The Weekend continues

There was actual work done today, hopefully productive, and tomorrow there will be actual work done as well. I hope. The break is approaching, perhaps a bit faster than I anticipated. Maybe it's not staring down a gamut of papers that's done it for me. Negotiations of many things to be done tomorrow, including possibilities for telephones, suits, and other such fun things. This week is not on cruise control by any means, but it is finally shaping up into something acceptable.

Another success of Minitrue, we are pleased to report. The department of Houston has made a plusgood decision and decided to install cameras that will monitor for all forms of crime. We are pleased to report this to you.

On almost the other end of the spectrum, apparently one of the perks of Congress is a free subscription to some adult magazines, courtesy of people like Larry Flynt. Of course, it probably gets swiped by the aides when it arrives and never actually sees the Congressman's desk. (Probably a good thing - lets the Congressman deny that it exists or that he/she reads it, and gives the aides a nice benefit to their work. Seems like a win-win for everyone involved.)

A new news flash, possibly following on the heels of the release of Kallisti - five tonnes of flax is now a measurable currency amount. This is the second type of Discordian currency, the Norton being the other, and it appears to be useful in different bargaining situations than the Norton. Soon enough, there will be a currency exchange rate posted (FIVE TONNES OF FLAX = 1 Norton = FNORD) or some other thing. Of course, the currency, being freely reproducible, will likely have exorbitant inflation, demanding the design and manufacture of ever higher notes, allowing many Discordians not only their five tonnes of flax, but 5^555 tonnes of flax, should they need that much (with that much flax, though, how are you going to spin it all?)

That's the scoop for tonight - more in the morning.

The more we get, the more we find.

Spent a good chunk of time with the family eating, plotting, planning, and a little bit of shopping, too. Definitely a good time today.

UT's undergrad library losing the books, going commons-style. There will still be access for people who want to study, but apparently, the library's more of a social space now rather than a research space. Will definitely have to keep an eye on this and see if it works or not.

The Public Service Announcements Department has a request for all persons: Please, no matter how much it looks like they aren't enjoying themselves, please take good care of your introverts by letting them be or by including topics of interest in your conversation. (That particular article spawned an interview with its author recently. Both are worth reading.)

Yet another thing from the Slightly Strange Department - a deconstruction of the idea of magic that upholds the idea of magic, At least, if I'm reading it right, that's what it does. It sounds like a chaotic attack on the slightly more organized and neat magic of the neo-pagan movement, trying to show off why that kind of magic really doesn't work too well. Also a dig at chaos practitioners who end up losing their change powers and start settling down into a system, I think. Still, it's definitely a different idea about how one goes about changing the world and one's perceptions. I wonder if an aphorism that I had thought of before still holds true, namely that "All magicians eventually slide into chaos". It's up to you to decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Some strange meme crosses my journal, a quick sort of enneagram test, two which I scored the number two.
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