Awful TV

It's not surprising that this page is the third result when you search for "girl robot", but I am surprised the show was on for four seasons.
This show ran that long as well, but I had no idea that Burt Reynolds did the voice of the father.
There are still times when I can't get theme song to this show out of my head.

Further proof that the Internet is not just for wasting time

You may have heard me drone on about how cool Ask MetaFilter is, and this question is a perfect example of just how cool it can be sometimes. The short version of the story is that a guy who used to teach in Russia was contacted by a former student who is from Russia and here on a J1 Visa. She and a friend were essentially stranded in D.C. after being told there were jobs for them there. The "jobs" fell through and they were told they had to meet another potential boss in a bar in Brighton Beach (New York City) at midnight. The asker and lots of others felt this was a set up for them to be trafficked. The asker was on the road and not really able to physically step in and help them, but he got lots of offers of assistance. There is a parallel thread here that talks about the original thread.

2004

I started playing Kingdom of Loathing six years ago today.

Wisdom from Joe vs the Volcano

"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement."

*If you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend it. It is better than the other two Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks movies.