Happy Earth Day 2002. With Ashcroft in Justice, attempts to drill the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, and backing away from international environmental treaties, this little gem from Walt Kelly in 1971 is still relevant:

Then there’s the radical Christian fringe, who since their pal John Aschroft came to office have been almost too quiet. No longer: Evolutionism Propaganda spills the beans about the secret agendas behind PBS, Pokémon, and Apple Computer!!! From the article:

“The real operating system hiding under the newest version of the Macintosh operating system (MacOS X) is called... Darwin! That's right, new Macs are based on Darwinism! While they currently don't advertise this fact to consumers, it is well known among the computer elite, who are mostly Atheists and Pagans. Furthermore, the Darwin OS is released under an "Open Source" license, which is just another name for Communism. They try to hide all of this under a facade of shiny, "lickable" buttons, but the truth has finally come out: Apple Computers promote Godless Darwinism and Communism.” [emphasis added]

It gets better, but you have to read it for yourself. After all, this “Atheist and Pagan” Presbyterian is dedicated to making sure you think for yourself and come to your own conclusions, which is, I suppose, as “godless” as it gets.

My trusty Palm Vx will no longer take a charge. As the Pythons would say, “It’s bleeding demised.” Which would be less of a problem if its address book data were synced to my laptop, but when I was using the Palm 4 beta (the last time I got a sync to happen successfully—another issue) the address data never came across.

The Vx was an “old-generation” handheld, back when people with USB connections were the exception rather than the rule, cell phones were separate devices, and Palm still had overwhelming market share. If I were to be in the market for an inexpensive new handheld I wonder what it would be…