01:21 am
Getting An Early Start: Those wascaly Iraqui. Brits go on exercises in Kuwait, and before they know it, Iraqi soldiers are surrendering! I mean, what kind of a war can you wage against an enemy who decides to surrender before you actually start shooting at them, really?
On the other, slightly more serious side, its interesting to note the condition of the Iraqi warfighters. Poorly-equipped, badly fed, obviously low moralle -- I'm wagering that the outer ring of standard Army surrounding Baghdad will fold easily (and happily for them -- no doubt they get fed better as American prisoners than under Saddam's command), but giving the inner ring of the Republican Army (by all accounts fanatically loyal to Hussein) time to focus their assaults and concentrate forces as we get saddled with the mutually tasking efforts of marshalling the captives, avoiding civillian casualties, and fighting in the actual battle. That could be a definite problem, since Baghdad is surrounded with a series of trenches full of crude oil at this point, poised to be set alight to sheath the place in smoke and darkness. Great against laser-guided munitions, less so against IR-guided hardware.
Overall, just ugly.
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Current Music: Voltaire - When You're Evil
07:52 pm
Woe Be-Tide: So, N Korea is testing out shore-to-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan again, eh? I say "again," because apparently they did it a couple weeks ago. Oi vey. These guys are trying to get uppity, I see. Its like the sullen kid in the back of the class jumping up and down and making an ass of himself, looking for attention. I wonder what they'd do if we just let S Korea kick their everloving asses? Its not like we even have to get our hands dirty out that way anymore, truthfully.
Go South Young Man:
I scored a 92% on the "How Southern are you?" Quizie! What about you?</b>
(Dear Hades below ... I'm 92% Southern. Hey, wait, I live in Atlanta, and have all my life. Of course I'm immensely Southern! What was I thinking?)
Success!: I've done it! Its alive, aliiiiiiiiiiive! More specifically, I've successfully transferred a DVD to VCD, with no significant problems (just lots of trial and error), My next test is to see if I can convert an AVI to a VCD, by going through a series of conversion gyrations. If so -- well, we'll be ahead of the tech curve, won't we, my pretties, hmmmm?
Add to that having acquired a hair cut (back to my old buzz-cut flattop), and a car wash (with Buff 'n Shine), and then a troll through the Mall of Georgia (where I ran into the younger brother of a friend who I attended HS with and a guy from the GA Furry ML in the same store, perversely Hot Topic, where I was buying a punk music compilation -- because everyone says, "Alex? Yeah, he's a punk," right?). Today's been, overall, at least baseline successful.
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11:12 pm
These Colours Don't Run:
(Any of our artistic types want to tackle cleaning this up, and turning it into a T-shirt? Anyone want to make a few quick millions? Personally, I love the pissed-off look on Liberty's face. But she needs a bigger gun.)
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Current Music: Rollins Band - Illumination
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