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First they came for the Muslims, but I was not a Muslim, so I said nothing. Then they came for the Hindus, but I was not a Hindu, so I did nothing. Then came the Mormons, but I was not a Mormon. And then they came for the Catholics, but I was not a Catholic, so I did little. Then when they came for the Protestants, there was no one left to stand up for me.

"Those who give up essential liberty, to preserve a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin

For the original Martin Niemöller quote take a look here

I've got Gmail invites if anyone still doesn't have it. Email me at my listed address if you still need one.

Thanks to FortKnox and neverkevin I now have a shiny new gmail account. Not sure how fast I'm going to move stuff onto there, depends on how well it works. I think I'll at least move some lists etc that I read over there and see how it does.

I thought we were in the month of November, but something just doesn't feel right. First off here in the Mid-Atlantic we had highs in the eighties earlier this week. Seasonal temperatures are more like highs in the 50s! And now it seems everyone's minds are turning to matters of love. First we have Technolust waxing poetic for his captve audience. And now even the bastard is thinking about love, or well lust. This is supposed to happen in the springtime, not in the fall!

I just got back from seeing 28 days later, and I have to say that if you are a fan of horror this was a great movie! I thought The Ring was pretty twisted, but I have to say that I think this one will stick with me more. I can normally write off most horror stuff, just because I don't believe in it. In this case though I could see science actually doing something like this. Also, for those of you on the other side of the pond, I've heard that your DVD has an alternate ending that isn't available in the states until next week, when they are going to put it on after the credits, so warn us if you decide to talk about it.

In other movie news, I also caught Pirates of the Carribeen today and found it to be a throughly enjoyable movie. Its not particuarly thought provoking or anything, but it was fun to watch, and the effects were pretty darn sharp in my opinion.

In totally unrelated news, I helped (well actually, I did and he pretty much just watched) a friend change his car battery and managed to completely round off the bolt that goes into the positive terminal. I'd say that this is a lot worse then just chewing up the heads on some screws. Gave me an excuse to add a set of "locking pliers" (craftsman's name for Vise-Grips") to my tool collection though. Only problem is that my tool collection is getting too big for my tool box, and I don't think there are very many that are a whole lot bigger than the one I have, unless I get one of those rolling cabinets, or the top component to them. They won't fit in my car so well though, so I'm kinda stuck.