...but with a whimper

So this will be the last post from the old Gateway. I may be out of commission for a bit until I get Dark Helmet II up and running. Expect a flood of photos this weekend, as I'm planning to stay in Temple. (Sorry, Jason, I really want to come down, but I haven't stayed in town in two months. If the bonfire gets pushed back until next weekend, I'm there.)

In the meantime, here are some good things pointed out to me recently:

— We only thought we'd invented the name: www.manties.net

— Your Christmas was not this awesome

— This link is for Seth

— For you video games nerds, the Final Fantasy VI (a.k.a. III) aria performed with a full orchestra. Really, check this out.

— And finally, for you legion English nerds, an entertaining essay — what! an essay in a newspaper! — by Cynthia Ozick from the Times. I wish I had a grandmother like her.

UPDATE: Two more things I found at work I had to share.

Someone at Google News got a little creative with this aggragate headline: "Storm glazes roads from Rockies to Plains." Brings back fond memories of our IM soccer team, the Ken's Donuts-inspired Glazers. "Aw, you just got glazed!" was our battlecry.

Then there's this bit of usage elitism that I Garnered from today's Telegram:

Thank a veteran.

This is the heartfelt topic S— H— chose for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Voices of Democracy essay contest, which won her a place among 17 other students as state finalists.

... in two hours completed a compelling, opinionated, and somewhat caviling, piece titled "Celebrating Our Veterans' Service."

To quote Young Wesley, I really don't think that word means what you think it does:

cavil
v. intr.
To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections.

v. tr.
To quibble about; detect petty flaws in.

n.
A carping or trivial objection.