Tired of politics? So am I. But I'm not feeling creative enough to post anything else at the moment. So here goes...

Yesterday, the credit rating of scottgalvin.com improved by a significant margin, as he managed to turn liquid assets from our most favorite client into a deposit for Bitscape's account. It should be about enough to pay off pretty much all the debts I've incurred over the past few months. :)

Continuing the saga somewhere in the vicinity of where Volume 1 left off, Volume 2 brings a load of plot-twisting, suspenseful, action building fun. Many questions are answered, and mysteries solved. This is a tight movie.

I got up with a plan to drive over today. (Or rather, as the clock passed 5am, I decided to just go with the flow instead of continuing the fruitless fight against persistent insomnia.)

Since I haven't posted in a few days, it seems like it's time to say something.

Check it out. ResistanceMP3. A fairly extensive archive of audio recordings made by various individuals -- several of the names familiar to me (Noam Chomsky shows up a lot), others not -- speaking on all sorts of subjects including the nature of state, economics, globalization, war, imperialism, history, and various other related subjects.

Iraq is now in a state of uproar. While it is easy to dwell on the argument that this entire endeavor was a mistake from the beginning, merely being able to say "I told you so" is a pretty hollow and unsatisfying riff, given the casualties happening on both sides. What we need to do now is move on and address the question of where do we go from here?

What do you know? Outside, we have the makings of a nice big April snowstorm just beginning.

I thought I was done posting content for the night, but I'm not. Not quite yet. There's one more little rant to post, and well, it just sort of popped into my head out of nowhere. Please be aware that the story which follows is purely hypothetical, and not in any related to actual persons or events. [wink wink]

[Bitscape presses play to begin hearing freshly ripped tracks, which were quietly being written to Rygel's hard drive while the last rambling was entered.]

From another parallel universe, jumbled...

My sleep patterns lately are such that the word "patterns" might not even be appropriate. It's all random. Time is an artifical construct, designed to fool us and hide our eyes from the reality of who we are.

Well... So many scattered thoughts, I'm not sure where to begin, but I wanted to at least open up a thread for discussion on current events (Content Solutions tends to get limiting for trying to talk about anything in depth). Or even if nobody else feels like commenting, I'll just babble a little bit here.

Word to the wise: If you want a database that actually... like... works, without hours of pain and hassle slugging through the pettiest of minutia, then don't use Oracle. Trust me.

Ran Prieur's latest article, How To Drop Out, eloquently describes his journey out of complete enslavement to "the system", so to speak. In many regards, his story mirrors my own struggle, although it sounds like he is farther along with it than I am. The article provides a sort of abbreviated practical How-To guide, with references for further reading.

I've been watching Jaeger's Angel Season 4 episodes during the past couple weeks. Tonight, on episodes 15-19, the arc got crazy(er)! That show is truly nuts. I feel like I've been in another world for the past... I guess that makes 4 hours now. I'm tempted to go on, but I think I better get going to bed.