Let’s Set Fire to this Pig!

A couple of things this evening:

– The comic,  Funky Winkerbean is the saddest piece of “art” I have ever read. It is a train wreck and I can not turn away despite promising myself not to read this crap after my favorite character, Lisa, was torturously killed off . The artist, Tom Batiuk, was diagnose with prostate cancer several years ago, which is now in remission. He has used his illness as an excuse to punish his characters over the years with murder, rape, dismemberment and long drawn out deaths.  His latest assault on his readers was to have a character who has been a prisoner of war in Iraq for 10-12 years (Batiuk’s writing makes it impossible to tell exactly how long) come home and find out that his wife has remarried and the Army has declared him dead. Batiuk can’t wait to show us the happy road that lies ahead of this character before he commits suicide. It’s Batiuk’s world, but I really am tired of watching his character’s bleed out on my comic’s page.

– Added ASoft Autoexit to my Windows Home Server. This program is better than sex. (Yes, I said it and I’m not taking it back.)  This program allows me to start every computer in my house from one location and shut down every machine from any machine.  I can send messages to the other machines, remote desktop into these machines or put them to sleep as I want. It is absolutely the best add-in program for a WHS box ever. (Okay, I take back the better than sex comment.)

– President Obama had already lost control of the health care reform debate in recent weeks. And it now appears he will lose the option of “Public Option” this week. Between “death panels” and “asking Grandma to die,” a necessary reform will not happen in a meaningful way over the next four years. No matter what Obama’s final legacy is, necessary health care reform is probably not going to be part of it.