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Well I saw Spider-Man last night, with fourteen friends an acquaintances. (Who knew I knew so many people?) It was quite a movie. I laughed, I cried (well, got a little teary-eyes), but unlike Julie I was a little frustrated when the computer generated imaging looked fake. I have to say Spider-Man is an incredibly cool superhero character.

The offer has been made. I made a counter-offer. There were negotiations. I’ll let them know on Monday.

It’s a good thing. Yeah for medical benefits! Yeah for dental benefits! Yeah for 401k!

I settled for lower base salary than I wanted but I guess it’s still a bad time to be too picky.

Well, this was a post talking about Linux vs. Windows, but I’ve decided to delete it and include this quote from Red Dwarf instead. (Your task is to follow the links.)

Lister:

These guys aren’t Nazis, they’re all wearing different period costumes! There’s one that looks like Al Capone! There’s another like Mussolini! Richard the Third! Napoleon! … It’s like all the worst people in history have been brought together in one place! … They’re just lining up in some kind of firing squad. Whoa… someone’s being brought out! They’re tying him to a stake.

(pause)

It’s Winnie The Pooh, I swear! … He’s refusing the blindfold! …

(sounds of gunfire)

That’s something no one should ever have to see.

This is horrible. Irate fans at a rock concert (held at a church) threw a grenade into the crowd, killing seven people and injuring 127, when the band did not allow the kids to join the stage with them.

This just proves that rock is the music of the devil, and your parents’ parents were right for shunning the Beatles.

My Dear Readers, I have some good news. For those who are unsatisfied with my choice of colors, as much as I want to say “screw off,” it’s in my nature to make people happy. In the next post down you’ll see a color scheme chooser. Browse through the choices, and make sure your favorite is the last one you visit. Your choice will be saved as a cookie (if you have that feature enabled) so that you’ll see the website in your choice of colors every time you visit.

If you’re still not satisfied… screw off and design your own. :>

Also, I posted something new to the “Books and Music” area on the sidebar over there. As I post there more, you can check out my previous postings in that section by activating the “Previously” link.

Download the music and enjoy.

Okay, I’ve been playing around with some color schemes. Tell me which ones you like, but don’t tell me which ones you don’t like. I might add some more, so check back later tonight or tomorrow.

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Scheme 1
Scheme 2
Scheme 3
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Scheme 5
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I’m not promising to do anything with them… but if you want to link to or keep coming back to a certain scheme page, you can do that.

Though April showers may come your way
They bring the flowers that bloom in May
So if it’s raining, have no regrets
Because it isn’t raining rain, you know
It’s raining violets

And when you see clouds upon the hills
You soon will see crowds of daffodils
So keep on looking for a bluebird and listening for his songs
Whenever April showers come along.

Well, looky at what we got here: Al Roker, aka. “America’s Favorite Weatherman (and Best Selling Author)”, fresh from his stint on television and obviously jealous of all the attention Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) gets, has his own online journal, complete with swag.

Here’s Christopher Reeve talking about cloning research. Great article. He’s right about everything, but the thing that hit me as the most powerful point is that as funding for scientific progress becomes smaller here and larger overseas, the best scientists will leave our country to set their shops up where they can get the most money for their research. Thereby, the President will continue his crusade to bring the mean intelligence of the United States down to his level (if it isn’t close enough already).

I miss the time late last year when Bush was talking to the American people on television every day, because you would know since he was busy being media-happy, he wasn’t busy trying to make policies.

UPDATE: It seems that the technology advancements our government would rather support comes in the form of shaving razors. (Hm. I could use one of those.)

For the most part I slept well last night. However, I briefly woke up at four o’clock in the morning, just in time to experience one of the worst headaches I ever had. I tried to ignore it for a while but it was just too painful. I forced myself out of bed, got some disgusting water from the Brita filter (can’t they filter out the bad taste?), swallowed two extra-strength Tylenol in one gulp without any fuss (and without chewing), got back in bed and contained my suffering for another forty-five minutes as I tried to fall back asleep.