Why I still read Slashdot

The Davy Crockett was an artillery rifle that lobbed cute little nuclear bombs up to a couple of miles. (The shells' payloads had TNT equivalents of "only" 10 or 20 tons -- not megatons.) The U.S. Army deployed it from the late 1950s to the early 70s.

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I had the same cramps today as yesterday, for the same duration, after waking up at the same time of day. Worrisome. Have e-mailed doctor. I'm curious as to what will happen tomorrow, when I'll be waking up early (unless I oversleep, which is extremely likely, for that is my nature). Guess I'll learn whether it's tied to the time of day, or the act of getting out of bed. I'm hoping for a PMFI, of course, except that I won't let myself just forget about it if I am given one.

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Scored a copy of Photoshop 7.0 Friday; ICCB has a site license. I dunno why it didn't occur to me to ask before.

I really have to get cracking on this presentation for next Monday.

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I like Google News because of the really flipsidey perspectives a typically insulated American like me encounters in news stories from other lands. I take amusement -- and a ray of hope, if you don't mind -- from this Gulf Daily News story.

Basically, some Kuwaiti business leaders are saying, "Wait a minute; what if Iraq's reconstruction goes exceedingly well and suddenly we have a large, resource-rich, free-capitalist state appearing out of nowhere to complete with us? Gah!!" I reckon if they think it's worth worrying about, then it stands a good chance of actually happening.