I was previously unaware of the provisions in Geneva Article 3 that say in effect, if a prisoner’s status as a POW is questioned, he should enjoy the protections granted POWs until status can be determined by a tribunal. (Thank you to bradhicks for linking to that. I think it’s tremendously important.) Bush, Rumsfeld and Gonzales made the decision that these individuals were not POWs. Without meeting them. That effectively means that they *were* the tribunal. To me, this is yet one more example of the USA reacting out of proportion to the actual threat, and using the occasion of a terrorist attack to manipulate the system and erode liberties in the name of temporary/perceived safety. (Didn’t Ben warn us about that?) ...

M and I are planning a trip to Hawai’i. Most likely this will take place a year from now, in October 2007. We will probably go to one of these: Waikoloa Beach Resort - On the big island, new in 2006. Hawai’ian Village or nearby Kalia Tower - On Oahu in walking distance to Waikiki. Now, the reason I’m posting here is that I’d like to invite friends along with us. If you’re reading this, that probably means we know each other RL and you would be welcome to come along with us. If you think you might be interested, let me know and I will keep you updated on the plans, costs, etc. (Expressing interest doesn’t obligate you in any way :) ...

Pictures of the new kitchen are here: New Cabinets. Cabinets are all installed. Still to come are: countertop (want granite), plumbing sink and filter system, putting face plates on the electric items, and putting dishwasher and fridge back where they go. Haven’t decided what to do about floors… thinking about vinyl tile for the whole downstairs (replace pergo and brick-red ceramic tile).

It’s the 5th anniversary of 9/11/2001. I don’t have anything particularly eloquent to say about it, so I’ll post a link to someone who does. Please read I Remember Townsend… It’s a pretty long piece, but worth reading the whole thing. liz_marcs is a real journalist, and she lays out pretty clearly why those who forget history aren’t half as bad as those who would rewrite it as propaganda, such as the ABC Road to 9/11 fear-monger festival. If you choose to spend some hours on ABC’s propaganda piece, you owe it to yourself to read “I Remember Townsend…” as well. ...

I recently interviewed at Google for a system administrator position. A few friends have expressed interest in the questions. Here’s the quick review in case you’re curious…

Exercise log for September Fri 9/1: exercise bike 60 laps Sat 9/2: exercise bike 45 laps Sun 9/3: exercise bike 45 laps (Avg this week: 42.8 min) Mon 9/4: exercise bike 60 laps Stopped with exercise bike due to knee injury, probably tendonitis due to exertion. This was in the right knee, on the bottom edge of my kneecap.

This week I… Packed the rest of the kitchen (total 22 boxes) Had my kitchen removed Switched my mailer to Thunderbird Went to dinner with swami_bob and the professor Averaged almost 45 min of cardio a day Next week I hope to… Get a new kitchen, damnit! See misty and the unicorn again (what’s it been, 6 weeks?) Attend interview on Wednesday Make plans for countertop

“sorrow” will be my userpic for the next week. Ezzie and Merlin, I am sorry for your loss.

This week I: upped my daily cardio to 45 min (avg this week 40.7 min) attended an ice cream competition completed the bulk of the remote access transition bought three short-sleeved dress shirts (actually long-sleeved shirts with an “alteration” :) packed all the food and most of the dishes into boxes Next week I am planning to: take thurs/fri off to see my kitchen get demolished have a 3rd phone interview and maybe a live interview get creative with dinners (sandwiches anyone?)

I have been using Mulberry for a long time but it’s starting to feel old and clunky to me. Mulberry 2.2.1 is dated 2002 and I don’t recall why I didn’t upgrade to 3.0… it was some new feature I didn’t like and couldn’t figure out how to get the old behavior back. So, I’m putting the question to my LJ brain trust: What (windows) program do you use to read your mail, and do you like it? (If you don’t read your mail on a Windows machine, or if you use telnet/ssh or a web browser to read mail, you do not need to answer… I have web-based and text-based mail readers that I like pretty well) ...