Today's roamings

I went to Mandalay Restaurant; the buffet is back. I think it's cheaper, $7.99 vs. $9.99. Didn't seem as good, but that might have been because I was there at 1:30 for a buffet which ends at 2; they were nearly *out* of most things (and what they weren't, I helped along.)

Ami, the white and red cafe nearby, has expanded to Real Food, specifically a Korean buffet. Saw what seemed to be the owner looking out, forlornly. Will have to try it -- hey, lyceum, we have a lunch schedule to resume!

On one side of Buskirk-Chumley used to be a truffle shop, long since replaced by Greek's Pizzeria. On the other, we now have Blu Boy, serving truffle like things. Shopboy wasn't sure if dark chocolate qualified as proper "truffle". I was just out from Mandalay, so didn't buy any yet.

CS Department Red Hat Enterprise 5, KDE interface, takes forever to log in. GNOME is faster. So is my TWM setup, not changed much since Caltech 1992.

The public library has a stand offering bike information and asking for input on their Plans.

Last night I bought and read Order of the Stick: Dungeon Crawlin' Fools (the first 120 strips) and Start of Darkness (Prequel of EEEVIL, and quite good.)

News I'm not linking to since it was Yahoo articles, which expire:
Sony has a sugar-powered battery.
"Out of body experiences" have been induced in the lab, though it read more like telepresence than "going into the light".
Japan is hit by smog, China blamed.
There's a billion light-year void in the universe, empty of light or dark matter, as far as they can tell.
A common kind of killer pneumonia causes bleeding in the lungs. It took them this long to figure that out?

And in conclusion, I need a Carthago delenda est, except meaning "Arcologies must be built" or "Weather must be controlled."