31. December, 2005 - this must be it

I probably won’t be Drinkin’ in the new year–and then some in Wisconsin. I wasn’t aware that bars there are open from 6am today until 2am Monday morning, and that’s been the case on New Year’s Eve for nearly twenty years. Might have tried that when I was younger if I’d known. [press-patch]
A new Critical Flaw Detected in Windows Metafile images. And since they’re loaded up automagically when you view a page in your browser, if you’re running windows, you should pretty much stay off the interweb until a security patch is available. Or use this fix VoWe points out. [fark!]
In the case of the woman arrested for having flour in condoms in her luggage, Dan asks, what about the 4th amendment? Good question. As the first commenter said, these searches can only be done to assure the safety of the plane, which doesn’t cover suspected drugs. [flutterby]
Are Bush and Patriot Act repeating history? This letter to the editor compares Bush to Hitler. [endwar]
I needed to write a little bit about today’s lunch to get it out of my system before the new year. Best to let that sort of thing go as quickly as possible.