Texans: Tomorrow is Election Day. Vote “No” on Proposition #2.
How come no one told me Kristin Chenoweth is on The West Wing? I watched last night’s debate episode, and I was delighted to see her name in the credits. I only finished the fourth season a few days ago, and I knew that the series now is very different from where it was then, but I didn’t expect half the cast to be replaced. Feh.
So, thoughts! I do wish our presidential candidates would follow Vinick’s lead and actually debate, but I actually preferred the ’04 reality. Where was the mind-bending stupidity in the Vinick/Santos debate? (Vinick/Santos? NoTP!) Where were the “You forgot Poland!”s and the “Want some wood?”s or the mysterious suit bulges? Were were the “black or white issues”, the “hard work”, or the fabled “rumors on the internets”? I miss Candidate!Bush. He’s a lot more fun than President Bush.
Anyway, I still haven’t decided if I’m going to watch beyond the fourth season. I guess I’ll rent the fifth season when it comes out on DVD and see if I can stomach the mangling of Sorkin’s characters and storylines, which Ko assures me is dire.
How is it that I never knew about the LJ Portal? Man, that’s handy!
Slate: Right to Wife — Why does Judge Alito treat women like girls?
Scary as heck, and definitely worth reading. Ganked from Peg.
Beware: Sony unleashes new, draconian DRM measures with teeth. Link passed on from Peg Kerr.
Yay, blogger is publishing again! It was having issues yesterday.
Hmph. It looks like James is no longer up for Harry Dresden. Disappointing, as he was the author Jim Butcher’s pick for the role, and he did an excellent job with the audio books. Ah well, I guess it was inevitable, given his preference to not stray long from L.A.
Another entry for my ever-growing list of things that are brilliant, it’s Yoda busting a move! Still, it can’t compare with the “Breakdancing Ben Franklin” past DMDers put together. I’ll have to ask Amy if it’s available online anywhere…
Let the rash of fanmade alternate Serenity covers begin!
Tonight, I went to two advising events, one for Peer Advisors and the other for the Big/Little Sister system in Women in Computer Science (WICS). At the first event, I ended up getting more advice than I gave. I talked to Norm, who had encouraging things to say about Fluid Dynamics (which we’re starting with in my independent study), and Max Mintz (the professor who taught the class voted “Most Difficult Course at Penn” several years running), who had some very cool things to say about Math and the useless way it’s presented at most universities.
The second event was at a great Thai restaurant two blocks from my dorm that I didn’t know existed. My little sister Becky and I proposed a Mirrormask event, and we’re crossing our fingers that they choose it over Chicken Little. I also managed to plug Wonderfalls and Firefly to a fair-sized group, with what looks to be great results! Then I lent the DVD sets to Becky, mwaha! She had something of a geekgasm when she saw all my posters. :D She’s a big Gaiman and Pratchett fan, so we will get along swimmingly.
In other news, peanut sauce makes the world beautiful. Discuss.