Sometimes Conservatives baffle me

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camera!

My dad got me a new digicam! It's semi-SLR, meaning that while I can't swap the lenses, it's got the option for entirely manual settings, including focus. I haven't yet figured out how to meter in the manual modes, but I only got it yesterday. :-P It's 12x optical zoom, and VERY nice. Photos sometime this weekend, I hope.

Oh yeah, it's a Panasonic Lumix DMC-F27, and he got it thru B&H photo.

Meme: Personality "DNA"

Animated Analyst

Each color means something, and if you follow think link it'll explain them. Pretty cool As amavia said, it's a neato interface, but somewhat excessive at times.

Because you really wanted to see it,

The President's tax return.

Accompanying CNN article

Value of life

The ongoing saga to rescue Molly the cat intrigues me in how much effort people are willing to go to. The cat is trapped (?) in the walls of a historic building, and either refuses to or is unable to come out. They've tried luring her with fresh fish, catnip, and whale songs, and now they're chopping out bricks from the wall despite the building's protected status.

The edifice is part of a historic district where alterations are banned without permission - but officials told rescuers they should "do whatever is necessary to recover the cat".

So should they destroy the whole building just to save a measly mouser? What if it was someone's dog? What if it were only a pet rat? What if it were a child? What if it were a child molester?