I

Android is OS X. It isn't iOS and I'm okay with that. I'm actually kinda likin' it. Would happily ditch the globular weird Android emoji, though. WTF.

II

A colleague and I were bemoaning the fact that "douchebag" is a difficult sobriquet to level at a woman. I reflected that "douchebag" is a great word in that it's a non-sequitor that is only offensive because it is used for offense. My colleague suggested "douche-hag" which gave me a chuckle but it occurred to me that "hag" makes it very gender-specific. I've become much more aware of gender issues since having a daughter and I'm recognizing more and more that the default for women in English is belittlement, not empowerment.

III

The new Mac Mini is out and it's expensive and the RAM is soldered. I could build a Hackintosh that would dust the shit out of it for half the price. Meanwhile I'm listening through Doubletwist so I could reasonably jettison iTunes, especially since I have a 24TB server. So I'm trying to decide between buying a Mini and restoring the status quo or doing something completely different and go over to FLAC. Lord knows I have enough ratio on a handful of trackers to get serious about it.

IV Michelin Pilot Road 2s have treated me great for the past 7800 miles, which is unheard of for motorcycle tires. But for the past 200 they've gone from "unsettling" to "disquieting" to "disturbing" to "terrifying." Francesca is therefore in the garage (a friendly neighbor volunteered a parking spot - talk about awesome) and I took the Dodge this morning.

Which proceeded to bust a bead on the shitty-ass road into this weird-ass job.

So, hey. Glad I dissipated my tire karma on something with four of them, rather than two.