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Remind me to thank my parents for saving the Jersey City special section the Star-Ledger did up the other weekend. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have known there was a teahouse that sold bubble tea within walking distance of the Pavonia/Newport PATH station.

On another note, add the movie Fahrenheit 9/11 to the list of movies I will never in all my life see, or at least not sit through. daniidebrabant and I went into a shop near BaBo (the tea house that sells the bubble tea) yesterday that sold books, movies, and video games. It looked quite promising, but they had what I think was Fahrenheit 9/11 on the monitors; if it wasn't, it was some other 9/11 related documentary. Doesn't really matter, though. Whatever it was, it flashed me RIGHT back to the way I felt four days after 9/11- when I was eyeball deep in computer geek work for the Red Cross, but also kicking myself for no longer being there and not being able to make a difference 'on the ground', not being able to do anything...

I don't need that. I really don't. Regardless of political or historical importance, I won't be watching the Moore movie, and I sure as hell don't intend to watch any documentaries or retrospectives on Monday. I know where my limits are. That's one of 'em.

Might buy some bubble tea and go watch The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances back to back, though. "Just this once, Rose, everyone lives!"

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This was part of a 2003 article on how optical mice were about to totally take over the world from mice with balls. It made my eye twitch just a bit. Y'all on the Dark Tower side of things will know why.

"The only real conclusion to draw from them is that the new sensor should be faster and more precise. So we put it to a very stringent test using the most advanced measuring technique in the world: the hand of a crazy Quaker. Just like Logitech, I can scientifically prove to you that the hand of our local champion Roland has a faculty for acceleration (g), speed (m/s) and precision (msi or move/ stop per inch) much greater than any other. The hand of Roland beats mine hollow every time we play at Unreal Tournament."

"The verdict of our test hand is final. The new MX sensor is faster and more precise. For responsiveness, lag and speed, it cannot, it's true, catch out Roland's weapon."

His hand. Uh huh.