Joanmarie: Archive

“That’s what the gods are! An answer that will do! Because there’s...”

– Mau in Terry Pratchett’s Nation

Oct 8th

“It was I suppose inevitable that given the choices of economics, religion or...”

– Rich Burridge discussing his son’s approach to the game Spore.

Sep 22nd

“Duller than a dinner with Andre, more superficial than a “Free...”

– Sarah Langan, The Missing

Sep 13th

“We’re sorry! An error has occurred You are using a system based on LINUX...”

Aug 16th

“Sometimes I want to be for myself what I am for other people.”

– Rachel Adler (via ronen) (via capricious) (via marybethsc) (via beckypierson) (via furryrabbits)

Jul 14th

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Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam....

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Jul 10th

Teenager finds baby bat in her bra →

Sounds like a prank/attempt to grab attention to me. But it’s funny all the same, so reblogging. :-) livejamie: Ladies, how is this even possible?

Jul 9th

Hello World: The Disqus Edition

Theoretically I have just added Disqus to tumblr.

Jul 6th

“I don’t think it can be killed, but at least we’ve got it...”

– The Blob (1958)

Jul 6th

Grumble, grumble....

I’ll be glad when the ubuntu-dbus-libbonobo thing gets resolved. Every time I update Intrepid, I have to reinstall the earlier revision of libbonobo. Yeah, I know, ‘sudo make install’ is real hard to type. ;-) Still….

Jul 4th

Egad I hate lawyers

A few weeks ago, I received a waiver which I agreed to sign over the phone. When it arrives I notice that I was named the “son” of the “decedent.” After a call to the lawyer, a corrected copy arrives via email for me to print out. Then I notice the document had me living in the county and state where the “son” of the “decedent” lives. After...

Jun 6th

“Expected results: Obviously, the scrolling should stop as soon as the key is...”

– Bug report (Shouldn’t strike me as amusing, and we definitely need to fix it, but I can just picture the poor processor throwing up its little metallic hands and screaming ‘enough already!’)

Jun 3rd

Back to Normal

Okay, so perhaps “normal” is not the most accurate label which can be applied to me. :-) Status quo then? Regardless…. The past seems to have found its way back to where it belongs. Hopefully there will be no more surprises on that front and I can get back to fretting about this course which I don’t want to teach. :-)

May 25th

What bothers me the most...

… is not that I haven’t seen nor heard from him in 25 years … nor that the way he unceremoniously reappeared in my life is through a letter sent to my place of employment regarding my apparent relationship to “the decedent” … nor that I’ve since found out in an almost equally unceremonious fashion that he died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the...

May 22nd

Choral Russian Masterworks – Hymn of the Cherubim... →

http://www.last.fm/music/Choral+Russian+Masterworks

May 7th

3 Doors Down – Kryptonite →

http://www.last.fm/music/3+Doors+Down

May 7th

a-ha – Train of Thought →

http://www.last.fm/music/a-ha

May 7th

Choral Russian Masterworks – Hymn of the Cherubim... →

http://www.last.fm/music/Choral+Russian+Masterworks

May 7th

Enigma – Camera Obscura →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Choral Russian Masterworks – Hymn of Praise / S.... →

http://www.last.fm/music/Choral+Russian+Masterworks

May 7th

Enigma – Between Mind & Heart →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Enigma – Silence Must Be Heard →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Choral Russian Masterworks – Great Ektenia / S.... →

http://www.last.fm/music/Choral+Russian+Masterworks

May 7th

Enigma – Endless Quest →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Enigma – The Child In Us →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Enigma – Shadows in Silence →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Enigma – Beyond the Invisible →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Enigma – Why!... →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Enigma – Morphing Thru Time →

http://www.last.fm/music/Enigma

May 7th

Rusted Root – Sweet Mary →