God bless the usa

I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt, I love this land
God Bless the USA
(Lee Greenwood, "God Bless the USA")

I apologize in advance for what I'm about to say; if it offends you, I'm sorry.

I'm sick and tired of hearing about the attack. I take that back; I'm sick of hearing about it non-stop. In my not-so-humble opinion, it's about time to stop broadcasting news 24/7 and begin to introduce the normal television lineup again.

It's not that I don't want to hear about what happened, but when you've heard about how rescue workers are writing their names on their bodies for the twentieth time, you know the subject's been covered well enough.

I know some of you will cry, "What if something happens?" The stations could continue their constant news-ticker that runs along the bottom of the screen, and if anything major happens, they can always interrupt with a special report.

My problem is, this news is draining me emotionally. Usually, when that happens, I turn on the TV and watch some mindless entertainment... but now, they've taken that from me.

Anyway, that's just my opinion.

Update: Most stations are beginning to reintroduce their standard programming lineup. Not all, but most.

No coding done. I'm still trying to figure out how to begin.

For some reason, it didn't compile right. I'm not sure why. I'll try the 0.9.4 binary build.

One of my professors upgraded to Netscape 6.1 on her Win95 machine the other day. I can barely tell the difference between the two browsers; whatever changes they made, it couldn't have been much.

I barely bother to comb it anymore; nothing I do seems to keep it in line. I think it'll look good when it's long, but right now, it looks like crap.

I'm trying to grow a goatee too. It's not going so well. My hair just doesn't grow fast enough. Besides, if I go in for a job interview, I'll shave it off and get a haircut.

Well, it's not a "fake ID"... but I got dinged for using a printout of the barcode on my real ID instead of digging it out of my wallet. They honestly didn't believe that the barcode was simply the social security number, in Codabar, with start code A and stop code B. I had to show them that when I typed "a078051120b" (not my real SSN, and not valid, either) into Barcode Mill it produced the same barcode.

So far, no disciplinary action has been taken, and I doubt it will. Besides, what can they get me for? I'm using my own barcode, and if anyone had asked, I could have presented my ID anyway.

None so far... Monday I'll follow up on the two at the school.

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -- Albert Einstein