Installing a security fix for Internet Exploder, with a few other items, and I see this gauge:
Last I looked, 1.5 was considerably less than half of 9.6. Either their math is really lousy, or they’ve decided to keep the gauge moving even when nothing’s going on.
Category: Entertainment
Life imitating art?
The Los Angeles Times printed this on the front page on Wednesday, showing downtown LA against a very red sunset, a result of two days of heavy Santa Ana winds.
Does this remind anyone else of the most recent Angel episode?
Harry Potter titles I’d like to see
I guess it’s just the “HP and the A of B” pattern, combined with the new movie coming out, but I’d like to see titles like:
- Harry Potter and the Temple of Doom
- Harry Potter and the Last Crusade
- Harry Potter and the Chocolate Frog Factory
- Harry Potter and the Holy Grail
- Harry Potter Versus the Volcano
But let’s stay away from titles like:
- Harry Potter and the Scent of a Woman
- Harry and Silent Ron Strike Back
- Harry Potter and the Attack of the Clones
Not sure what this was for…
…but if the date is to be believed, I haven’t bought it yet.
Better, but still slightly wrong…
As a followup, the local KFC has replaced their Hot and Fresh Breast (Meal) poster with a Hot and Fresh Strips Meal.
This time, we got pictures:
On the Borders of Reality
The two of us and our friend Daniel were wandering through Borders last night, looking at the Harry Potter display. Oddly, it was right next to the sections on Astrology, Speculative (I guess New Age is too passé), two whole shelves on Magical Studies, Christianity, Metaphysics, and finally Self-Help. (How’s that for an interesting combination?)
Among them we found some frightening titles, like Dreams for Dummies (they don’t already have them?), or The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being Psychic, which made the claim that everyone is psychic, as opposed to the book we found down the shelf, which proclaimed merely that All Women are Psychic. Wiccan Feng Shui seemed like an interesting idea.
Daniel found the real kicker: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem. Just think about it.
Interesting write-in candidates
On the same corner where a few weeks ago someone had placed “Atomic X For Governor” signs, Katie and I saw a new parody. There’s a candidate in a local election named Brett Floyd, and someone had gotten neon pink cardboard and written up a “Vote Pink Floyd” sign.
For once we actually had a camera in the car, but couldn’t get it out fast enough.
Update November 7!
We got a photo on Saturday, and finally got the pictures back! It was too blurry to read, so it’s overly processed, but here it is:
