I am looking for a mail client. I have been using Eudora, but my filters are simply not working and I am tired of screwing with them. I need something that can separate the numerous listservs I subscribe to from personal emails and spam. Any suggestions (other than Outlook) would be appreciated.
9/11
Two years ago today, a close friend called me and told me to turn on the television. I was horrified by what I saw- I remember going numb, and I immediately called a very special friend in Brooklyn and told her to turn on the tv and to stay home. The day went downhill from there. I know this is a political season, but I simply do not care- there will be time for politics tomorrow. Today, I am going to think about all the mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and children who lost people they love. We will never see those we lost again, we will never know what they may have done with their lives, and my world and your world will never be the same again. That is worth some reflection and remembrance, and I don’t care to talk about anything else. I just hope that those we lost are in a better place.
With that in mind, Andrew has some words that we should take to heart:
On this anniversary, the tritest thing to feel is mere grief. Not that grief isn’t justified. But grief is a natural response to unforeseen tragedy, to random events, to things beyond human control. And what happened two years ago today wasn’t merely tragedy. It was a conscious atrocity, an act of war. The free West was attacked by a pathological ideology that still holds a whole region of the world in its grip. And the very forces that tried to destroy us then are still trying to destroy us – as that grotesque videotape yesterday only underlined. Any attempt to hide that fact, minimize it, gloss over it, or complicate it into vagueness is an insult to memory.
For me the rage is still there- not an unjustified, lashing out at anything rage, but a well placed, purposeful, deserved, rage. Trite as it may be, I still feel a profound loss, a heavy sense of grief.
Warron Zevon, R.I.P.
Of all of the Zevon obits and remembrances, Brian Linse’s was the most touching. While he was just a great musician to people like me- he was also a friend and a father. Such a loss.
Scary as Hell
The Instapundit links to this story regarding North Korea:
A Chinese scholar who is also a key Communist Party member in Shanghai, has said Chinese President Hu Jintao through his top envoy informed North Korean leader Kim Jong-il of a possible United States invasion.
Shen Dingli, professor at Hudan University in Shanghai and who was visiting Korea for an international seminar, was quoted by sources as saying that Hu
Referral Logs
I am getting a disturbing number of referrals from a wesbite called Belly Builders. I am afraid to look, so if anyone has any idea what is going on, I would appreciate it.
Lack of Remote Control
I was talking to a friend, and I have decided that some crafty engineer could make a device that would fly off the shelves. I want a lightweight universal remote/cell phone that could be worn on my wrist much like the playlists NFL QB’s wear during football games.
I spend at least an hour every day looking (it seems) for one remote or another, and my cell phone only rings under a few circumstances:
1.) The moment my posterior makes contact with a toilet seat.
2.) The split second in between me turning the shower on and the water actually hitting my body.
3.) Whenever it is located at approximately the farthest distance from me in my apartment.
MIT grads, get on it.
Go Help This Man
For the love of everything holy, will someone go give this man a job. Some of you may dislike his politics, but there is no doubt he is intelligent and would be a good employee (although cranky, like me, perhaps).