2007 was a shit year. Nothing in particular happened that was all that bad (well… never mind, a few things have), but I am still glad to see the fucker go.
I just played (actually, played about half this evening and finished at 10:30 PM – last achievement of ’07) Portal, and it lived up to all of the hype and gave me a huge motherfucking grin for at least ten minutes. So a nice end to a shit year.
Here is hoping that 2008 is better, and is filled with cake 
Even Aperture Sciences wants to extinguish the year…
If you saw an URL like this one:
http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/
how could you not try it?
And what a lovely embedded, linked graphic for your poll results…
30
It even had a nice link for Ultrasonic nursing school. That was some nice sleeper link addition… playing on my love for absurdly long URLs and the eternal question of how many 5-year-olds you could take in a hypothetical fight (I think I could take more BTW) in order to boost your SEO results.
I went home for a week to see my family during X-Mas. Prior to leaving, Carrie and I noticed there were a few ants around the bathtub. We joked that when we returned they would have taken over the bathtub.
Unfortunately, today Carrie called me into the bathroom where I was greeted by a line of tiny black ants, inexorably teeming around the circumference of the bathtub rim. Foolishly, I did not grab my camera to properly document the scene, but this picture will do fine (for the feeling at least, not the actual number; probably closer to 200-or-so).
Ant Swarm, originally uploaded by bitterbug.
I cleaned the bathtub with bleach spray, and I am now awaiting to see how long this will keep the creatures at bay. I am speculating just a day or so, but I will steel my will and prepare for their inevitable return.
I abstain from killing for the most part, but there is no way to live with a teeming colony of ants in your home. It was war, and I have adjusted my morality accordingly to asymmetrically engage the foe in my home.
I feel itchy writing this post.
The Denver Post – Girl, 13, charged as sex offender and victim
My God Utah is fucked up.
So, in Utah, a 13 year-old-girl that had consensual sex with her 12-year-old boyfriend is a victim of a crime (there are no exceptions or mitigation for violating a state law that prohibits having sex with a person under 14) as well as a victim (for engaging in a sexual act by herself being under 14).
the statute in question is designed to prevent sex with children who are 13 and younger, even if the other person is in the same age group.
By passing that law, legislators were sending a message, Bates said: Sex with or among children is unacceptable.
Randall Richards, the girl’s attorney, argued that prosecuting children under a law meant to protect them is illogical.
It is difficult to wrap my head around… as both are charged with the crime and are the goddamned victims.
Fuck…
