Barack Obama’s campaign credo: Change is good. President-elect Barack Obama’s credo: When it comes to war and peace, maybe wisdom is better.  -AP analysis

Er, your analysis doesn’t quite get it.  That wisdom you’re talking about?  A refreshing change.

My green card renewal was approved, so now I don’t need to hassle with this again for 10 years.

Stephen Segal in a Somali pirate ship movie.  He can even play a chef again, if need be.

I’ve recently added Google Hot Trends to my RSS reader, which is a fun way to get a grasp of what people in aggregate are interested in at any given point in time.

Most of the time it’s sports, politics, news items. But last night a sudden spike shows up for “neurosyphilis” rocketing it to #1 in the chart. Unlike the usual items on hot trends there were no blog posts or news items about this, just a sudden interested in neurosyphilis. Which is kind of frightening and weird.

I was an hour late for work today. This is why