It's raining like crazy today. I was woken up by a blast of thunder as loud as a shotgun; the lightning right outside the window kept me from going back to sleep. Driving to work was like swimming in a murky lake - I was hydroplaning on the freeway at 30 miles per hour. What's really crazy are the people who don't seem to understand how dangerous this kind of weather is; they'll tailgate you and then zoom by you at 50 or 60 miles per hour when the visibility is so bad you can't see more than 20 or 30 feet ahead of you. Totally frightening.

Well, now that Napster is shut down, it's time for other services to spring up in its wake...

My lovely and talented wife made me some homemade chicken soup last night. Potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, mushrooms, and lots of garlic! It's amazing how quickly a good bowl of chicken soup will clear your nasal passages and warm your heart. I brought some for lunch, too.

I like their urban model much better. Thanks to Rebecca again...

Honestly? I'd be scared of flying this. When the band snaps - WHAMMO!

Free education online. Go learn something useful...

It's always nice to see good news about your home town.

I'm really sick. Summer colds are the worst...

Some light reading.

We live in a messed-up world. That's all I can say about this

Discover your Enneagram type, then take the remarkably accurate color test. Finish off with a helping of Jungian personality type.

Just in case you hadn't heard, Sun's StarOffice has gone opensource. Java remains closed.

The hacker's diet may just be the one I have been looking for. Hey, if you can download it onto your palm pilot - it's gotta be cool.

Beyond stinkymeat, now there's stinkyfeet.

Despite the plethora of sites that will "translate" others, this one makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Just in case you haven't ego-surfed in a while, here's a site that makes it all so very easy...

*&@($#^ Mondays.... [grumble grumble]