I’ve had one position, one consistent position, that Saddam Hussein was a threat, there was a right way to disarm him, and a wrong one…

Ok when you’re done laughing, unpause your Tivo.

Update: I shit you not he just said it again:

I have no intention of wilting, I have never wilted in my life, and I have never wavered in my life. I know exactly what we need to in Iraq, and my position has been consistent. Saddam Hussein was a threat. He needed to be disarmed.

Another Update: Shut up already Kerry. Everybody knows you were in Vietnam. Do you want a cookie?

[Via Engadget]

I took over 250 photos, of which I’ve posted about 6o of the best. If you’re one of the guys from the shoot and don’t see a picture you were looking for (or if you want a full sized version of any of the pictures I’ve posted), send me an email.

Food from trucks:

Sure, in Silicon Valley they have the taco truck. And at every beach you’ll find the elephant-ear truck or the burger van. But we’re talking like rolling food court here. Every day the trucks park near the Pitt and CMU campuses and set up shop. They all serve great ethnic foods: Indian, Thai, Korean, Chineese, Greek. None of them would probably ever pass a health department inspection, but its a great place to get cheap, good food.

However, there is the process of elimination as you figure out which ones dish out food poisoning and which don’t…

We’ll all be gone long before the building is completed, but that sure as hell didn’t stop us from snagging our share of the free food Microsoft provided this afternoon. I’ve come to realize grad school is all about snagging as much free food as possible. $15,000/term in tuition and all it takes is some free cheese and crackers to make us happy.

Update: I’ve posted some pictures of the spread that they set up for the Microsoft celebration. It was quite impressive. In the second picture you can find me if you look hard enough: (photos shamelessly lifted from the SCS website)

Well, as of about 20 minutes ago I’m 23 years old. Well, I guess technically I’m not 23 until about 8:00am, but right now I really don’t care.

I’m finally all settled in at Carnegie Mellon, and we started class Monday. The crush has already hit. After spending about 7 hours in the “cave” (more on that later) doing other homeworks, I’ve headed home to clear my head before starting a one-page writeup on a case study thats due tomorrow morning.

I’ve never been much of a coffee drinker. Too much of it does strange things to my head. But now I’m realizing just how important it will be for my survival in this program.

Update: This post should be read in more of a cynical tone… I’m not as angry or depressed as it may have sounded. I was pretty damn tired and stressed at the time. I’m not (nearly) as tired or stressed now…