The internet connection at home has slowed to a horrible 60some kbps, only marginally better than a dialup modem and much too slow to access the applications I need in order to actually get any work done. You might think this is a good thing, but alas -- it means Xbox Live is out of the question as well. Fucking irony.

Normally I don't bother entering online sweepstakes, even though Naomi has actually won several by using downtime at work to enter them. But hey -- Dell's offering a 1-in-100 chance to win a 26" LCD TV, and that seems worth 30 seconds of your time. Enter here. And remember to use a spamgourmet address.

a comment to a DCist borf post i wrote a while back about his arrest:

Comment:

borf is not caught.

Tomorrow, Saturday July 23rd
MEET BORF at Dupont Circle

Meet at 4pm in Dupont Circle for a celebration and discussion of public art, graffiti and vandalism. There will be sidewalk chalk, stencil cutting materials, free spray paint, hopscotch, handstands, millions of dollars, and the first in a series of communiques from Borf. Borf is not caught. Come tomorrow so we can talk about what all this shit means.

the post gives DCist a shout out (and a web link) in the metro section today. hoo fucking rah. now if only they'd mentioned us by name in their borf article, i would be placated.

we introduced you to the freakish butterworms that are baby pandas, so i thought i'd give you an update on how they're coming along, appearance-wise:

not as terrible, but it still looks like a bald, bloated, blind squirrel.