I walked over to the credit union branch today to deposit a check. Right after I finished with the teller, I decided to get some cash from the ATM (though there were no less than four tellers sitting idly by, surfing the web. No kidding, I’m funny like that).
As I swiped my card it dawned on me: I could not remember my PIN.
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…the Barenaked Ladies!
This is from BNL’s Bathroom Sessions videos on YouTube. Also, check out the Bathroom Sessions blooper reel. I love that these guys are so down to Earth.
(h/t The Stinging Nettle)
I wrote the Barack Obama campaign expressing my displeasure with his flip-flop on the Senate FISA bill. I got the following canned reply in response. Figured I’d post it to save y’all the trouble.
Form letter or not, it doesn’t cut it. Obama says “trust me.” That doesn’t cut it, folks. Not for me. I’ve had enough with having to trust kings.
As a former cryptographer I’m intimately familiar with the safeguards put in place on this activity. They’ve worked well for decades. “Grave threats” are not enough reason to chuck the Bill of Rights, our biggest safeguard of all.
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