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Ok, true story as of maybe 30 minutes ago… I would like it known that names have been changed to protect the innocent.  I’d also like it to be known that I was at home watching the children, so I was not involved. During grocery shopping, a woman notices a boy / young man, perhaps aged 14, shopping with his father.  They are an “average” father / son team, meaning not white trash or baseball-/wrestler-dad douchers.  The boy steals a package of condoms.  Only the woman notices.  The woman tells one of the grocery store workers.  She does...

While sifting through my ginormously swollen list of unread articles on Google Reader, I read a Slashdot post on whether typing speed really matters, which references Jeff Atwood’s rant on slow-typing programmers (of which said author here is sadly a member).  As I was in true internet surfing mode, I went from this article to Atwood’s site, on which was his latest article on the Gawker attacks.  It’s a cool read, especially the hack transcription… Reading this of course led to Gawker’s front page to see if there was any admission or humility.  There was not.  However, there was...

Greetings… I have been much MIA lately, due to a retardedly hectic life right now.  I am changing jobs again, and have been dealing with the transition of doing as much as I can for my wife after 8 months of really being off my feet (for the most part). Turns out, she wasn’t faking being that pregnant. December 26 @ 9:00am!  Welcome Lillian Duvall!  A whopping 9 lbs 15 oz!  21.5” long! My wife (who’s tiny) ended up requiring a cesarean to get Lillian out.  As soon as I heard the cries of the baby (I was in there, but didn’t...