I posted the following as a comment in wildpaletz journal, but I wanted to post it in my own as well. Readers of bradhicks will find much of this familiar… I have pondered much on the issue of “moral values™” and have been troubled by it. By “moral values™”, I mean “the selected moral questions which happen to strengthen the bond between religious conservatives and fiscal/social conservatives”. These are the “hot button” issues that Christian fundamentalists are passionate about, but that if they took a moment to think about what’s really important, which they would find are not pillars of their faith. ...

I went to Blue Chalk last night to meet a bunch of other former AV people. Unfortunately, the effort to include Ops wasn’t serious or well-executed… I think that’s in part because the party was organized by Andreas and Jonathan who were marketing types and didn’t really deal with Ops much, so we didn’t have much reason to stay connected. I heard about the gathering like 1 day ahead, and forwarded the notice to a bunch of people who had been left out, but I didn’t really expect to see much of Ops due to the late notice. ...

If you read ghastly’s ghastly comic, I have added it to the list of syndicated feeds: ghastly_feed. It also appears that the LJ user ghastlycomic is written by the author, though it doesn’t seem to be updated often. If you don’t already read ghastly’s ghastly comic, now is not a good time to start. Unless you’re like, perverted, and even other perverts tell you that you have a perverted sense of humor. If you are, then by all means, start reading!

Happy birthday 9thmoon!

Let the record show that I am sick like a dog. It started yesterday with sore throat and runny nose, then I soon got the chills. Today I have crud in my chest and crud in my sinuses, though it seems like I am not as chilled. Oh, and uncontrollable coughing fits that give me an instant headache. This sucks.

This is the latest draft of “mydnsbl,” which is a personal project I’ve been working on. It’s been about half work time and half personal time. As of now, the software seems to work OK, and the docs are pretty complete (for testing purposes anyway). I will soon be moving on to the more daunting task of trying to test my new DNSBL with actual user mail, if I can convince management that it’s safe. ...

I made some pot stickers using Alton’s recipe as a, well, general guideline :) They turned out pretty OK. I made a few substitutions, because I didn’t have scallions or bell pepper on hand. I replaced scallions with minced onion, left out bell pepper completely, and instead of mustard I added 1/2 tsp of McDonalds Barbeque sauce. The filling turned out a little on the sweet-ish side but tasted great. ...

Note to self: It helps to plug the crock pot in. Pot roast will be ready about 6 if you do, and at 2 am if you don’t. So far I have made one pot roast and one soup in the crock pot. I am happy. Also, I made Lemon Curd last night and served it to my sweety on some pound cake. I am quite smug.

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