Funny presentation moment.

Okay, someone set up a wireless network in-hall, so I can post this between sessions.

I would like you to imagine an engineer with a heavy, formal-sounding Indian accent. You're probably familiar with it.

Got it? Good.

Now, imagine the person with that accent speaking the phrase, "Like, y'know". A lot.

When I realized what he was saying, my brain went *thud*. Funniest verbal quirk I've heard all con. It's like a British butler saying "Gag me with a spoon, suh."

Nomination for Worst Legal Definition of the Century

Woman, by a legal definition for some dumb bill before congress now, requires capability to become pregnant. What, the, FUCK. The definition makes allowance for female individuals who haven't reached majority, but none for the obvious other exceptions, such as sterility, menopause, so on. What brain-damaged lawyer came up with that? He should have his balls kicked into his cranium.

*sigh*

edit: Ran into ursulav's journal and in a comment there, ungulata points out that this law, as written, is null. Woman == person that can become pregnant. A pregnant person cannot become pregnant again, therefore is not a woman. Pregnant woman is a null phrase under this definition. Broken!

House of Nanking

Food there is still awesome. Had some spicy-enough-to-release-endorphins shrimp, scallop, and mushroom thing, and the tea. I went there almost entirely for that tea, delightful as the food was. I'm content, for the moment.

Then there's the moderately inane pleasure of having gotten to House of Nanking from my hotel without getting lost.

Day 2 post coming when I've digested dinner and written up my wandering around the (sorta pathetic) vendor room.

Veritas Vision, Day two!

At about 3:30 today I tumbled numbly out of a Veritas File System session thinking "Mister Berkowitz, may I please be excused? My brain's full." Much learning was had, at a cost.

( Day two, plus something I forgot from yesterday. )

Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die.

Serenity. Trailer. Now.

Googling oneself to remind oneself.

Was googling my nick to see what came up (after googling a friend's most recent nick and getting nothing, pleasingly), and came up with this little gem from 1999 on the Keenspace boards:

As a random note, I just found a couple days ago that said Weird Al song was indeed actually a specific song spoof - the original song is by "The Rugburns", off a CD called "Mommy, I'm Sorry", and the track is called "Dick's Automotive".

The song is twisted. The Rugburns are apparently a local band out of the San Diego, CA area.

My friend who handed me the CD had no idea.

The song being spoken of is ( cutting so people who _don't_ want it in their heads don't have to )