07/18/2003 Archived Entry: "Slashdot"

Slashdot keeps giving me moderator points. I keep using them, and then like two days later I get more. I don't want to mark myself unwilling to moderate, because I like to meta-mod, but moderation is kinda scary. Then, I get all involved in finding a story I like and carefully going through all the posts at -1/nested/newest first--it's like wading through a sewer, looking for interesting items. Once in a while you find a diamond engagement ring or something, but usually there's nothing but shit. Or, in the case of -1 comments, ASCII renditions of the goatse.cx guy. No, I'm not going to provide the obligatory www.goatse.cx link. Go there yourself, if you haven't already been. Before you go, kiss your humanity goodbye.

The bike has had its first shop visit--oil leak. Turns out that there were some mangled threads on a rocker-arm bolt, and oil was worming out past the threads. The problem has been fixed, and I've hung a freedom bell on my frame to ward off evil spirits and stuff. Hey, anything that helps.

I wish I was riding right now. This week was the F&SN Critic's birthday, and tonight we're all going to Tommy's (a restaurant I've never been to before) for a celebration. I'm thinking about killing his wife and giving him her head in a box as a birthday present.

Well, not really.

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