Garstor's World

I wish I could be up there to celebrate it with you. You’ll always be the greatest nation on Earth to me.

Happy Canada Day to all my friends and family.

Wow, how time can slip from view so quickly!

Today marks my second anniversary as a full-time employee of Microsoft. As is tradition for the DSD team in Texas, I brought in 2 pounds of M&Ms.

Of course, I announced it as 0.90718474 kilogram since I flaunt the metric system whenever possible. People still see the weather gadget on my Vista Sidebar and exclaim, “It is not 21 degrees outside!”

“Of course it is and it’s beautiful outside!”

Looking forward to future years already.

The church has long believed in books of fairy tales. I see that trend continuing forever...

Reviewers at The Vatican’s newspaper have called the Da Vinci Code prequel inaccurate, but "harmless".

I guess they just have a thing for works of fiction.

Alright, the headline is not mine – I’m still living here for the time being.

But I am shaking my head in disappointment. Gizmodo revealed this story (I had also noticed this last week in the local newspaper).

Although I am a former creationist (and I still think there are some interesting artifacts that bear study); the efforts of the fundamentalist lobby groups could have far-reaching impacts. I would advocate equality here – if they want science curriculum to cast doubt on evolution, then that same curriculum should cast doubt on creationist theories too.

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this Slashdot post last night.

Microsoft has been called innovative and there isn’t a hint of sarcasm in sight! Wow!