I got a Best Buy gift card from my parents for Christmas and needed to buy some network and systems equipment, so I went online and got an order together last Friday.  They have a nifty feature where you can place an order online (and pay online), then go pick it up same-day from a store.  Best of both worlds: online convenience; same-day delivery.

There are more big changes on this year's list of the ugliest cars.  Two models featured on last year's list (Honda Insight [#4 TIE] and Chevrolet SSR [#1]) have been discontinued, while several newly-introduced ugly cars have managed to push two more (Toyota Matrix [#10] and Honda Element [#9]) off the list.  Additionally, my style tastes have changed as some models become less offensive with age (and others grow more so).

Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq, was executed by hanging at approximately 10:00pm EST this evening (6:00am 12/30, Iraq time), reports senior U.S. officials and Hussein's lawyers.  The U.S. military in Iraq is on alert for possible reprisals by Baathist insurgents and other terrorist forces operating in the middle-eastern nation.  Hussein was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for crimes against humanity during his twenty-five year rule.

So it's been a little while since I've written a life entry, and something very odd has happened in that time.  We have a cat.  Those of you who know me well are probably aware that, on average, I'm not a cat person.  I traditionally prefer the campany of dogs (over cats or people, lol), but this feline won us over somehow and has since become a member of the family.