Hey, it's seven minutes to midnight on a Saturday night, and here I am in a computer lab. Whee. I hate doing this, to be honest. Right now it's a toss-up between sleeping in the Sanborn lounge, playing music all night at the radio station, or possibly seeing sights that force me to burn my eyes out. That's all I'm going to say about that. I promise.
Anyway, hi. To all of my college friends in places other than Iowa: I hope your spring break goes well. For the record, mine doesn't begin until a week from today, so blast it all. Maybe it's just as well; while the 50mph winds today (!) were making it a bit chilly out, I understand it's even colder back in Rapid. I've taken the stance that until you have to say "negative" before the temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit, not Centigrade), it really isn't that cold out.
To the point, however, in Rapid, it really is that cold. I'll just stay in Iowa and walk sideways for now.

A news post, seeing as how I'm away from das Silphenboxen: Scotland has decided to execute a radical shift in its drug policy. It seems the legislature is going with rehab and harm reduction and ending Scotland's role in the war on drugs. This isn't just more noise, either--according to the article, immediate plans are in the works to loosen restrictions on cannabis, followed by funding of treatment centers and information campaigns. I'd heard talk about experiments like this in London over international news channels, as some police districts were seeking approval to establish random zones in which drug laws would be unenforced, but outside of perhaps The Netherlands, nothing on even this scale has ever been done. Very interesting.

Oh, there is one media item: Rejected. (6.8mb, Windows Media Video format, about ten minutes in length.) This is good; this might be unsafe for work. Nominated for an Oscar in 2000, and very amusing.