"I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said because I was too busy trying to figure out why you were saying it so loudly."

I love a good dialect survey. And this one not only figured out my home region correctly:

It also has a sweet heat map image at the end:

Yep, that's me!

Legal Systems Very Different From Ours

iOS7 is ugly.

I hate the flat solid color look.

Update:
Also, every time I plug the iPhone into my PC to charge, it asks me if I trust this computer. Every time. According to the internet, the solution is to install the latest iTunes. But I will not install iTunes on my work PC just so my phone won't complain about the quality of the electrons it's getting from it. That is some insane bullshit.

Dictionaraoke

Plants vs. Zombies 2 is out (iOS only), and it is sucking up every last second of my, and my wife's, free time.

It's awesome, as was the first one. This just does everything a little bigger.

My only complaint is that it's a little tough to play on my iPhone 4S screen. I sometimes fat-finger things and put plants in the wrong place; and precise plant placement is crucial to getting through many of the levels. Wife plays on her iPad Mini, which seems like the perfect size.

Don't make me buy an iPad, PvZ.

Another Obama Failure

Are playing in town tonight. Outdoors. But it's cool and rainy. And there are two opening bands. And there are no covered seats available.

Crap.

At ObWi, russell, drops a link to a map of lynchings in the US (1900-1931).

Turn out there were zero in NY state. Whew.

But, there were thirty-something in NC, including one in Chatham County (current house) and two in Wake County (former houses). I'm a little curious to learn the details, but I'm also afraid that I could learn that they happened in places I can't avoid and will have to think of those details every time I drive by.

Heckfajob, racists: your violence didn't just kill your victims, it corrupted the area. Forever?