May 25, 2004

  • I'm having a hard time believing it myself, but flu season generally lasts from late fall through early spring.  I happen to have caught one of those robust virii that has withstood the test of the season.  Lucky me.  I have this constant ambient noise in my head, like a constant drawn out bad chord played on an electric guitar.  It's not irritating, aside from the fact that it's hard to hear others speaking to me.  I refuse to take any sick days in order for me to meet my deadlines at work.  I have community work that is just too important for me to let sit idle.


    There are good points in all of this.  I'm feeling a little better.  I hope I don't regress.  I'm also logging massive hours of beauty sleep, although it's more out of me being fatigued and weak than me just wanting slumber.  Tagalog class is over, which is honestly a whole mixed bag of tricks because it was a place where I felt I could really use Tagalog freely and openly.  It was an open environment.  Now I have to find other outlets.


    I'm thinking about going to BASH.  Anyone want to go with me?


    Anyone wonder how secure the internet is?  Well I got this message at work today from our Information Technology Department. 


    "If you have a PC at home that is named VIRGIL and you use Comcast for Internet services, please contact the Client Services Support Help Desk at 445-5683 or e-mail Techsup1 because your PC is infected with a virus and keeps trying to connect to the Department's Internet e-mail gateways.  This is also a reminder that all home PCs that connect to the network or use WebAccess must have anti-virus software installed, and the definitions must be kept current."


    I find that crazy.  They know the name of this computer, the internet service this person is using, and who knows what else?


    Anyone else catch the Bush speech yesterday?  He's a terrible public speaker.  He's monotone, lacks charisma, and can't even enunciate.  Bush pronounced Abu Ghraib as "ah-boo gah-rab" when ever other news anchor and United States officials have been and are still calling it "ah-boo gray-b."  They can't all be wrong and he's right. 


    It speaks volumes of his intelligence.  He is a nitwit.  He is an oil tycoon, and wants to use up all other oil stores before we tap America's, also known as his.  Remember when America went to help Mexico stabilize their peso?  Was it just a coincidence that they found a natural store of oil off the Mexican coast soon after?  Who knows that the Philippines has stores of oil off of it's northern and eastern coastlines?  It's probably part of the big reason America wanted to make an "investment" of the Philippines.  However, maybe the nitwits are those of us that buy into the idea that everyone will win from this situation and lack that will to make a change for the better.