I’m 55% dixie. It’s interesting that it ranked most of my questions as “midwestern/Great Lake states” dialect. Okay, considering that’s where I grew up and live, it’s not THAT interesting. But still.

Yankee or Dixie Quiz (borrowed from Deb’s blog.)

Warmer weather is finally in Champaign, just in time for March. The Siebel construction people decided a few months ago not to turn on the chilled water that would make the building cool when it’s hot outside. We discovered this when our offices were 80-95 degrees again yesterday. So, some union guy went to a processing room somewhere, turned a crank, and a few hours later our offices got cooler. I guess I’m just worried that if they didn’t turn on the chilled water line because they were afraid the pipes would freeze, what are they going to do next winter?

Wil has been talking about Hold ‘Em tourneys lately, and it’s pushed up my poker playing obsession. I think the Internet is a bad influence on me. (Leo called it a mass distribution method for gossip and pornography - maybe he’s right.)

I think it was a bad year to make a movie, considering the Academy was awarding the LOTR epic, and not just the final movie. Peter Jackson only made one snide, “it’s about time” comment in his acceptance speeches, so it’s okay. And Nemo won too, so it was a good year. I still don’t get Lost in Translation. I think they’re just stroking Coppola’s daughter. Or it’s artsy fartsy filmmaking, and I just like stupid, fat hobbits. (Speaking of that, Sean Astin is cracking me up lately - 50 First Dates, and now a Las Vegas (TV show) appearance.)

Handin is becoming a priority again. (You might find that interesting, Andrew.) I’m not sure how we’re going to move forward with Andrew’s code, or if we’re just going to hand it off to grad students, or EWS.

I set a Wiki for CS yesterday. I still think they’re a little weird, but growing on me. It’s so easy to publish data with them, and move it around, etc. But ThisIsNotAGoodWayToMakeAHyperLinkIMHO

I’m going to STL this weekend to see my family, and even better, file my income tax. Woot, refund, woot!