January 2006 Archives

So I officially made it three whole decades. From here on I am officially no longer cool. But I beat the system, since I wasn't really all that cool before.

So far 30 is OK. A little weird, but it feels suspiciously like yesterday, or even more suspiciously like last Monday. Funny thing, that.

For those of you who have tried to post comments with no response, apologies. It appears that MT's junk filter seems to do a great job of filtering out comments from actual people that I know commenting on the entries, but fails miserably at filtering out comments with ambiguous names like "Viagara" or "Party Poker". Sorry 'bout that. I think I have it fixed. But due to the recent flood of spam, I've turned moderation on, so you won't see you comment show up until I get to the site to approve it. This is a middle step I've taken to avoid turning on validation (requiring everyone who comments to sign up with a 3rd-party account provider) which I'd rather avoid (cause I hate it when people make me do it).

Anyway, I'll write more later, but right now I have a Navigation test.

Just wanted to note in case you didn't notice that the first decisions of the Roberts Court were handed down yesterday. Of highest interest was the court upholding Oregon's assisted suicide legislation. They found (basically) that the Justice Department (under Ashcroft) was overstepping its authority by removing licensing for doctors who prescribed medicines for the purpose of assisting suicide. Justice was acting on the Schedule II controlled substances laws. This result is interesting in two ways.