Instructions: Take one list of movies, remove those movies (DVD or VHS) that do not grace your shelves and make the list up to ten by adding some more that do. Be sure to keeep the history line. 's list: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings (2001) Galaxy Quest (1999) Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (2002) (waiting for the special edition) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Cold Comfort Farm (1995) Sliding Doors (1998) Backbeat (1994) Mallrats (1995) Forest Gump (1994) Monty Python: Life of Brian (1979) My list: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings (2001)…

OK, so Australia has legal brothels. No problem. Apparently when the World Council of Churches met in Caberra, brothel business increased by 250%. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3160670.stm

Fuck Verisign… http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03oct03.htm “In the 10 days since that response, ICANN has had further opportunity to consider the technical and practical consequences of these changes, and to evaluate whether these unilateral actions by VeriSign were consistent with its contractual obligations to ICANN. As set forth in today's letter to VeriSign, ICANN's preliminary conclusion is that the changes to .com and .net implemented by VeriSign on 15 September have had a substantial adverse effect on the core operation of the DNS, on the stability of the Internet and the .com and .net top-level domains, and may have additional adverse effects in…

You Assumed Wrong No, I don't have kids. My husband and I are cheerfully child-free. THERESA CAHILL “SO, HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU HAVE?” For most women, this is an ordinary, everyday question. It's a great icebreaker with someone you really don't know very well. After all, everyone has children, right? When I answer that my husband, Darrin, and I have decided not to have children, the statement is usually met with bewilderment, silence, even disapproval. I can almost hear their thoughts. Why did we get married if we're not going to procreate? And it still seems far more acceptable…

I need to stay away from amazon. Yum.

The book signing last night was way cool. Basically it was a neat question and answer session with Neal Stephenson (author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver). Tidbits: – Neal Stephenson uses Emacs. – Metaweb – go here. Very cool concept.

Hmm. Not exactly sure what that's all about – thanks for the heads up. Now if only I could figure out how to put that code snippet somewhere on the bar. People have edited that profile box, but I haven't figured it out yet. Ah well…

– Down 11.2 pounds – yay me! – Kitten is growing! Also is having some sort of twisted love affair with the dog. Don't ask, don't tell, I always say. LOL – Tonight going to BookPeople for a book signing – Neal Stephenson. Terry Pratchett will be here 10/13! That's all.