Bits and Pieces 8

I think it’s 8…? Yeah.
I gave up on getting Scientific Linux (RHEL clone) working on my laptop. Something broke since the last time I played with it, and the STA Broadcom driver no longer builds. It’s the kind of thing not worth my trouble to dig and dig because it’s almost entirely over my head in the first place. I’m running OpenSUSE 12.2 and all’s well. Not simple, but good enough and quite secure. If I take the notion to keep it awhile, it’s at least good for some three or four years. Naturally, I’m using the XFCE desktop.
I live on a different planet than most people. I prefer it that way.
When I learned English grammar, the masculine was the default inclusive gender. I’m not changing just because a bunch of idiots don’t understand, who believe their degree and position on some college faculty gives them power to politicize the issue. When the context does not specify, any masculine pronouns are taken as randomly inclusive of females, too. That’s English. Dutch has an inclusive gender which is neither. They are welcome to it; when among them, I’ll use their language the way it stands. (I never met anyone there who didn’t speak English, anyway.) Last time I checked, German and Spanish are distinctly “sexist” like English. Get over it.
I’m back to working my way through the Isaiah commentary files in preparation for the next book. Currently I’m about one-third of the way.
Something keeps burning brightly in the back of my mind: If you are convinced God wants you to do something, let Him hold the consequences in His hands. Just be faithful. It keeps dogging me as I pray about the likes of the Open Access Guerrilla movement. I am convinced God wants me involved and even if the other participants choke on my religious stance, I’m supporting them as much as they can tolerate.
Bike ride today!