Did you ever see Thomas Pynchon and Louis Mackey in the same place together?

I've always had this crazy hunch (justified by absolutely nothing that could be counted as rational evidence) that Thomas Pynchon, his life, works and career had been created by my old Professor Louis Mackey. As I said, I have zero evidence to support this hunch, but had to write it down in case this Universe somehow made it come true. I suppose Pynchon could be upset that his life and his works could be attributed to someone else so irresponsibly, except that he would probably enjoy the mystery this would add to his already mysterious persona. I assume Dr. Mackey would have taken this as a compliment.

Madness ...

I'm in idle (python 2.7) and see the following:

>>> p = re.compile(r"^(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2})")
>>> p = re.compile(r"^(\d[2}/\d{2}/\d{4})")

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
p = re.compile(r"^(\d[2}/\d{2}/\d{4})")
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 190, in compile
return _compile(pattern, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 245, in _compile
raise error, v # invalid expression
error: unexpected end of regular expression

The first regular expression compiles, the second one does not. The only difference I can see is the "4". What is going on here?

Ooops. Just before I was about to post this, I found the problem. Do you see it? It's not easy to see.

Fixing the Windows 7 Read-Only Folder Blues | IT Expert Voice

Saw the same problem on Windows 2003 trying to run bash scripts over a remote desktop connection: Fixing the Windows 7 Read-Only Folder Blues | IT Expert Voice. Always wondered what was going on ...

The N.E. Patriots drafting Colt McCoy would make me happy.

If Duke was knocking down their threes, this game would be over. But I'm still pulling for Baylor ...

Still not done watching Duke-Baylor, but Duke is playing their zone perfectly ...

By the way, I hope I'm wrong about Duke-Baylor.

Quck prediction: Duke will win this game not because they are THAT good, but because they are the only team with the discipline to play Baylor's zone.

Warned About Abuse, Vatican Failed to Defrock Priest

This is really bad:

Warned About Abuse, Vatican Failed to Defrock Priest: "Top Vatican officials, including the future Pope Benedict XVI, did not defrock an American priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even after warnings from several bishops, church files show.



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