i know it's been a long while since my last post, but worry not: as soon as i have time [?] will deliver the most emphatic of addresses on the path of human technological progress and why we must enslave the internet before it kills us. [this will, of course, be followed by a kickass party for my neo-luddite society, to be established soonly] .

in the meantime, john tierney takes the high road (no pun intended, seriously) in today's nytimes op-eds!.: debunking the drug war (link is fixed).

and!. PETER JENNINGS IS DEAD! i'm distraught! i'm dejected! peter's gone! who's next?? steven colbert? serena altschul? the humanity!