Type ‘French military victories’ into Google. You feel lucky. So press the button that says so. It’s work-friendly in most of the world. Let it be funny, no matter how you feel.

I saw in the PDX Tribune that the good people at Enron have rejected Portland’s bid for PGE. I’m sure Jack Bog is full of glee about this, and I’m going to go over now and see if he’s redefined his intention to not talk about various issues based on this info. I don’t have too much of my own opinion on this, thought his viewpoint seems pretty reasonable.

Wal-Mart is one of my most hated corporate entities. They drive local business out, create horrible jobs, and are an eyesore and blight. Shopping there makes a person pasty. In compter-fake-internetland a DOS is a denial of service attack, in which a hax0r does something to make a server unusable by others for a period of time, generally without actually cracking the system. The other day, while munching on tacos at Cha!

go to this article.. Read it. Do what it says. McChesney’s a sharp cookie, and Nichols is no slouch. The FCC is ganging up with the media giants against the people, don’t let them get away with it.

Matt Baldwin (of Defective Yeti fame) has written an interesting piece about copyright laws and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Basically, he discusses how the League was made possible by copyright laws allowing works to fall into the public domain (originally 28 years), which is being made more difficult now as congress regularly extends the copyright periods (now 70 years posthumous). to me extending copyright periods seems like the wrong way to go.

I’m heading down to Bend tomorrow to play in a soccer tourney with some friends. If I can arrange it I’ll have no access to the internet. Looking like a nice trip…camp out, drink beer, play soccer, get sunburned. A very dehydrating weekend. Jake has suggested some nice happenings down in Bend, so my itinerary is getting fleshed out: get in car, drive, find camping, setup camp, register team, drink beer, sleep, play soccer, drink beer, sleep, play soccer, drink beer, go home, sleep, wake disoriented wearing 1-2 shoes, shower.

Ari: “I think the burden is on those people who think he didn’t have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are.” huh?. This make absolutely no sense at all. I suppose par for the course. via Atrios. **Update:**One thing that gets me, that so much of the world appears to be missing– Bush says he is “absolutely confident” that he’s done the right thing. I ask you to show me one time that Bush didn’t push forward with absolute confidence, whether or not it was conveyed or warranted.

There’s been a fair amount of talk about gay rights of late. Here’s a little bit to help clear up all the misconceptions. It’s ok. The operative word in ‘gay people’ is people. Let them get married. I’m sure that they’ve thought about what they’re doing at least as much as heteros are expected to. The ZPG people should be thrilled. Don’t worry about the gym lockers. They don’t really care that much, and if it’s that important to you, bronze it.

what if…? has an interesting link about ovulation.