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2002-04-11

I went to play.com in order to check on the dvds I had ordered and this is what greeted me:

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) R1 £15.99 Posted 10/04/2002 20:34:00

Posted, already. Much happiness will begin next week as I’ll probably do absolutely nothing beside watching movies (and it will be everything I’d dreamt it would be). No, wait. I have classes to attend next week. Damn. Damn. Damn. So, I have to revise my plans, I’ll watch lots of dvds next week during the night and it’ll be everything I’d dreamt it would be — which happens to be what I usally do anyway.

Finally I fixed the problem with SLRN — newsreader par excellence — blinking. Fixed is perhaps not the right word, that would probably have me poaking around in the code, and that is something no one want. The problem with blinking text only appears on win2000 when SLRN is in fullscreen and with light background.

So, I tweaked around with the colours and presto! It worked, although I need to get use to the idea of a dark background and uglier colourscheme in general. Still, it is still better than it was before when I could only read news in window-mode.

-- This man. Is he?
-- Yes, he’s suffering from post-consumer stress. Judging from his pulse and brain activity he has not bought anything for at least half a year.
-- What?! Including food?
-- No, on his breath I can smell chicken salad. He might still be saved. Do you know the CPR?
-- Well, yes, but...
-- No buts mister. Here, take my money and run to the video store.
-- Okay.
-- You’ll be okay. You’ll be... okay.
[ten minutes later]
-- Uhuhh. Uhuhhh. They... They only had the first season of M*A*S*H. Season two was... Uhhuuuhhhuhuha. It hasn’t been released yet. Not on dvd.
-- Damnit! Damnit twice! Quickly, we got one more chance and if we fail, this man is a goner.
-- He’s dead anyway.
-- Shut up! Grab his legs and we’ll carry him to my car. Hopefully my VHS-recordings will be enough. Yeah. Hopefully.
-- He’s not heavy at all.
-- Keep quite and pray that he didn’t hear you. You don’t wanna go there kiddo, don’t ever go there.