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It's amazing how it feels like you've done so much more work when you're crocheting with a size Q hook than when you're using a size J, even though you've done the same number of stitches. Of course it's also amazing what a PITA the size Q hook is to work with; it's just too big and awkward and holding it for extended periods makes my hands hurt. (Okay, who's going to get the prize for being the first to take that out of context?)

Why am I still awake?

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Today is Setting Orange, day 38 in the season of The Aftermath, 3269.

You people have just gone completely around the bend.

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms "master" and "slave" on computer equipment, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive.

The request -- which has some suppliers furious and others busy re-labeling components -- came after an unidentified worker spotted a videotape machine carrying devices labeled "master" and "slave" and filed a discrimination complaint with the county's Office of Affirmative Action Compliance.

fuzzyfruit already said pretty much what I was thinking.

In other "you're kidding, right?" news: MPAA, RIAA seek permanent antitrust exemption. Orrin Hatch says they need the exemption because of "market realities". Riiiiight.