Big brother is watching (or could, if he wanted to)

"Next time you make a printout from your color laser printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered yellow dots printe[d] there that could be used to trace the document back to you."

Thunderbird - Reclaim Your Inbox

Thunderbird 0.8 is Mozilla's next generation e-mail client. Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more.

Update: The latest version of Thunderbird is now 0.9. Above link (post title) goes to information about the latest version.

I assembled a computer cart, today. This is a photograph of the parts that were left over, when I had finished. 

Errand Day

This morning, I took my Mom to the pharmacy, the post office, and the grocery store. Since the store that she has patronized for thirty or forty years is closing, we went to another.

I mowed the front and back yards today to dispose of all of the leaves. The lawnmower mulches the leaves quite nicely, and I prefer the lawnmower method over the leaf blower method.

This afternoon, I took my Mom shopping for some flannel pajamas and some fleece-lined bedroom slippers.

U.S. on Lonely Mission in Sudan

Follow the money.

America is on a lonely mission to end the crisis in Sudan.

The United States is pushing for U.N. sanctions against the east African nation. But U.S.-sponsored resolutions have met resistance in the U.N. Security Council -- particularly from China and Pakistan, which have major oil deals in the African country. Algeria, which is a fellow Arab league member, also is an obstacle.

Too much food, not too little, plagues U.S. children

The other day, I heard a public service announcement, which had been recorded by First Lady Laura Bush, regarding hunger in America. In the announcement, Ms. Bush said that one out of four (or it may have been one out of five) children in America "face hunger" every day. The statement concerned me. There was no definitation of what to "face hunger" meant. I did some research on the Internet, and found an article on the web site of USAToday, the gist of which is that the problem is not hunger, but too much of the wrong kinds of foods.

My favorite hamburger: a Burger King Angus Steakburger with cheese and bacon added. 

Rather not

To say that Dan Rather has often shown poor judgment would be an understatement comparable to saying that hurricanes are windy. This is the same man who flew to Baghdad to interview Saddam Hussein on the eve of the 2003 invasion, providing the Iraqi dictator with a worldwide propaganda outlet in which to promote his murderous regime.

From "Rather not," by Dr. Thomas Sowell.

Unprecedented ...

Carter is Half Right

In a letter sent over the weekend, Carter blasted Miller's speech as "rabid and mean-spirited" and argued it demonstrated "unprecedented disloyalty."

I would rather say that Miller's speech dispalyed unprecedented loyalty to his country, as he refused to follow the party line and chose, instead, to speak his conscience regarding what he thinks is best for his family and his country.

I went to the movie

Went to see Alien vs. Predator. Although I read a review that said it was targeted toward twelve-year-olds, I enjoyed it. The Internet Movie Database has information about the movie. The web site Rotten Tomatoes has some reviews.