This is awesome...

This is awesome: The Brain of a Social Justice Warrior (SJW), or Progressive.

Quote of the day...

Quote of the day...  In The Onion, reporting on the pope's visit to Philadelphia:

After concluding his prepared remarks, the pope reportedly led the congregation in a prayer for God to rain cleansing fire and brimstone over the city and then salt the smoldering Earth so that no wickedness could ever again arise in its place.

This is from an article titled “Horrified Pope Calls Philadelphia Humanity’s Greatest Sin Against God”.  Ha!

For my readers who don't already know this: I grew up alarmingly close to Philadelphia, so I know it well.  Except for the Franklin Institute, soft pretzels with mustard, and Philly steak sandwiches, it has no redeeming value that I know of.

Greatest regex trick ever?

Greatest regex trick ever?  Well, maybe.  It's a pretty darned good one, anyway.  I used regexes extensively in my last job (with ServiceNow), in both Java and JavaScript.  I used variations on this trick several times, often together with another favorite “trick” of mine: using functions for the replacement value (both Java and JavaScript support this)...

No sign of Bucky (updated)...

No sign of Bucky (updated)...  Shortly after making the post below, the boys (Miki and Race) and I went out for our walk.  As we walked over the irrigation canal bridge in our driveway, we heard splashing just south of us.  Sure enough, there was Bucky, hopping down into the canal for a drink, then back up to get away from us.  He's fine!

We haven't seen him - the injured buck in our front yard - for several days now.  We're hoping he's ok, but ... Cache County is a dangerous place for a buck in hunting season...

Scientists didn't really know what to expect...

Scientists didn't really know what to expect ... when New Horizons took a close look at Pluto.  Nevertheless, the data coming back are a big surprise – and planetary scientists, so far at least, are quite mystified by what they're seeing.  Mother Nature is full of surprises here on Earth.  It seems a bit arrogant to assume that she wouldn't be full of surprises elsewhere!