB7d5 #
• Someone medicate me, please. Preferably with something approximately 86 proof called "Macallan." #
• I'm surprised smartphone makers don't advertise how much fun it is picking the right ringtone for each of your contacts. #gotanewphone #
• The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul #BooksAboutMySexLife #
• 3.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.
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• 3.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.
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• Apparently, the cat took some time to flop on my numeric keypad and spam my twitter account with ".03" over and over… and over…. #
• Mirabile dictu… I remembered to take my meds before the day has gone too far along. Perhaps my legs will leave me alone now. #
• Just in case you weren't already 100% sure that Obama is a self-serving narcissistic dirtbag…. http://t.co/mAV88MYN #
• Another weekend night on duty, another wow-never-seen-THAT-before problem. Huzzah. #
• Boy, I sure do hope I get another ticket tonight on something I've never seen before. Heaven forbid I should use my experience. #
• It's Saturday night so… you guessed right: kalbi & kimchi. #winning #
• They Were Expendable. #AMovieToDescribeMyEx #orExes #
• Since I need coffee, I suppose it might be best to actually plug in the kettle. Keeps me from wondering why I don't have any coffee yet. #
• I bet people wouldn't think caviar was such a great thing if it was called "salty raw fish eggs." Labels apparently matter. #

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Posted By Russ on May 4, 2012 at 12:40 pm

Frank J. Fleming asks: Is it really a bullying crisis?

. . . Maybe kids have just gotten sissier.

It probably started with making kids wear bike helmets. Next, scientists put feathers on dinosaurs. Now vampires, instead of being murderous monsters, are sparkling and caring about their girlfriends’ feelings. Everything is sissier; it has to be affecting our kids.

We’re far removed from the days when children entertained themselves by shooting each other in the face with BB guns; childhood is now all about safety, being attuned to our emotions and avoiding peanut allergies.

This isn’t good for the country. Think: When Elvis was drafted, he at least looked capable of holding a rifle; you can’t say the same about Justin Bieber.

Even leaving aside the fact that Bieber is Canadian, no, I can’t picture him holding a rifle.

I can, however, picture him catching bullets, thanks to the folks at CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

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Posted By Russ on May 2, 2012 at 8:46 am

I am sick to death of Obama’s order to roll out SEAL Team Six to take out Osama bin Laden being praised as a “bold decision,” or more commonly and tritely, a “gutsy call.”

Not to put too fine a point on it: bullshit.

Any president who had the intel and tactical assets at hand, but demurred, would be scalped — perhaps only metaphorically, and perhaps only at a minimum — if such refusal to act were to become known. Obama did the only thing he could do.

But then to politicize it? Forget about “spiking the football” — he’s doing an end-zone celebration dance.

It’s sickening. It’s despicable. We cannot get rid of this self-serving fraud quickly enough.

How many days is it until Inauguration Day 2013?

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Posted By Russ on April 30, 2012 at 10:00 am

• I wish my hair would grow faster. I want to be rid of it, but it still isn't long enough to donate. #
• For one brief, hopeful moment, I thought I'd be able to get a nap this afternoon. Didn't happen. #
• Oh, joy. I was afraid my leg spasms had gone away with the new medication. You can't imagine how super-thrilled I am to be proven wrong. #
• I think it was a mistake to wait until 1am to shower/shampoo. My hair is gonna take forever to dry. No, of course I don't have a blow dryer. #
• Say what you want about the IRS (and God knows I do)… but online filing? Turnaround time from filing to refund in the bank = 12 days. #
• If the sound of a cat puking on the bed doesn't make an awesome wake-up call, I don't know what would. #
• The upside to being woken early by El Gato de Barf? Loads of time to make a full breakfast… if you call ribeye and a salad "breakfast." #
• Good news from the vet – the lads' annual checkups & lab work reveal they are both big, strapping, healthy 5-year-old mancats. #
• What's the life expectancy of a mattress/box spring set? I'm thinking it doesn't come close to 16 years…. #
• I endorse. // RT @seanhackbarth: Dear world, Pappa Johns > Dominos. #
• One funky routing problem solved. Let's see what the rest of the evening holds. I'd settle for a string of MACDs…. #
• Is it just me, or is $60/month about the least you can spend for a cell phone? Seems kind of steep to me. #
• Korean food… for breakfast? Oh, my. (Sure, millions of Koreans have it every day, but still….) #

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Posted By Russ on April 26, 2012 at 1:45 pm

I haven’t made much of a secret of my admiration of Sen. Marco Rubio. I am firmly convinced that in eight or twelve years he will be President.

