Wed Mar 15 09:28:33 EDT 2017 Ugh. I went to bed at 10:30, but slept until 8:57 AM. Late for work. Sunny and windy today. High of twenty-seven. The Ides of March. Work: - Emergency maintenance system A bit. - Set up mail for bag and in container Not quite. - After-hours patch Wednesday reboots Done. Spent some time diagnosing network issues with one of our cable modem connections. Twenty minute walk at lunch. Sunny, but a bit cold. Stayed late for patch Tuesday/Wednesday. Home: - Play with Castle Brezelbier Done. Skeleton spider --- human skeleton with four legs and four arms Shadow mutilator --- cuts up your shadow and combines it with other shadows, and it sticks with you http://www.metafilter.com/165658/None-of-us-are-fully-immune-to-the-ideas-of-the-past-we-grew-up-with > “Dark Enlightenment” (DE) is a theory dreamed up by self-styled Internet philosophers who claim to trace modern-day problems to the end of the Middle Ages. According to DE proponents, the Enlightenment’s humanism, democracy, and quest for equality are responsible for the decay of Western civilization. DE gurus write long, self-aggrandizing online screeds that dabble in just enough science, philosophy, and political philosophy to be dangerous. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-white-house-paranoia-236069 > A culture of paranoia is consuming the Trump administration, with staffers increasingly preoccupied with perceived enemies — inside their own government. Breakfast: a couple of carrots and a spoonful of yogurt on my way out the door. Lunch: chicken sandwich on multigrain with avocado and basil mayo, coffee Dinner: pizza