Augusto Pinochet, 25 Nov. 1915 - 10 Dec. 2006

Why are there women here dancing on their own? Why is there this sadness in their eyes? Why are the soldiers here Their faces fixed like stone? I can’t see what it is that they dispise They’re dancing with the missing They’re dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They’re dancing with their fathers They’re dancing with their sons They’re dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone

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Because I had so much trouble finding it via Google:

If you want to use the new gmail app on your k700i (instead of using the built-in browser or Opera Mini), you need to install the SSL CA certificate. Go here:

https://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/support/rootcert/getrootcert.cer

Save the .cer file, transfer to your phone via bluetooth (or whatever), and like magic, it works.

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Well, it finally happened. My laptop is dying. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t spring for applecare, ‘cause it would’ve expired two weeks ago anyway.

Things went wrong last Wednesday; on the way up to D/FW for Thanksgiving, something must’ve died on the logic board. When I opened the iBook up in the hotel, to make sure the wireless router was configured properly, I got bus errors. Much later (after dinner), it looked like the hard drive was bad.

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I. Am. Tired.

No other way to say it. I’m tired. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. I’m just worn down. Exhausted. I wish I could take the 4 days that I don’t have to work next week, and spend them alone in a cabin in the woods instead of driving to Arlington. Don’t get me wrong; I love my family. I just think I might need some “alone time” for a while, to relax and recharge. The drive I’m planning to take tonight will probably help a little, but I doubt it will offset the huge amounts of stress I’ll experience on Thursday.

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Macworld: News: Eudora e-mail client to go open source:

A moment of silence, if you will, for Eudora. I stopped using it years ago, but it sure did hold on for a long time.

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So it looks like Heather and I are either both sick, or both suffering from the same allergy. Whichever it is, we were both feeling very under-the-weather this afternoon, so a big pot of chicken soup was called for.…

Not that I have much experience in the former; it’s been about 11 years since the last school lunch I ate. However, I think it’s a fair to assume that kids still eat all kinds of crap food on a regular basis; I know I did when I was in school. Heck, I still do today, although on a much more reduced scale.…

Just in case you weren’t sure how to go about making salted water, here you go… SALTED WATER FOR BOILING Recipe at Epicurious.com

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I just found a new favorite blog of the week, called Kitchen Parade. Excellent, tasty recipes (at least, the most recent 15 seem to be), and nutritional information below most of the recipes. The ones which feature consistent ingredients, that is; things like “leftover soup” (i.e, soup made from leftovers) can’t be calculated. And Points! Each recipe which features nutritional information includes Weight Watcher Point values per serving. That’s awesome, because I’m frequently too lazy to even go to the effort of (divide calories by 50, add 1/14th of the fat grams, subtract 1/5 of the fiber).

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Whatever: Clearly You People Thought I Was Kidding: I (quite literally) laughed out loud for at least a minute after I saw this.

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