Kestrel's Nest

I’m comfortable enough with Ruby on Rails now to participate in RailsDay 2006, a 24-hour challenge to build a web application from start to finish. There’re lots of cool prizes, the best of all possible judges, and no small number of participants. It all starts at 12 midnight tonight (Eastern), and we’ll have the next… Continue reading RailsRay 2006

I’ve long maintained that sleep’s a crutch, and I’m glad to see that the fine folks at Folger’s agree with me.

How can I keep me from moving? Now I need a change of scenery Just listen to me I won’t pretend to Understand the movement of the wind Or the waves out in the ocean or how Like the hours I change softly slowly Plainly blindly oh me oh my! — Clap Your Hands Say… Continue reading Clap your hands! (But I feel so lonely…)

The groundhog might have come out on February 2, but I decided to just go ahead and wait until the equinox. I probably should have stayed in my den a little longer — it’s as cold and rainy today as it’s been all winter. Just the same, it’s time I woke up. I know I’ve… Continue reading Coming out of Hibernation

Somebody up and decided she’d had enough of this crawling business.

Herd mentality and panic buying took over Athens today, as everyone in town tried to fill every gas tank they had at the same time. Gas prices were up ten cents overnight, but by five pm they were up another ninety — those stations that still had gas were happy to sell it at $3.39… Continue reading The Panic of Aught Five

There was much eating of cake and playing with presents.

Thirty-Nine Questions for Charlie Daniels Upon Hearing “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” for the First Time in 25 Years

Is this thing on?

“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. (Applause.)” — President George W. Bush, 5/24/2005