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Hard to believe New Orleans isn't any more. That probably overstates it, but it sounds pretty bad. Sent something to the Red Cross to help. This is why our National Guard people should be here, not in Iraq: looting for survival is one thing, but what's going on there is despicable. But since they don't have enough people to do rescues, much less maintain law and order... They should learn from this though, and either build the levees to withstand major storms, or give it back entirely and rebuild above sea level.
When I went to Safeway to get a late lunch (their chinese is usually pretty good, but not mid-afternoon, blech!), their premium had topped $3. The regular was $2.86, close to 30 cents over a day or so ago. I sympathize with the people calling for boycotts, but it's misguided. It seems everyone wants a free market, until the it doesn't work in their favor. On the one hand, this is great for getting alternative fuels going --- I was just reading that in Hawaii, biodiesel is now cheaper than petro-diesel. Exactly where we need to be. And be real: even a 30 cent price increase is what, $3-6 for a full tank? Not exactly breaking the bank here. Though, the $10-20 over what it was last year is getting up there...
We upgraded one of our spam filter machines at work last night. The other one got this upgrade a couple weeks ago, and it dramatically sped it up. This one, turned into molasses. Uggh. The support people at the company that makes it rebuilt the database, and got it going again, but it took all day to catch up. It looks like it's just getting caught up now...
Gay movie night tonight was "Straight-Jacket", a really funny spoof of closeted actors in the 50's (i.e. Rock Hudson). It's about the third or fourth time I've seen it in the last couple of weeks and it never gets old. I'll have to upgrade my rating, as when I can do that, it's a 10.
Posted by abatie at September 1, 2005 01:09 AM