it's been over a month...

first, to the businessman: i hope you're aware that i have on more than one occasion tried to reach your fanciful blog by entering http://www.businessjive.com/ . please follow that link and see what happens. it's like phillip seymour hoffman's total weirdo character from 'happiness' has his own website. skeevy to the max.

second, well, i don't have much of a second. but i can reflect on this: from sunday thorugh friday i will have five athletic contests in six days. 12" softball sunday, 16" softball monday, basketball (don't know the circumfrence, my bad) tuesday, weds off, 16" thursday, 12" friday. it's all very fun and i get to spend enjoyable time running around bases and drinking beer with mostly quality people and all, but still.... i think this has officially gotten a little oot of hand.

third, i will make the point that i am now going to restart my computer, except when i resume it i will run the magnificent open source OS "linux". two points: a) i hate to be a computer snob, and in all reality it can be a pain in the ass because of a very steep learning curve, but the whole 'open source' thing linux has going on is amazing. i can tell you from my installation procedure that it's not for the complete computer idiot, but at the same time i feel like you should have a smidgeon of know-how if you're going to run the massively important and powerful machine that is today's greatest tool, the computer. and to that end, there are distinct benefits to using it. for instance, my ubuntu install came with text and spreadsheet software which the average non-pirating Windows user would have to pay in excess of $150 for. warrants a mention.

that was long, so we warrant a second paragraph. b) i will be running linux because it is the only system where i can do a portion of my work. subpoints i) yes, i'm doing work at quarter to 1 am ii) it's really interesting stuff wherein in a very limited sample size (2, about as limited as you get for these purposes) we may have some biological differences of significant consequence that i, right now, will be the first one to look for, assess, and investigate. the moral: what i'm bout to do has me in a pretty neat position. but i guess i'm the kind who gets a kick out of little things like being the first to make a discovery that a lot of people just wouldn't grasp or spend the time to care about. but trust me, you should care about it, it's really neat.