After 2 days of wrangling, questioning my will, and begging the TAs for help, I have finally completed my program for cs441. And it's only about 70 lines. This class has the distinct ability to make me feel really really stupid.

Speaking of stupid, Lucas recently posted about the Coors Light commercials that they run ad nauseum during football games and how he believes they are making him stupider. I agree, especially because they prominently feature a man who has painted "Coors Light" on his chest, which is possibly the stupidest act I have ever seen, but let us not foist all the blame off on this one brand. Another beer company (if they featured their name more prominently in the ad maybe I would remember which one. good job ad execs.) runs a commercial approximately once per break that starts off "I...love...playing two hand touch [cut to scene of attractive couple in football jerseys making out], eating way too much [cut to overweight man in football jersey eating a chicken leg larger than his arm], watching my team win...and twins [cut to obligatory ditzy blonde cheerleaders that are found in every football-related beer commercial". Is the target audience of these commercials really the average football fan? Am I an outlier in that I enjoy football and have an IQ over 100? More importantly, everyone harasses me because I don't drink, but why should I start when based on commercials the only people who drink are either extremely overweight (possibly as a result of drinking) or "playas" who try unsuccessfully to hook up with any girl they see (also possibly as a result of drinking)?

I was a pedestrian 8-6 in NFL picks this week to drop to 37-23. Lucas again gained ground on me by going 9-5. He stands at 45-15.

It's now confirmed that the 6 most feared and reviled words in the English language are "His name is Henry, Clay Henry".