Podcasts, Politics, and the DS Lite

I've been pretty enamored with my DS Lite lately. It's really just an excuse to play sidescrollers all over again. I bought a flashcart so I could play homebrew apps on the thing. Awesome choice on my part. We won't get into the piracy aspect of such a purchase (I call them ill-gotten games), but playing regular GB, NES, Game Gear, SMS, etc, etc on the go with such a monstrously long bettery life is amazing. I understand that if homebrew were the objective that the PSP would be the wiser purchase, but you can't play New Super Mario Bros, Kirby Canvas Curse, Sonic Rush, Castlevania: DS, etc etc almost ad infinitum, on the little Sony Power Pill. Expecially not with a 10 - 18 hour battery life.

I haven't been irritated by politics enough to talk to myself in my car lately, so I don't have any rants at the moment. I would chalk that up to the upcoming elections. Recent revelations by the Bush administration not withstanding (admitting to having secret prisons), there's not a lot going on that hasn't already been going on for years now. (When I refer to it being new I mean the actual forward nature of the Bush Admin. letting loose a badly kept secret.) After 25 arrests, only 11 people end up being charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the Big UK liquid bomb scare, while I still drive to San Antonio or Houston for a day long business trip rather than flying due to wasted time checking and retrieving baggage that shouldn't have to be checked. Thank you Anti-Terrism watchdogs for jumping the gun. There comes a time when you need to wait for plans to be written and dates to be set before you begin arresting people for what's being said rather than what's being done.

On another note, I have discovered podcasts. No I'm not going to start my own podcast. I just realized I don't have to miss "Wait Wait don't tell me" anymore. Awesome. Too bad PRI has decided not to podcast "This American Life", although they'll stream it online.

Oh yes, one more note. I've been bearded as of late. I range from nicely trimmed to decidedly unkempt. As such, Sophia hasn't seen me without any facial hair. Well i shaved the beard off and the first thing Sophia did when she saw me was open her mouth in awe then proceed to start touching and rubbing my face. Smart Girl.

I had sushi for lunch and my burps taste of wasabe.

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