Bringing home the bus

October 5, 2004

We went by a couple of weekends ago to pick up "the bus." With a dead battery it didn't want to start and as we worked in the back end it seemed to be leaking gas in the engine. We stopped and had it towed to the shop. They checked it out and gave it a clean bill of health. I'm still not sure what the problem was... Anyway the '79 sage green VW Westfalia is living at our house until it finds a new and happy home. It brought back all kinds of memories to drive it home last night. Windows down, iPod playing and cruising down the road. We stayed off the interstate and made it home just fine. It will make a great base for somebody who wants to fix up a classic bus.

Carts a hazard on campus

October 4, 2004

Kristine Johnson comments about the pesky cart drivers on the UNLV campus. The only thing I'll add is that it is ironic that the worst offenders all seem to say parking management on them. Aren't they a part of the "public safety" office?

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UNLV rated among top universities in the west

September 30, 2004

Christine Little has a little article in the Las Vegas Sun proclaiming that a "National Study" flunked UNLV students and teachers. What the article really says is that UNLV is one of the top institutions in the nation, the only such school in the state. It appears that Little must not have done so well in journalism class because she fails to distinguish between a statistically invalid survey and a 'study' as she calls it. Study implies there is some validity to the numbers. What the survey really says is that the people from UNLV (as supposedly ascertained by a 'valid' UNLV student email address - which could be very difficult to ascertain) rate the university lower than respondents at other institutions.

The Rebel Yell has another article on the topic.

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Another Bush flip-flop?

September 30, 2004

With documents revealed today where George Bush said he had "inadequate time" to serve in the national guard. How will he wiggle around his past claims that he completed his service.

Bittersweet

September 30, 2004

On the way to work this morning I finished listening to Bittersweet by Nevada Barr. It is just an amazing love story and a beautiful story of centuries past. It encapsulates well, to this day, the attitudes and life style of rural Nevadans. Though our lives are not a tenth as difficult as those a century or more ago there is a shared love of the beautiful hardness in the desert. Bittersweet indeed.

Drupal moves to PHP 5

September 29, 2004

Drupal has a new release candidate 4.5 available. In the changelog it says Drupal is now PHP 5 compatible! Yeah!

1984 +20

September 29, 2004

The New York Times is having to sue Ashcroft because the Attorney General is in the process of trying to get records of all telephone calls between two of its journalists and all their sources (and presumably hair dressers, baby-sitters and others). The Orwellean AG is going way over the line again. How long will it be until the National Rifle Association realizes that Ashcroft means to track their guns via third parties? It's all a lie folks. The Bush administration has proven time and time again the only things they are capable of doing are 1) lying to Americans and 2) taking away the rights that were given in the Constitution.

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