I'm a lasagna boy!

In which it is to larf, nay to hoot an' holler

Thanks to the OSX Password Generator (also available as a Dashboard widget):
classicist516696945*woolgrowing
The mostly-undocumented OSX builtin is actually FIPS-181-compliant. You can find it via System Preferences -> Accounts -> Change Password -> (click on the key to the right of New Password).

In which the logalyser makes a brief appearance

After some especially delicious pâte, I remembered that I needed to sort out the good ol' logalyser (some might call it a 'food blog'). The code is crufty beyond belief -- it dates about six years! -- and currently is only un-broken for the current week's menu.
The pâte was outstanding.
UPDATE: Oh, yes: for some reason it does'n't work on Safari, but does on Firefox. And the pâte was outstanding.

In which we learn about the grocer's apostrophe

Mr Looney (of Looney-Field-Effect notoriety!) informs me that this is 'the grocer's apostrophe' and causes much merriment. It certainly gave me a chuckle as I went walking around Ballsbridge this morning. The Wikipedia, of course, has an article that describes the (green)grocer's apostrophe's phenomenon.
It has been a while since I belly-ached about apostrophes and quotation marks.

In which I have a yard-stick

One measure I use for determining how cosmpolitan, or how traveller-friendly, a city is: ease of getting between the airport and downtown. San Francisco: not so much, despite the much-anticipated wetlands preservation BART-to-SFO project. Other cities: thanks to the International Air Rail Organisation, and their database, I can find out online, including such details as: does the Shanghai maglev really vibrate at speeds about 200k?

In which we are not equal under the law.

Today's Examiner discusses community-planned intersections:

Most importantly, the studies will seek input from the community on those improvements and then offer suggestions on how to make them a reality within five years, by identifying funding and resources for the project, said project manager Julie Kirschbaum, who works with San Francisco County Transportation Authority.

"We want to create a tool kit so neighborhoods can help themselves," said Kirschbaum, adding that there could be many more similar projects in the future. "And we want to focus on showing real returns for implementation."

Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, whose district includes Mission Terrace and the Excelsior, has lobbied hard for the project and other traffic-calming measures. He said the area is especially dangerous because both Mission and Geneva streets are used as thoroughfares.

Five years? That's all we've got? I mean: that's how long it takes to implement traffic-calming solutions?

In other intersection-related news, an Oregon bicyclist was charged with manslaughter:

A bicyclist was charged with manslaughter after he ran through a stop sign and struck and killed a 71-year-old woman, police said Monday.
Jean Calder died at Good Samaritan Hospital after she was struck Friday night as she crossed a street at an unmarked crosswalk, Corvallis police Capt. Ron Noble said.

Christopher A. Lightning, 51, was charged with manslaughter and reckless driving.

"A car and a bicycle are both vehicles and if they are operated in a way that could be criminal, then charges are filed equally in both situations," Noble said. "He was going right through a stop sign."

Lightning was being housed in Benton County jail with bail set at $57,500. He will be given a court-appointed lawyer at his arraignment in Benton County.

I do not believe that a motorist would be incarcerated or even charged for a similar offence. I know this to be fact in San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo counties.

In which an illegally-parked vehicle is immobilised

The officer in this tidy little truck was in fact attaching a clamp to an L-car parked on the kerb near a pedestrian zone.