tfl: The Flatiron Life

The husband to one of the finest ladies to ever grace humanity has died.

The 100th year was his last. I will never forget watching C-SPAN2 once and Sen. Thurmand telling some young turk of a Senator to “talk into the machine.” “The machine” was the the microphone, which the late Senator likely remembered being installed.

Here is a tribute to his life.

Ramesh Ponnuru, from The Corner, points to this great article from Tech Central Station about the comming “natural gas crisis.” It sounds, and kind of is, boring, but the most important things in life usually are.

My friend Zach sent me this guide to EOs. In a time when the Supreme Court is transcending its boundaries, it is nice to remember that the Executive (aka President) has some boundaries, at least today.

I have added a new news link to keep track of the crazy schemes that my US Rep. is up to.

Hey, I have turned on titles. If you notice a little extra space between all of the old posts, it is because all of the posts now have titles. This is nice; the problem is that I was hacking title before, so the old posts have blank titles.

Downstate Watch!
This man must be seriously mentally ill, or plain evil!

Jaycob if you please.
I despise the non-standard Anglicization of Yaakov. However, I was dutifully reading Mr. William F. Buckley Jr.?s On the Right columns in National Review and came to the article from 16 May 2003. It is titled “Even at the Times” and is about Jayson Blair?s plagiarism and how it was able to occur. The part that tickled me was, ?Anyone born Jason who became Jayson, entered the world with a little swagger.? I could show off my swagger a little, so what do you think of Jaycob Tomaw? Perhaps I will go with Jaycob Dan-el Tomaw to add a little Middle Eastern flavor.

Well I did it!
I am not very pleased with my results, but I passed the Java Certified Programmer Exam today. I earned a score of 73%. I wanted to do better, but I was well over the minimum passing score of 52%. I am going to take a little time off from studying now. Then I will be looking into what certification I should work for next. I will also be reading up on the areas where I scored poorly. I am looking into Threads and Garbage Collection specifically, this will hopefully result in over compensate and I will become an expert in those areas.

Be Safe When Riding the L
‘What are the odds?’ Train tied to 2 deaths in 3 days