Dave's homecoming talk was great this past Sunday in the Galena Ward. Ginger and Neal and Marta were there, too.

For my birthday this year, I got some cool gifts, including a huge 'Croton' plant (Codiaeum Variegatum 'Petra') from work, a smiley face tie from Becky, a Star Wars tie from Jared, a Mondrian art print poster (of Mondrian's "Composition in Red, Blue, Yellow" [1930]) and a copy of the new Harry Potter 3 DVD from Mist, a generous padded envelope from my folks, etc. Good stuff. =)

Watched "Strange Brew" (1983; Rick Moranis) a few nights ago, but I swear this stuff was funnier back in the day, because it was just a little lame this time around.

Tried some Smuckers Sugarfree Orange Marmalade lately, and I'm afraid to say it's a wee bit nasty. Too bad, too, as I had high hopes for it. Dave scored me some absolutely wonderful Henning's Hickory Smoked Swiss & Cheddar Cheese, straight from Wisconsin. Mmm, tasty. =)

Well, looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and learn to live with tabbed browsing, now that Internet Explorer is going to have it, too. =(

After reading about the recent Sun Java virus security hole, I decided like a good little techie to upgrade my version of Sun Java. Went into Control Panel, clicked on Java Plug-in, and checked for updates, but it didn't find any, saying I already had the latest version. Wrong. I was still running 1.4.2_05, which clearly still has the security flaw. 1.4.2_06, the latest version, is available on a separate Sun page, however, but the fact that it isn't retrieved by the update tool is completely stupid, *especially* in light of the recent bad press about the Sun Java runtime security flaw.

Speaking of recent security flaws, the Linux kernel security flaw made a recent splash on Slashdot. The comments section is particularly hilarious. =)