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I just called someone dumb.

I saw something dumb. It was not just dumb, though.

No, it was very dumb. Very, very dumb. Incredibly dumb. Unbelievably dumb.

I told him he was “un-inspiringly dumb,” and was instantly proud of myself.

I think this phrase summons to mind a previously-imagined plateau of dumb, only to have a new man – undaunted by the limits of dumb, divinely commanded to go where no dumb had been before – dive off the deep end of this once-plateau, into the dark abyss that is the continental shelf of dumb.

As he sinks into the dark mirky mire, one is left only to stare and wonder… “How dumb can he be?”

Actually Working on Stuff

I might actually get some more content up here eventually. We’ll see if I get anything useful, and this is generally full of empty promises, so grain of salt here.

Still, maybe I’ll start putting some more creative stuff up on here, or I’ll do political commentary, or whatever. If you – yes, you, random stranger! – have a preference for a certain kind of content, please leave a comment. It would be cool to see what sorts of things people would like to see here – funny stories, photography, normal day-in-the-life blog posts, etc.

Let me know!

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen

You have embarked upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many generations. The eyes of the world have been upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere marched with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you have brought about the destruction of dangerous war machines, the elimination of tyranny over the oppressed peoples of the Earth, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task has not been an easy one. Your enemy was well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He has fought savagely.

But this is the year 2009! Much as happened since the triumph of 1776-83. The United Nations have inflicted upon warlords great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our soldiers have seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions at war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of fighting men. You have turned the tide! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. You have accepted nothing less than full victory!

Thank you! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon your great and noble undertakings.

Today is the one day – out of the the whole year – that we dedicate to you, that we honor your sacrifices.

You should know that the other three hundred sixty four days are spent enjoying what you have purchased for us.

Thank you.

What Democracy Looks Like

This.

This.

The eyes of the world are upon you.

Murphey

Sometimes, I swear, everything goes wrong.

In every possible way.

For me, the forces of nature conspired against my attempt to put the Windows 7 Release Candidate onto my Macbook.

Normally, this process would entail the following steps:

  • Open Boot Camp, select a hard drive partition size.
  • Install the Windows 7 installation from the DVD.
  • Install a few drivers and enjoy.

This should be accomplished easily within an hour. Instead, the process has haunted the entirety of my existence for more than 24 hours. My list of activities is a little more complicated:

  • Boot into old Windows XP installation, find, organize, and backup important data.
  • Boot back into OS X.
  • Open Boot Camp, and try to select a hard drive partition size.
  • Be told that it can’t be done, silly.
  • Run various hard disk verification/repair software, periodic maintenance cycles, etc.
  • Receive more and stranger error messages.
  • Boot in single-user mode and run fsck -fy to check the disk – four times.
  • Delete massive amounts of data in order to make it easier to partition, despite having ample free space.
  • Be told that it can’t be done, silly.
  • Delete even more heaps of data, using utilities to map out hard drive size and what may possibly be taking up space. Delete important system files just to make room.
  • Still be unable to partition.
  • Remove more than half of the data from your hard drive, back it up to an external drive, and still be told that it is impossible.
  • Delete iPhoto picture library, also known as every picture I have ever taken, backing it up.
  • Finally, upon freeing 145GB, be told that while 50 GB just can’t be done, 45GB is possible.
  • Partition the disk, then try to install from the Windows 7 DVD.
  • Find out you get an unusable selection menu from which you simply cannot make a choice.
  • Install alternate EFI software to better emulate BIOS settings.
  • Finally get the Install DVD to start.
  • Get the Install DVD to freeze on the first possible screen.
  • Restart and change settings in order to get the Install DVD to freeze on the second possible screen.

And that’s where I am right now. Just saying.

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