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Well, feeling a lot happier in general now, my fan seems to have started working better-than-ever after sounding more like a coffee grinder the other evening. Redhat has settled in nicely, version 7.1 has a surprisingly nice feel to it (although not as nice as debian, which I may well end up installing within the next few weeks) - but for now it does nicely. I'm surprised to report that I've only actually booted to win2k once since the reinstall (and that was only to check that it still worked!).
my mood is somewhat dampened by the execution of Tim McVeigh earlier today. as expected, the "spectacle" was positively ghoulish, the baying for blood, the vain attempts at "closure" (typical quote: "I thought watching him die would make me feel better, but it hasn't"). Although I'm a Dad myself, I really can't imagine what it must be like to lose a child to a terrorist act, the very thought is horrific - emotionally ripping just thinking about it; it's something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. But even so, I can't condone the death penalty no matter what the crime is... I know that's easy to say, but it's what I genuinely believe. Death penalties bring out the worst in everyone, such is it's "ultimate solution" nature. Whatever it is, It's not justice, it's revenge - pure and simple. Let's not pretend to dress it up as anything else. Only a politician would do that. And whilst unlikely in this case, there's always the possibility of an innocent being killed "by accident". Personally, I still think it's a far worse punishment to deny somebody's freedom than it is to kill'em off after only a couple of years - if you're going to make them die in prison then at least let it be of natural causes. Anyway, it's a complex issue and one that I'm doing an incredibly bad job of reporting on it here, although I feel I should note something, if only for historical purposes.
Anyway, before I disappear up my own arse I was reminded earlier that "life's too short!" to be a bitter and twisted git - indeed, life's too short 8). You can tell I'm cured. I've not finished this post with something bitingly cynical even though the opportunity to do so is obvious. 8)
And now to listen to "Suicide Journalist" - which if you haven't heard, you must... mail me if you'd like me to "lend" you a copy 8). It's black comedy at it's best.