Open Season

The shooting rampage that occurred in western Wisconsin (maybe 75-100 miles east of Minneapolis) has received a lot of coverage in the local media over the last day. I’m as mystified as everyone else about the shooter’s motive. Deer hunting is a big deal in these parts. A lot of families will take their kids out of school for extended periods during hunting season. But I have no idea if these murders really had anything to do with hunting. Neighbors of the suspect describe him as a quiet man who kept to himself. Is it ever the loud, gregarious types who snap and go on shooting sprees? Just once, I want to hear about a mass murderer who is the office clown or who always threw the best block parties.
Managed to smash my foot into an elevator door today. I can’t seem to go more than a few months without brutalizing one of my feet. If it wasn’t for the ascetics and my aversion to surgery, I’d have the damn things chopped off. Besides being the raison d’etre for my shoes and socks, they aren’t really doing anyone much good.
Why do I still have my VCR? I think it’s been a year since I last used it. If I want to capture something off television, I’ll either use my TiVo or bittorrent it. All the VHS movies I have could easily be replaced with DVDs. I suppose I want to be prepared for some kind of analog emergency, but one of these days I should consign it to the dustbin of irrelevant technology.