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The Washington state representatives show a brief glimpse of enlightenment:

Under the legislation, at least 20 of the 161 state-owned liquor stores could sell on Sunday. Contract liquor stores — usually operated out of other businesses in rural areas — would also be allowed to open.

A very, incredibly brief glimpse. This is one of the areas of politics where I actually miss California — there, you can purchase liquor from grocery stores, or even specialty stores such as Beverages and More. Here, we purchase liquor from poorly lit, drab, ugly little retail outlets, with poor hours and poorer locations.

Personally, I hope this leads to more “common sense” approaches to law.</naive>

Well, it’s official. I didn’t get the house. I was relegated to a “backup offer” early on, and the buyers that reached mutual acceptance, finally, after over a week of negotiations, struck a deal with the sellers. I don’t think I’ll submit another backup offer — the whole thing turned out to be a complete waste of time, except for the education I ended up receiving — it’ll be first or none from now on.

Or as I like to call it, Cinnamon Stillwell’s: The Ends Justify The Means.

For those still wringing their hands at what to do about the war on terrorism, here’s a revolutionary suggestion: How about what we’re already doing? As the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Inspired by a friend’s courageous tale, I have stopped putting sugar or cream in my coffee. Now when I drink it, I feel like I can taste the differences between say Folger’s and Tully’s pre-ground coffees. I must have been drowning the coffee in sweeteners.

I have been enjoying Tully’s House Blend for a few weeks now. I understand it is “mainstream” coffee, so I may be losing some karma/cool points for admitting I like it, heh. However, now I understand why people are so picky about coffee; once you remove all of that “extra” stuff, they really can be unique.

marmoset posted quite the thorough rant about Dell PowerEdge 1850 1U servers, as well as hardware from other vendors.

The fact that they increased power usage by approximately 250% is truly baffling. The Xeon CPUs went from the 533Mhz versions in the Dell 1750 to the 800Mhz versions in the 1850 — Intel’s spec sheets show that the chips can use up to 10% more power (IIRC); the power supplies that come with the 1850 are rated to produce around 20% more power. I have not been able to figure out what else is different enough to justify the increased power draw.

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