Months ago, I saw, via BoingBoing or some other cool-stuff-blog, an advertisement for this motorcycle helmet:

I believe this is the helmet for which the term "asshat" was coined.

Addendum (11/26/07): Posting this article, by virtue of its having unseated something else from the recent list, has demoted me to College Graduate (Undergrad). L-M-E.

For Leah:

When you've got a favorite song,
You must rip it
Before Blu-Ray comes along
You must rip it
The RIAA is wrong,
You can rip it

Now rip it
Off that tape
Pick a high
Bit rate
Save to disk
As MP3
You already bought it
Don't pay a fee
To rip it
Rip it good

Your tapes are wearing out
You must rip it
A new hit song just came out
You must rip it
Your iPod will not play
Until you rip it

I say rip it
Rip it good
I say rip it
Rip it good

Start that rip
Give DRM the slip
Rip another track
Pariser's smoking crack
When a CD comes along
You must rip it
Or a new movie from Hong Kong
You must rip it
AACS won't last that long
If you rip it

Now rip it
To DVD
Watch it on
HDTV
Take it with you
On SD
In your car
On MP3
Just rip it
Stay up late
Making your own
Mix tape
Go store it
All for free
On a hard drive
Or USB
Just rip it
Rip it good

Don't cry Condi: There's still North Korea.

Also, Pining for the cold war? Pining for the cold war? What kind of talk is that?

As is typical, the fact that we've hit a BIG ROUND NUMBER merits some sort of celebration. I'm thinking about it.

Mars, on the other hand, is full of nougat.

Oh, and your IT Centennial present is that I didn't make a "Uranus" joke.