AT&T Broadband offers spam filtering for its customers.  I don’t use this feature becauseI do my own filtering when I pull my mail down.  But it seems that their filter is so good that it zaped its own mass emailings to customers.

Oscar Wilde. “I am not young enough to know everything.” [Quotes of the Day]

Though not too far back. Just a year. Last year this time seems like it was much longer then that.

I’m having fun going through the archives of my blog as they show up. The feel of this blog has changed a lot over the last year. In many ways the big changing point happened just under a year ago. I’ve actually been writing a bit about it lately, look for a post on Thursday, since that is the one year anniversary.

[From Scripting News:]

Ed Cone nails it. A professional reporter gives blogging a try, and becomes a better writer for it. Bing! 

This is a really nice article about blogging.  It doesn’t overdo it like some of the articles I’ve read.  And it has a link to the author’s own weblog, which I bookmarked for later reading.

Well, after sleeping for more then half the weekend I’m feeling a bit more human.  I’m still not sure what hit me, but I’m still moving pretty slow.  Which for me means I’m moving at a snail’s pace.  I’m also wondering now if part of my down-ness was a bit of depression.  Someone mentioned that to me last night and I hadn’t even considered it before.

On the plus side.  The sun is out today, which at least brightens my spirits.

J.W. Schopf. “For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.” [Quotes of the Day]

Well, I has been a few days, so I think Lyn’s brains have been eaten.  Come back from the light Lyn!  (Damn fanartist zombies!)

I just got my weekly mailing from CD Japan and noticed they were announcing availability of Sen to Chihro (aka Spirited Away). This is Miyazaki’s latest release in Japan and friends of mine who saw it when it was screened in San Francisco said it was stunning.

Of course I preordered the moment I saw that it comes with english subtitles. (Btw, here’s the details on the DVD)

I basicly slept most of the day today. Though I did get in a little bit of anime watching between naps.

• Chobits #7 – Um. Well, things certainly took a little bit of a turn this episode. I’m not sure what’s going to happen next episode, but I’m still finding myself liking this show. Even if it is a little dark. I can certainly understand why it is shown at 2:30am though. I think I found this to be one of the more (or most) disturbing episodes of any show I’ve seen. 

• hack sign episode 6 – I’m very close to just giving up on this show. I love the look of it, I love the music, but the plot just has to go further. So far we’ve had six episodes of mystery with no sign of any real explaination of what is going on. And now the mucus blob seems to be out on its own causing damage.

• Kanon Episodes 3 and 4 – I would have watched more of this, but I think the files for episodes above four weren’t fully downloaded. I’m not quite sure where this show is headed. I’m not even sure if I like it. But I’m curious enough to keep on watching.

• Lupin the 3rd – The Secret of the Twilight Gemini – This is the first Lupin release by Funimation. Up until now the only thing I’d seen was Castle of Cagliostro. This was quite different, but I still found it quite good. Definitely something to give a chance if you liked Castle of Cagliostro.

I’m thinking about checking out Full Moon wo Sagashite. Pasiphae mentioned it earlier in her blog, so I’ve queued up Direct Connect to download it.

Quentin Crisp. “Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.” [Quotes of the Day]