Randomness for 11/1

Some bits of news, in no particular order:

» In case you were not aware, this week The Daily Show is filming right here in my new backyard. It's a great thing. And Comedy Central has the episodes online.

» I saw Scorsese's The Departed this past weekend. And it is brilliant. That's all I have to say about it. Although I'm seriously considering a second viewing, so I may have a fuller review later.

» Down the road from my office building is a hotel whose sign proclaims it is hosting a "Glass Problems Convention." I had an immediate mental image of a bunch of somber-faced business men and women being told, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a serious problem with this glass stuff. It breaks." I have a strong suspicion I'm the only one who thinks it's funny, though.

» Today begins National Novel Writing Month. I'm not quite as confident about my topic as I was a couple of weeks ago. But good luck to those of you who are taking on the challenge as well.

By the way - I'm still messing around with my website layout. The problem I'm having is that my taste is so far ahead of my skills, and so I'm constantly learning new things and trying to implement them, with varying degrees of success. Be patient. And you can always avoid the whole mess by subscribing to my RSS feed, or reading blog entries at MySpace or Facebook.