Unlike a certain faction of today’s GOP that thinks we should crawl back into our national shell and close the door behind us*, Rubio espouses a belief in a muscular, robust role for America in the world.

I happen to agree, nearly 100%, with the positions Rubio stakes out.

* Paultards, you know who you are.

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Posted By Russ on April 23, 2012 at 10:00 am

• Only three tasks to do today… vet, doc, groceries. That ought to be enough to wear me out. #
• listening to "Duran Duran – Ordinary World" ? http://t.co/5tS22vqI #
• listening to ""Supercollider" by Fountains of Wayne" ? http://t.co/6FcvdiUw #
• In the 2.5 yrs I was stationed in Korea, which has a history of eating dog (it's now illegal) I never partook. As far as I know. #
• There was occasionally some rather dubious-looking "beef." #
• listening to "Johnny Cash – 'Hurt"" ? http://t.co/RNr8PWLQ #
• Mandatory training… huzzah. (Can you feel the excitement? Can you?) #
• So Obama wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Wahh. He made up for it in later years by putting a spoon up his nose. #tcot #
• Every time one or the other of the cats is being nice to me, I have to remember that they're really just sucking up to me to get treats. #
• If I were king for a day, I'm pretty sure I would go down in history as Russ the Impaler. Dealing w/ Lotus Notes makes me feel all stabby. #
• 'Fraid so. RT @BryTupper: Yup RT @DinaFraioli: yes RT @keder: Anyone out there still awake? #
• Today's work plan seems to be naught but router crash remediation. I can live with that – it's one of my few really decent skills. #
• I actually feel pretty good today… something must be wrong. #
• Kismet decided to begin his Gotcha Day celebration this morning by trying to chew off my nose while I was trying to sleep. #
• Packet's Gotcha Day has consisted mainly of eating like a pig, sleeping like a baby, and getting skritched like, well, a cat. #

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Posted By Russ on April 22, 2012 at 10:30 am

The calendar may say one thing or another, but around these parts, we all know April 22nd is Gotcha Day.

Kismet and Packet have been with me for four years now, and I’ve loved every bit of it. And they clearly still love each other.

Here’s hoping I have many more years with the lads. It truly has been a joy to have them.

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Posted By Russ on April 18, 2012 at 7:10 am

Today my little buddy, fuzzy boy Kismet, turns five years old. He’s so much like a kitten (except for his size – he’s huge) that it’s hard to believe he’s such an age.

More tuna will be forthcoming today.

I don’t spoil the lads much, do I?

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Posted By Russ on April 17, 2012 at 7:53 pm

It’s a whole new business model for the Washington Post:

The media is no longer in the information business.

They are in the instruction business.

This is an important distinction.

Ace, en fuego, at Ace of Spades HQ.

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Posted By Russ on April 16, 2012 at 10:00 am

• Another lovely Monday morning. I suppose I should go to bed now. #
• I was supposed to be somewhere by 8am… but it took waaay longer to get ready to go than I expected. Another postponed appointment. :-( #
• No, nor Lupus. It's never Lupus. // RT @mkhammer: Has anyone on "House" ever ACTUALLY ended up having sarcoidosis? #
• Looong day. Medical, vet, taxes, groceries. My legs are completely worn out. Oh, and I can't drive anymore. Time to install hand controls. #
• There have been literally *hours* of kitteh purring & snuggling this evening. Either they liked the tuna, or I spilled some of it on me. #
• OK, so I can *configure* the router, but *debugging* is not authorized? Seriously? And people wonder why I occasionally get all stabby…. #
• While sitting at my desk, I accidentally put my foot down on Kismet's toe. The look he gave me can only be described as "reproach." #
• listening to "Boom Boom Satellites – Shut Up And Explode" ? http://t.co/aYHwK6F4 #
• My medications yesterday completely knocked me for a loop. My memory of the whole day is naught but a blur. "May cause drowsiness" indeed. #
• Yeah, I thought it was a bit warm in here today. Maybe if I switched the A/C over from "heat" to "cool," it might be better…. #soclever #
• The African-American Queen #ObamaBookTitles #what? #ReadHillbuzz #

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Posted By Russ on April 11, 2012 at 7:10 am

My handsome fluffy lad turns five years old today. It’s kind of hard to believe.

Tuna will be making an appearance later today… after the boys have their annual vet checkups.

