Trains
This makes sense. I could never get why trains sometimes have locomotives on the *back* of the line. Why are there *pusher* engines? The answer was provided by – quelle surprise – The Discovery Channel. The Crash Files: On the Inside of the NTSB mentioned that longer trains need pusher engines on the rear to
Dave Eggars
On hating chicken
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In destinies sad or merry, True men can but try.
Pictures of Me
What do I look like? I ask myself this often. In case you’ve ever wondered … I added a tiny photo to the bottom of the sidebar over there. (Scroll down a bit.) If you click it you’ll visit the bowels of my /images directory where you can find several other pictures of me. Wouldn’t you like
LA Superior Court Web Site
The Superior Court of California has a terrific web site. I have no idea what possessed them to use *images* instead of *text* for all their links, though. That’s just plain stupid. But … I was able to pay my latest traffic citation on line, which was very nice.
Quick Search
Wow! I am going to have to check out Dave’s Quick Search Taskbar Toolbar Deskbar. It looks ultra-groovy. link via BrainLog
Droopners
I think it’s true: These really are the world’s funniest refrigerator magnets. Warning: Adult Content
The Birds
The Birds (narration) – Harry Nilsson
Movable Type Modifications
Two Tricks from the MT Support Forum: How to Randomly Generate Entries How to Create a Printer-Friendly Template Of course if you are using CSS to its fullest, you can create printer-friendly pages by simply changing stylesheets. There is a tutorial at Evolt that explains how.
Continental United States
Y’know what bugs me sometimes? Why isn’t Alaska considered part of “the continental United States”? Hawai’i I can understand – floating off by itself over there. But Alaska’s all connected and everything. It *is* on the same continent. I wonder if Alaskans ever fret over that.