Do you remember the time that Kenneth Branagh was supposed to serve me tea and scones? No? Well, I do. What I remember most about that is that he never did. Seeing Roger Moore in a dress made up for having to pay $1 to see Roger Moore in a dress, but did it make up for the lack of scones? I don't know.

Posted Tue 09 May 2006 10:21:18 PM EDT Tags: 05

Jaldhar, I won't be able to go to Debconf 6 either, because your sombrero just gave me an aneurysm.

Have a nice day. May I please have the aneurysm?

Posted Mon 15 May 2006 12:08:05 PM EDT Tags: 05

This makes a great metaphor.

Posted Fri 19 May 2006 09:31:23 AM EDT Tags: 05

Dude, there are fawns.

Posted Sat 20 May 2006 05:33:06 PM EDT Tags: 05

« Call her an ignorant slut, » she suggested. « That's my new favorite thing to say. »

« Only if it has merit, » he replied.

« Especially if her name is Jane, » she countered.

Posted Wed 24 May 2006 08:54:06 PM EDT Tags: 05

« So, that was a productive walk, » he said. « I went to Isaac's at 9, bought pot from his mom, got high with them, discussed moving to foreign countries to avoid the draft, was given a cookbook, went grocery shopping, and bought turtle food. »

« Mmm... turtle food, » she said.

Posted Fri 26 May 2006 11:02:58 AM EDT Tags: 05
La lune,
sourde comme tes reins,
s'est enveloppée dans
son toile nuptial
de suages. 

Réfléchissant la
lumière empruntée de
ma soeur qui brûle,
ceux auquels elle
est l'abeille
t'attendent,
encore l'ouverts.

Récouvre-les,
Albern Ahn,
et par là
commence ta
retraite
de cette
verre tor-
due.
Posted Sat 27 May 2006 06:24:43 PM EDT Tags: 05

Joey, zsh does the subshell on the left side of the pipe. This is aggravating in far fewer cases than the right-hand way.

In times past, this would lead to confusion when one would try piping the output of the jobs builtin to, well, anything. That's why jobs is now special-cased to magically work in a subshell.

Posted Mon 29 May 2006 09:50:49 PM EDT Tags: 05