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Posted By Russ on April 9, 2012 at 10:00 am

• Thunder booms, and I am suddenly surrounded by cats. Do they want security, or food? Food, of course. They always want food. #
• Oh goody. My login to work is broken. This could be all sorts of fun to get fixed. #
• Would you rather have crack-smoker Marion Barry, or a "dirty" Asian shop, in your neighborhood? http://t.co/UqqU3m3r #DenounceMe #
• If the rest of the week goes like today so far, I'm going to wish I'd fallen down the stairs, just to have an excuse to not be at work. #
• I hope everyone is having as good a Good Friday as I'm having (so far.) #
• Y'know, maybe – just *maybe* – it might be a good idea for me to remember to take my various and sundry medications today. #
• A fly got into the house when I opened the front door to bring in my mail. Packet and Kismet have been going *insane* about it. #
• My legs kept me awake all night (morning….) I am so doomed, work/wakefulness-wise. Unless I can get IV caffeine. #
• Happy Easter, everyone! — Easter Song, 2nd Chapter of Acts: http://t.co/T4Ks1KBd via @youtube #

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Posted By Russ on April 3, 2012 at 3:15 pm

I learned about the three branches of government and the separation of powers in elementary school. Later, I learned about Marbury v. Madison in my first high school U.S. History class.

Obama is only a year older than I am, so presumably his primary and secondary education was comparable to mine.

How, then, did he get into college, having obviously failed History?

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Posted By Russ on April 2, 2012 at 10:00 am

• Right-o… actually had a pretty good night. I should have gone to bed before it got light out, though. 3 cheers for blackout curtains. #
• Chores: done. Cats: fed. Legs: worn out. #
• Among the tasks I managed to get done today, I baked bread. Go ahead, envy me. I don't mind. #
• I seem to have finally found a variety of canned cat food that both Kismet and Packet adore. Something other than tuna, I mean. #
• Mmm… kalbi *and* chap chae… Someone stop me, or I'll cook Korean food again. I swear, I'll do it. #
• RT @IMAO_: The controversy in this country isn't access to birth control. It's access to other people's wallets. #
• If the Trayvon Martin case were dramatized on "Law & Order": http://t.co/rldJzFmL #
• If the Trayvon Martin case were dramatized on "Law & Order": http://t.co/rldJzFmL #
• Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. #
• Bill Whittle is /en fuego/ here — don't miss it: http://t.co/TgFwxvjZ #
• My oh my… an actual productive and completely successful work day. I should inform the press. #
• Why are the conservative SCOTUS justices expected to "broaden their thinking" & vote the other side, but the doctrinaire liberals never are? #
• Sometimes at work I have to suppress an urge so say out loud, "damn, I'm good." Not often, mind you. #
• My right leg has been essentially useless for the last 3 weeks. Today, for no apparent reason, some improvement. We'll see…. #
• Why do I feel like blasting Journey out of every speaker I have right now? #
• I'd have preferred Dean Martin. // RT @jimmiebjr: Or monkeys. RT @vermontaigne: Sometimes I wish I were roasted by monks. #
• RT @johnhawkinsrwn: Olbermann Mockery Reaches New Heights On Twitter: The Top 10 Keith Olbermann Was Fired Tweets http://t.co/M0BIk7NY #
• Wait… I support *what* now? What the $%&@! is a "Blue Coat?" A packet shaper? Look, if it isn't a router, I don't want to hear about it. #
• For the first time in I don't know how long, I've finished work and am going straight to bed, instead of staying up 'til the crack of dawn. #

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Posted By Russ on March 28, 2012 at 6:11 pm

You can just bet that right now in Hollywood, at the offices of the tools who produce “Law & Order,” a “Trayvon Martin” script is in the works — ripped, as they say, from the headlines.

But there will be a twist. With L&O, there’s always a twist.

And they invariably twist leftwards.

The prologue: an African immigrant, female, a member of her neighborhood watch, shoots and kills a white teen in suspicious circumstances. She is released by the cops because it was apparently self defense — we’ll pretend that any shooter in New York would be let loose, unprosecuted.

Community outrage ensues; a clearly right-wing radio host — we’ll say his name is “John Sanity” — no resemblance to any actual conservative radio hosts intended, of course — calls her a slut, and goes so far as to give out her address on Twitter — the number is emphasized for the viewers’ benefit.

