Miscellaneous

According to /usr/share/dict/american-english and a Perl script I wrote, there are only 10 words that start with "x":

1. xenon
2. xenophobia
3. xenophobic
4. xerographic
5. xerography
6. xylem
7. xylophone
8. xylophones
9. xylophonist
10. xylophonists

Actually, 11, because it includes "x" itself, but still...

So I'm watching an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Specifically, "Want," according to TiVo.)

Criminal Intent focuses a lot on details used to discover the crime.

So in the episode, Detective Goren is at the suspects apartment after taking him to lunch to apologize for a "wrongful arrest" over an arrest warrant for someone with the same basic description and name.

He walks over a flips on the video which is playing, which provides some vital insight into the suspect's psyche.

And then he says:

An amusing quote from the World Series:

"Here is Fuentes, trying to make amends for his outing last night, when he allowed three runs in a big eighth inning for the Red Sox. And Kielty comes off and hits one into left field for a home run!"

It's great. The announcer just keeps on talking, without skipping a beat, as the very first pitch Fuentes threw out turns into a home run.

Just a little bit of irony in the World Series.

You can tell that spring must be coming.

I just spent the entire morning cleaning.

Yesterday, in the MITRE cafeteria, they were serving as a dessert item "peanut-butter and jelly cheesecake."

It was cheesecake with a layer of peanut-butter on top and a layer of jelly spread on top of the cheesecake. I didn't get one.

Well, it's happened. Global warming is real. We're all doomed.

I saw a mosquito.

In the middle of January.

We're doomed.

This is based on the Blue Marble images of earth for each month of the year, animated to show each month as a frame. It allows you to see how the earth changes as the year progresses.

Use the Read More link to view the image.

So my commute into work takes me down Route 3 (although there is an alternate route I can take). Well - there was quite an accident on Route 3 this morning - fortunately for me, in the other direction. But they had to completely close off Route 3 northbound.

From the Boston Globe's traffic report:

Rte. 3 North (Rte. 128/I-95 to I-495)
Accident Fire department activity before Exit 29: Rte. 129. Affecting left lane and center lane and right lane. Road closed. Traffic being detoured off at Concord Road, exit 27. Avoid area.

At least three cars were involved from what I saw. Some people who I think were in it were standing by the side of the road while three ambulances, a firetruck, and countless local and state police were taking care of the accident.