From the geniuses in the payroll department:

“Any employee who does not have access to a computer or who is otherwise unable to obtain their earnings statement online, may request to receive on-going paper versions of the Direct Deposit statements by completing the Online Earnings Statement Exception form available on the payroll website.”

Ich habe gerade Untergang zugeschaut. Jesus Gott, was ein furchtbare Geschicte. Ich habe schon seit viele Jahre die Geschicte gekannt, die Spieler (Junge, Fegelein, Braun, usw.) auch gekannt durch Bücher. Aber der Film hatte das Schreknis ein anderes, persönliches Leben gegeben.

Die Filmszene der Goebbels-Familie war, ohne Umstände, die schlimmste. Die Kampfszenen wären nichts im Gegensatz. Ich hätte keine Idee, daß Magda Goebbels eine fanatische Nationalsozialist Anhängerin war. Jedenfalls es war ganz schwer zu schauen, die Morde der Kinder. Dieser Film war Saving Private Ryan in umgekehrter Form. Statt Sieg und tragische Ehre, Ruinen und Tod. Ein guter, bemerkenswerter Film.

I go through the basic stats for this blog every other day or so, mostly to see where people are coming from. Some of the referring URLs are interesting, like the very naughty person who found this site through a Google search for the string “quintuple penetration”. From Riyadh. While I don’t know who you were, I hope you survive your coming encounter with the Muttawa, you nasty little deviant, you.

For a couple of months back in 2006 this site was the top Google result for the word “aphidology”. I’m still in the first page of Google results for the term “bad tuxedos” based on a post from 2004, and “creepy pedo” still refers a hit a couple of hits a week or so (it’s in reference to this, not me, thank you very much). There’s also someone who visits the site pretty regularly by searching for “cubelodyte”; why they can remember that, but not append “.com” to it in the address bar, is sort of perplexing.

If you don’t already look through your referring URLs, it’s worth a gander every now and then.

Had a meeting this morning with some project managers and assorted support personnel. It was unremarkable except for the big veiny phallus that had been drawn and left behind by the room’s previous occupant. Nobody noticed until I surreptitiously pointed it out to a couple of people over iChat. The project managers—not the type to let that sort of thing go unerased—never even noticed. It honestly sort of sums this particular project up rather well.

At first blush I thought this was a prank item—like the gags ThinkGeek pitches with from time to time—but the GoateeSaver is apparently a real product.

Personally I would have no respect for someone’s facial hair if he had to use this widget to keep it trimmed properly. If a man can’t groom his own beard competently, he doesn’t deserve to wear one. Period.

Webcomics are a dime a dozen these days, and basically exactly the same as print comics: static pictures, differing only in the method of distribution. This is not necessarily a bad thing, since there are some very talented artists and writers publishing through the Web, but what happens when a webcomic makes more use of available technology?

The answer might be Nawlz, a flash-based, cyberpunkish webcomic. I’ve only started reading the first issue; the plot seems obscure at this point, but the art seems decent, even if it looks like it might have tendencies to dip into the “this is ART so here are some random images” neo-surrealist pretense. Check it out, though; this might be where webcomics are headed, or at least the cusp of online delivery of comic books.