Cut to the smoldering remains of a house; the camera focuses on the street number of the house as we hear an arson investigator refer to a Molotov cocktail, and five victims named Johansson (or something equally non-African-immigrant, to emphasize the point.) Obviously, the address to which the lynch mob was sent was the wrong address.

Opening credits. Doink doink.

Investigation follows, and after a labyrinthine trail of leads and mistaken arrests, a prototypical skinhead / white-trash / klansman / GOP operative is finally hauled in. Under questioning, he ultimately cops to throwing the Molotov cocktail, but claims he was incited to do so by the radio host.

The detectives seek advice from the lawyers in the District Attorney’s office, and develop a theory of the crime that could pin murder charges on almost any Republican, but especially conservative radio talk show hosts.

Cut to a radio studio; “John Sanity” is shouting racist invective into the microphone. Live, on air, detectives burst into the studio and arrest the host on five counts of murder. One of the detectives makes a witty remark about arson and hot air.

Halftime. Doink doink.

The radio host is arraigned, bailed out, and eventually put on trial; his shady (caucasian, Republican) lawyer (or, given Hollywood’s proclivities these days, maybe an Obviously Jewish Lawyer) uses every trick in the book to get evidence tossed, questions withdrawn, and so on.

The jury — obviously reluctantly — acquits. Radio host “John Sanity” holds a press conference and declares the verdict a victory for the First Amendment.

The DA and his assistant walk away, making regretful remarks about the hate-filled right wing, and wondering when the mass lynchings will begin.

Standard disclaimer about resemblance between the teleplay and any real-world news stories.

Fin.

Forgotten: the shooter, the victim, the Johanssons.

But hey, as long as conservtives can be made out to be the bad guys, it’s all good, right?

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Posted By Russ on March 27, 2012 at 1:38 pm

The big news in politics this week is the round of Supreme Court oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of the Obamacare individual mandate.

It seems patently obvious to me that the mandate is an overreach of legitimate congressional power, and anathema to individual liberty, but there’s no way of knowing how the Supreme Court justices will vote* or how they will rationalize their impending votes.

I’ve been particularly interested in the Institute for Justice’s take on the healthcare law as a violation of centuries of contract law — that is, a contract which an individual is coerced into entering is not valid or enforceable.

Regardless of the outcome, it’s time for there to be a clear line drawn to rein in the federal government. A good start might be Professor Randy Barnett’s Federalism Amendment idea.

* Except for the four liberals, who apparently never saw an expansion of federal “social engineering” power they didn’t like.

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Posted By Russ on March 26, 2012 at 10:00 am

• Anyone who believes that nonsense about cats being patient has not seen my critters if feeding time is 30 seconds late. #
• Thunderboomy storm… Kismet is so freaked out, he flung himself at me for, I presume, some security. Or treats. Never can tell with him. #
• Another night of rain. One can only hope this bodes well for my lawn's longevity this year. #
• [Insert wit here.] #
• The work week begins with a classic "high CPU due to ARP" problem. May the rest of what I deal with this week be so straightforward. #
• My legs seem more useless than usual this week, especially the right. Can't lift it high enough to climb stairs. Very disturbing. #
• I have detected an emerging strategy on Packet's part: he begs for food 10-15 minutes earlier each day. Clever kitteh. #
• Looks like today is turning into another Good Ticket day (knock wood.) So far, an ISDN problem (my forté) and a routing loop. Cake. #
• Phone calls from the Czech Republic are the highlight of my week. Glad I'm not paying *that* phone bill. #
• Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were still here. #
• I'd like to say I'm having a good day, but if I do, something will come along to ruin it. #

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Posted By Russ on March 23, 2012 at 1:31 pm

It was two years ago that Congress and President Obama, against the expressed will of the majority of the American public, bequeathed to us the questionable gift of Obamacare. Charles Krauthammer:

Ultimately, the question will hinge on whether the Commerce Clause has any limits. If the federal government can compel a private citizen, under threat of a federally imposed penalty, to engage in a private contract with a private entity (to buy health insurance), is there anything the federal government cannot compel the citizen to do?

. . .

Rarely has one law so exemplified the worst of the Leviathan state — grotesque cost, questionable constitutionality and arbitrary bureaucratic coerciveness. Little wonder the president barely mentioned it in his latest State of the Union address. He wants to be reelected. He’d rather talk about other things.

Rarely has so pernicious an act of legislation been foisted on the American people. We might have to go back as far as the Alien and Sedition Acts to find its equal.

