Cogito, Ergo Sumana for 2005 May 29 (entry 1)

# 29 May 2005, 09:54PM: Huge Trek Post Coming Soon: Anyone who is reading this and who knows Kannada knows that the letter for "ma" is, by all logical standards, the letter that should mean "wu" or "vu." That trips me up all the time.

Yeah, it's basically impossible to have a spelling bee for Kannada. Or for any language where the writing and phonetics of the language match up reasonably.

Busy weekend. Accidentally went to a sci-fi convention, helped make and apply an insane costume for and to a friend (gold body paint was involved), enjoyed barbecued brussels sprouts, found myself attempting to salsa dance, and watched the Star Trek Enterprise series finale for about the fourth time so as to point out its deficiencies to a friend.

Have you ever tried to impersonate Schwarzenegger while saying "L'état, c'est moi"? It works surprisingly well.

Whenever I find myself spending a Memorial Day or a Veterans Day without a proper ritual commemorating their sacrifice, I rationalize it by saying that my freedom and leisure symbolizes or embodies the principles the military protects. What a copout. But at least I send magazines and letters to Any Soldier throughout the year.

I finished Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers this morning. So, so good! I've been grabbing friends by the lapels to read them the end of chapter 15, where the author rants about spoilers and deception.

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