Also around the house, let's revisit the issue of my brother. Yes, The Brat is home for the summer... and he's grossing me out. As if it weren't bad enough that he has found it necessary to wear a cap to the dinner table every night, now he has decided that he doesn't need to wear a shirt. As a side note to my future offspring, let it be known that neither of these will be acceptable in my house. Back to my brother, his desire to go around the house shirtless all the time was bad enough before when he was just scrawny, but that is no longer the case. I'm glad to know that he's comfortable with his body, but he needs to recognize that the family flab is setting in. Two years of college have begun to take its toll on his body, and he's starting to get a little pudgy. He's not as disgustingly flabby as I am just yet, but the lovehandles are developing nicely and the belly is starting to protrude over the boxerline (as he insists on going around the house in nothing but boxers most of the time). On top of it all, he shaves his chest and gut to show it all off. Uhhh... buddy, you need to put a shirt on - especially at the dinner table. Ick. And to think that his summer break has only just begun....

On a completely different topic, let's address the issue of Movable Type once again. Last week I quite hastily suggested that I might switch back to Blogger. While Blogger's little improvements like comments and email posting were long awaited, I don't actually intend to switch back. I mostly just don't intend to upgrade my version of Movable Type to mt3 anytime soon. They're going to have to do some major overhauls, up the number of blogs and authors per license, and drop the price significantly before I would consider upgrading. Like most mt users, I take no issue with paying for using their program and services, but what I object to is paying far too much to get less than what I'm getting now. Months or potentially years down the road I may choose to invest in a new and improved version of mt, but there's no point right now. Version 2.64 is working fine for my needs right now, so as the tired, old cliche goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Finally, good luck Dave! Dave is moving back down to Madison on Friday to begin training for his research assistant job as a grad student at UW-Madison. Dave, you need to hurry through so we can start calling you Dr. Dave sooner rather than later.

Good night everyone, I'm out of here.