On Monday, oral arguments in the case to invalidate the individual mandate will be held at the Supreme Court. Congress and Obama rammed it down our throats. Let’s hope the Court shoves it up their asses.

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Posted By Russ on March 19, 2012 at 10:00 am

• The side effects of my new meds live up to their billing, and beyond. "May cause drowsiness," my butt. "May cause coma" is more like it. #
• Have I mentioned lately that I make awesome kalbi? Y'know, Korean short ribs? Have I mentioned that at all? Have I? 'Cause I do 'em goooood. #
• Am I the only person alive who remembers this song? http://t.co/u0tmatQH #
• Oh yay, I'm the designated "expert on everything" tonight. Just in time to have a real steamer handed to me. I weep for joy. #dontbelieveit #
• Yes, it's 3:30am. Yes, I've just finished a 7-hour conference call. No, despite that I'm neither insane nor suicidal. #
• My fever has finally broken. In other news, I've had a fever (headache, etc.) all day so far. #

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Posted By Russ on March 16, 2012 at 3:31 pm

Back in the spring of 1988, at the behest of Uncle Sam, I shipped out to Korea. I spent the next 2½ years in the 2nd Infantry Division; I have a lot of memories — some bad, most good — about those years.

I’ve no idea what brought this particular memory to mind….

Of my 2½ years in Korea, I spent about a year living under canvas or in holes in the ground up near the DMZ. As one might expect, the prospect of eventually getting a weekend pass was near and dear to my heart, as it was to everyone’s. The goal was nearly always to spend a weekend in the capitol city, Seoul.

And for some reason, this song always ran through my head:

(Seoul City — get it?)

I may just be the only person I know who remembers that song. At least I remember it fondly.

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Posted By Russ on March 15, 2012 at 5:25 pm

It’s called Mass Effect 3, and if by now you aren’t aware that I’m a fan, you haven’t been paying attention.

Here’s a sample mission I ran in the wee hours this morning. The goal: to protect some civilians from being kidnapped.

Experienced ME2/ME3 players will note that I didn’t make full use of my biotics. Mea culpa.

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Posted By Russ on March 12, 2012 at 10:00 am

• Watching "A Bullet for Joey" – Edward G. Robinson as… Canadian police inspector Raoul LeDuc? Did the world go briefly mad in 1955? #
• Amazon just billed me and marked my Mass Effect 3 pre-order as "shipping soon." Tomorrow…. #ME3 #
• War. RT @EvanPokroy: I Am Andrew Breitbart: http://t.co/nfD6vJbj via @youtube #
• Canceling my Carbonite account. Might give Mozy a look. #
• We should have a parade or something. // RT @radishthegreat: On this day in 1953 Stalin snuffed it. #
• It's the 6th – why hasn't Amazon delivered my copy of Mass Effect 3 yet?!?!!??11?!eleven?!? #betrayed #disappointed #ME3 #
• "Don't re-enact scenes from 'Platoon' with Charlie Sheen" – good advice. Rock solid. #
• Support #IAmAndrewBreitbart add a #twibbon now! – http://t.co/R8Q1d6Ws – Create one here – http://t.co/7AYnrruu #
• An Obama press conference? OK, I think I have an episode of Top Gear on the DVR…. #
• So busy with Mass Effect 3, now my DVR is filling up. When am I supposed to watch Psych? #FirstWorldProblems #ME3 #
• I knew it would happen some day: I've hurt my right wrist – my cane-wielding hand. Really awkward using the cane left-handed. #
• Seriously, people: don't screw up your cane-wielding wrist. It makes everything so much more difficult. #NoTripToTheKitchenTonight #
• Ya, I saw that "KONY" video. I am instinctively distrustful of anything that makes that much use of the chicken-foot "peace" symbol. #
• Oh look. Bill O'Reilly is beating the "oil company!! price gouging!! investigation!!" drum again. **yawn** What a tool. #
• I guess now they have something to be depressed about. // MT @irishspy: Iraqis Stone To Death 90 – 100 'Emo' Teens http://t.co/Yi42LWhY #
• Dunno how *your* day is going, but I've managed to accidentally wipe out a sentient species this morning. #oops #ME3 #
• Today appears to be "cats running around like idiots" day. Just like pretty much every other day, really. #

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Posted By Russ on March 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm

After weeks — nay, months — of mentioning it on Twitter, on Facebook, and in the occasional post at this very site…. it’s here:

I may just be unavailable for the rest of the week.

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