Point collecting

• Saw Syriana tonight. Very interesting, and challenging. Liked it. I want to see it again to catch all the stuff I didn't get the first time around. One complaint: the director, possibly on purpose, made it almost impossible to precisely sense time passing throughout the film. I didn't realize it would bug me as much as it did.
  
  
• Today's Toronto Star featured an excellent story and side-by-side comparison (600KB PDF) showing you exactly what effects the food you eat can have on the environment. I saved a copy (600KB PDF) in case they take it down.
  
  
• I want to go see Brokeback Mountain, but it's not playing here yet. I hate living in a 450,000 person backwater. :)
  
  
• Lucky had a serious digestive issue all over the carpet today. These are very rare now. Amusingly, in the mail was a reminder that it's time for their checkups. Maybe he read the mail.
  
  
• I cannot freaking believe that it's December 20th in 98 minutes.
  
  
• New RAM arrived today. I installed it, and my boot time has dropped from 1:32 to 1:04. Then 1:10. Then 2:29, because it spontaneously rebooted right in the middle of a boot I was timing. Hmmm. Memory diagnostic burn-in type software shows no faults. Double-hmmm.
  
  
• eBay shipping is SUCH a scam. I wish I could get in on it. My RAM arrived in a $1.39 padded envelope, with two 50 cent stamps. Actual shipping charged? $14.99 US per item, with 40% discount on second item. Ha!
  
  
• Still cheaper than new RAM, so hey.
  
  
• leapfish's Dad got us a Chapters gift card, and we shopped online with it last week. Today the books arrived! I got Just A Geek, by Wil Wheaton. Can't wait to read it. The book arrived damaged though. I complained. We shall see.
  
  
• Why have more friends tried to persuade us to fly across an ocean than have confirmed they're coming to Vegas? Is it the position of the planets or something?
  
  
• There is no... rule six.