complich8’s journal

Either allergies or a nasty cold kicked on over the weekend. I spent Sunday sort of uncomfortable, and Monday and most of Tuesday totally out of it.
Today was a bit better — I feel so-so. I sound like death… but I feel somewhat more alive, at least. So that’s good.
Work’s not too [...]

Richard Beck’s Experimental Theology blog makes for an interesting read. I’m still reading and digesting it, but I think it’s definitely worth checking out.

I’ve just gotta say …
Akismet … seriously kicks ass. I got 58 comment-spams today, and precisely zero of them ended up making it past akismet.
For some numbers: I’ve had one false positive and three false negatives with akismet, out of drawing near 700 spams since getting complich8.net.
Pretty amazing, that…
I’ll make a couple real posts [...]

Well, the 4.0 summer session dream has proved to be just that: a dream. Ended up with a B in Social Psych. Still, considering it’s maymester, and the tests sucked and I got pretty demotivated toward the end of it, clearing the B cutoff uncurved is kinda nice.
Polisci looks ok, but not great. [...]

Paul Graham knows his shit.
That’s all I’m sayin’
Those worried about America’s “competitiveness” often suggest spending more on public schools. But perhaps America’s lousy public schools have a hidden advantage. Because they’re so bad, the kids adopt an attitude of waiting for college. I did; I knew I was learning so little that I wasn’t even [...]