I didn’t go hiking last weekend, because my brother-in-law backed out on me. He backed out on me because he didn’t want to walk in the mud. This weekend was his birthday, so I got for him a jar full of …. Mud. I told him that he could take it out and play with it any time he wanted; to help prepare himself for the next time we go hiking. It was all in fun and that’s he took it. I also got him a subscription to Sports Illustrated.

I’m still pondering which Linux distro would be best for the extra box. I’m intrigued by slackware but no decision has been made yet.

I heard on the radio yesterday that our fearless leader, Dubya, is working to focus his messages, war on terror, yadda, yadda, and values. Values? I hate this values thing. Whose values? Mine? I somehow doubt it. What kind of arrogance is that? To believe that your own personal values are so correct that they should molded into policy for everyone. Can’t wait till this election is over.

As I’ve clicked through many blogs, I see all these cute surveys that people have taken. I’m Anteater in the blog Environment. If I were food I’d be Cheetos. I’m a combination of the Girl Next Door and a Five Dollar Ho. So, I figure maybe I should take one of these. I tried one that held some interest for me, the one that says which candidate you should vote for if you were voting based only on issues. The questions were terrible and the results were bad. It said I agreed with Kerry 56% of the time. Implying that I agree with Bush 44% of the time. No! Dubya and I both refrain from imbibing alcohol and we both like baseball and … Ok that’s it. The other survey I took told me that if I were an Operating System I would be Windows 95. At least I wasn’t MAC OS9 or worse yet Windows me. I think I’ll stay away from the polls. It must be that they miss some of the nuances of my personality. That must be it. I’m not Windows 95, really I’m not.

Game 1 of the World Series tonight. BoSox and Cards. Go Curse Go!