Food Court Musical at Improv Everywhere:

I don't know if anyone's watching Season 5 of The Wire, but, given that the plot of this season was somewhat... unconventional (a word that takes on a special meaning with this show), the series finale was fantastic. Even the huge stretch of a story they had for McNulty this season becomes worth it with one eminently satisfying scene.

There isn't much more I can say about the finale that "fantastic" doesn't cover.

Well, except for one this: now I can stop watching the show obsessively. I just have to buy the whole series on DVD, is all.

Okay, so I've (again, after a long lag-time) finished my bug fixing for the beta. I encourage you to take a look and make sure you're not running into any bugs with it; I intend to do the migration next weekend and I want the transition to be as smooth as possible.

This was weird: Opposition snubs Tories to pass RESP tax benefit bill:

The three federal opposition parties have united to give final approval to legislation opposed by the ruling Conservatives to offer additional tax breaks on contributions to registered education savings plans.

The legislation, which still requires Senate approval, would treat RESPs like registered retirement savings plans, meaning contributions would be deductible from income for tax purposes. Under current rules, RESP contributions are taxed, but the account is allowed to grow tax free, and the withdrawals are not taxed if they are used to finance post-secondary education. The government also pitches in 20 cents on every dollar of the contribution, up to a maximum of $7,500 a year.

Ted Menzies, parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance, called the private bill "irresponsible."

"This is a flagrant abuse by the Liberals of the privilege that a private member's bill gives," Menzies said. "We'll do our everything in our power to stop it in the Senate."

I would assume you bring what you want to share. Bring lots, bring a little, shouldn't really matter too much, I don't think. I'm not sure if everything gets listened to anyway.

I think 2 CDs per person. I don't think we can get thru all our CDs that night. Bring whatever you want, I know I will.

Also, for Operation Bleeding Ears Fest '99 is there some sort of musical theme, or guideline? Shall I bring 100 cd's, and expect to hear them all? shall I limit myself to songs that evoke a mild sense of WTF mate? Current music? retro music like early britney spears? retro music like the mamas and the papas? Canadian music? Slovenian music? Music that made you buy a cd, then go, oh, this blows......? Won't somebody please think of the children!!!!

birthDAY happy Pam

Happy Birthday, Pam.

Happy Birthday Pam!