This new Morpheus upgrade is so bad. I'm mad at the Morpheus people for making me upgrade.

Quote of yesterday:

"I used to watch my uncle slaughter pigs. It was horrible and sickening, just sickening."
*mournful pause*
"But the bacon was fresh!"

-Mr. Thomas

Dear God, John Ashcroft is singing. The Homeless Man With A Blog In San Francisco compares him to Nero. Yes, I know it's awfully dehumanizing to call a person 'The Homeless Man With A Blog' but that's what we all call him anyways.

Yay. Now I can sing "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" knowing that I do not sing in ignorance. Though in this case, they're talking about the artillery. Rolling floating structures wouldn't make sense. I garauntee you all know this song, though maybe not by name.

We need to be more patriotic. Not because you necessarily love your country, but because it's fun. WOOO! CHEERING! Flag waving! Firecrackers! Star spangled bikinis! You don't necessarily have to believe in something to enjoy it- I sing hymns because singing's fun, not because I'm Christian. Also, seriously though. Give blood or something. Say something nice to a cop. (Who isn't busy beating up black people, anyways.)

cais·son Pronunciation Key (kason, -sn)
n.
1. A watertight structure within which construction work is carried on under water.
2. See camel.
3. A large box open at the top and one side, designed to fit against the side of a ship and used to repair damaged hulls under water.
4. A floating structure used to close off the entrance to a dock or canal lock.

5.
a A horse-drawn vehicle, usually two-wheeled, used to carry artillery ammunition and coffins at military funerals.
b A large box used to hold ammunition.

Thank you, dictionary.com.

This is more about locks than I never needed to know. But this still doesn't tell me when they were invented. It's really cool to learn about how they have to calculate water loss and stuff like that. I'd been wondering about it since I was a little kid, but no one ever answered my question. Pumps! Faaannntastic!

You know, I wasn't looking for Discworld porn before, but I am now, because everyone's so curious. I need to prove to Alex that there *is* straight Discworld porn. I know for a fact there's lesbian Discworld porn. Child protection laws be damned.

I'm curious about many things. Like, why couldn't they come up with good shocks for stagecoaches? (springs are hard to manufacture) When were canal locks invented? Who was that artist in the Zimbardo video who draws paintings of Italian towns from memory? It's a good thing Andrew knows so much stuff so I can ask him, because he has all the answers. Like about giant mosquitos in Sweden. I should call him "Know Everything Boy." Takes too long to say though. I know a lot of shit too, but only in specialized quantities, like with ancient Greek culture or pre-industrial textiles. Sometimes though, Andrew doesn't have all the answers. To questions like, "Is it possible to knit a scarf out of an afro?"

You know though, any time a fanfic writer comes up with an excuse for one character to give the other a bath or "clean your wounds" or whatnot, that's probably a good symbol that this is going to be gay discworld porn.

YE GODS, WHY????? Auggghghhh..arggargharghargh!!!!

People need to have the decency to at least *warn* that it's gay Discworld porn up in the title or something... jeebus, just insert a little thingy that says "slash" or "yaoi" or "shounen-ai" or whatever weird term floats your boat.

my mind's eye!!! ow! ow!!!!
Anyways. It was well written though. You know what's a good line?

"(On Dunmanifestin', Blind Io, hearing his name more often than was usual, popped out to have a brief congradulatory word with his devout worshipper- He reappeared in a moment, red-faced and cursing.)"

Hello! Taliban! It's pretty funny.