Thief Steals UC-Berkeley Laptop

So someone stole a laptop from an unlocked, unoccupied room in a campus building.  It just so happened to contain names and social security numbers for 98,000 graduate school applicants and students.  Awesome!  And when you call the 800 number that was set up so you can ask if your information was on the laptop, the mailbox is full.  And who said state schools are bureaucratic nightmares?

I'm claiming Rice from now on...

OK, OK, so I'm back.  Sort of.  I'm no DailyKos, but I'll try to post more regularly.  After all, I'm in the middle of writing my 25-30 page writing requirement, which is due on April 13.  So what better way to spend the time than blogging?

The intervening three months have witnessed the completion of a semester of law school, the beginning of my 40th and *final* semester of formal education--ever, my roommate's messy break-up with his ex, the re-election of a dumbass to the highest political office in the Western world, and the nascence of my fascination with Trader Joe's.  So yeah.

Stay tuned.

The Washington Post on Ukraine's presidential election:

"[Secretary of State Colin Powell's] comments [casting strong doubt on the result of Ukraine's presidential election] came shortly after Ukraine's Central Election Commission announced that Yanukovych, whose candidacy was backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, won the runoff with 49.46 percent of the vote, defeating pro-Western opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, who was said to have received 46.61 percent. Exit polls on election day had put Yushchenko well ahead, and U.S. and European observers said there were widespread irregularities."

Hmm...the U.S. fails to recognize a foreign presidential candidate who won despite election irregularities and exit polls that indicated he would lose.  Do what I say, not what I do.  And by "I do," I mean, "possible electronic voter fraud and the possible disenfranchisement of thousands of people in battleground states."  Yee-haw!

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Our records indicate that you are no longer eligible for service on mail.utexas.edu. On December 15, 2004, therefore, your mailbox brianmoskal@mail.utexas.edu will be deactivated.
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So UT has finally figured out that I'm no longer and student or employee of the university, and they're deleting my email address.  That means I'll stop receiving emails from Sharon Dunn about MIS job opportunities.  Damn.

Adam and Kyle were in town this weekend - we had an awesome time.  Never underestimate how much fun you can have making fun of a hotel bar full of Apple conference attendees.

And thanks for suggesting other long words that can be typed with one hand.  While "stewardesses" may be the longest, "asseater" wins the creativity award.