This is amusing.

Much more, so, than say, a fake 43-sends-J&B (why are they always described as 'jenna-and-tonic' when 'J&B' is a much better witticism?) to Iraq to fight letter. That wouldn't be funny at all.

I think I've now reached the point where an entire IM conversation can be had simply be using one of two responses, either:

ah!

or

ha!

They convey a fairly wide range of feelings, right?

So I finally got to see the Narnia movie, and despite not having read the books for years, most moments seemed somewhat familiar.

Within about five minutes, I realized what I liked/disliked about the books, namely, Edmund. The kid gets a raw deal from the beginning, is hated by his other siblings, and despite acting somewhat rational is described as a "traitor" for having a conversation with someone.

Later, Aslan says that what happened in the past is past, subtly digging at Edmund's "treachery" despite the fact that he really didn't do anything bad. It set my teeth on edge.

The summary of my weekend can wait, but for now, I'll just share my view waking up Easter morning.

The green meadows and blue skies are hard to top.

Um, how is this article "unconventional wisdom"?

In fact, white Republicans nationally are 25 percentage points more likely on average to vote for the Democratic senatorial candidate when the GOP hopeful is black, says economist Ebonya Washington of Yale University in a forthcoming article in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. White independents are similarly inclined to vote for the white Democrat when there's a black Republican running, according to her study of congressional and gubernatorial voting patterns between 1982 and 2000, including five Senate races in which the Republican nominee was black.

Wow. Next thing you know they'll do a study to show that racism isn't dead after all!

Hivelogic is rarely wrong, and although I'm not a huge fan of Apple, this article is worth reading.

Selling hardware is their business. That’s where their revenue comes from, that’s where their profits come from, and revenue and profit is what defines a business. Everything else they do is in support of this core business. Apple is famous for its software — both the Mac OS and their own Mac applications — but they make way less money selling Mac software than they do selling Mac hardware. And the iTunes Music Store is just the equivalent of “software” for iPods.

I remember being a kid and thinking that Apple's computers were "cool". Not because of their interior design, but because of the exterior look: the whole system itself simply seemed far ahead of its time.

Boot Camp will, in time, allow me to purchase a mac laptop and run Windows on it. (Or, hopefully, in the future, Fedora!). Unlike most Mac enthusiasts, I'm not really a huge fan of OS X. But Apple does make great hardware, so I wouldn't be averse to purchasing a product which would let me load whatever OS I wished to on it.

If you don't read daringfireball, then you should at least check out his friend who neatly encapsulated my feelings on the subject of overcast days.

Under such rain, the sky is uniformly white with no discernable features, like a giant seamless soundstage for my neighborhood. I know the sun is up there somewhere, but the even blanket of low clouds doesn't allow for any clue to its whereabouts. I respond much better when I can see the sun.

Definitely read the story about golf caddies.

Chilling is the only way to put this. But when you read the comments on the myspace sites, you end up feeling better. Just so long as you stay away from the ones where people have murdered someone. Those are dark.

I love the Post. But this graphic from the City Paper clearly outlines where their editorial page has made blunders.

The related story paints a bleak picture.

In the halcyon days gone by, back when Brad and Helena were both in town, Brad spent a good deal of time at various places managing to scrape a few nickels together temping. It was during this period that he found a few sites with tons of questions to determine personality traits.

Like this one

Yes, yes, I know, Jenna, these tests are not valid and are useful only for pigeonholing people. And yet, I am slightly curious: what are your results?