Anyone that's ever tried to compile software on Linux knows that ./configure pumps out hundreds of lines of checks in a few moments' time.

This time was different...

No, those lines weren't highlighted in bright white when I ran the command. I happened to see them while it was scrolling by at 20 lines a second.

Reminds me of the Mozy backup service's Terms & Conditions.   A couple years ago, I decided for no apparent reason at all to skim through them, and it said.  "Furthermore, you agree to use Mozy for good or for awesome." They've since changed their terms, but I assure you that it was there. It's not so much that it's in there that's funny, it's that it's almost invisible and yet still people notice it.

And then, of course, I had to read the ingredients.  I'm very glad that they use cocoa butter for their chocolate.  I can't stand “chocolate” made from palm kernel oil.  But I noticed that they also use vanillin. 

Why vanillin?  There has to be what - one drop of vanilla flavoring in the whole thing.  Why on earth would you cut corners there?  For those that don't know, vanillin (imitation vanilla extract) is usually commercially extracted by soaking burnt wood or coal tar in alcohol.  Yum! 

I know that I-64 is closed from the Kingshighway exit to I-170 but I didn't think Google Maps knew that. I tried to drag the route onto the closed section of I-64 and it wouldn't let me - it acted like there wasn't even a road to drive on. Technically, there isn't at the moment.

So that was pretty exciting to me. Although I wish Maps would at least tell me why it redirected me, so that I'd be sure that their route-planning isn't just getting dumber.

Their electronic check reader (or human) read the 229 as 559 and it posted to our account.

We're saved? I hope so. Otherwise, we'd be facing over $100 in overdraft fees, 75% of which would be for purchases under $7.00

So then I read that a bunch of Daewoo models are sold in the US under the Chevrolet name. The Chevrolet Aveo is actually a Daewoo Kalos. I had to drive one of those when our car got rear-ended. They are not pretty. They don't even feel safe. When we went under a bridge, the car shook from the "wind tunnel" effect!

The ultimate irony is what I read when I looked at the article about the Daewoo Kalos. They chose the name Kalos, because the Greek word κ&alphaλóς means beautiful. I dare a commenter to say that they like the way the Aveo looks.

Rachel: Was I talking about strawberries?

Me: No

..A little bit later...

Rachel: Strawberries are helpful

Me: Really? How are strawberries helpful?

Rachel: They help people get from place to place

She came out of it a little bit and realized what she'd said. She explained that she was actually thinking about wheelchairs and strawberries at the same time.

This actually happens a lot. It's one of the funniest things in the world.

They were both filmed largely in Vancouver and British Columbia, Canada.  And there are a LOT of crossover actors.

Don S. Davis plays General Hammond - the "guy in charge" on Stargate. He also played stunt double for the character Pete Thornton - the "guy in charge" on MacGyver, for actor Dana Elcar.

Christopher Judge stars as Teal'c in the Stargate series. Before that, he made an appearance on MacGyver. In a season 5 episode called "Live and Learn," he plays Deron, a high school football player.

Dan Shea is a stunt double for Anderson and also plays Sgt. Siler. In MacGyver, he made two appearances as a van driver, and biker. He's also been credited in Macgyver as "hockey technical consultant."

Peter Williams, who played Apophis, had a tiny role as a video editor named Moe in "Collision Course," a season 4 episode.

Bill Dow, who makes several appearances as Dr. Bill Lee had two unrelated roles in MacGyver - an officer named Danko and "The White Suited Man."

Known as Colonel Chekov in SG-1, Gary Chalk makes 4 appearances in MacGyver. Twice as Detective Sweeney, once as Sgt. Harold Gray, and once by the name Tony Ellis.

Even one of the Ori Priors (Doug Abrahams) has made his way into a one-episode role on Macgyver, as NSA agent Robert Kelham.

Before playing the lying, cheating NID agent Frank Simmons, John de Lancie played a lying, cheating weapons dealer named Brian Ashford in an episode of MacGyver.

Matthew Walker plays Merlin in seasons 9 and 10 of SG-1. He had a brief appearance as a swiss man in a MacGyver episode set in the Old West.

Garwin Sanford plays Narim of the Tollan on Stargate SG-1. He made two appearances on MacGyver. Once as Rafael, a revolutionary leader.

I actually know François Chau best for his role on LOST, as Dr. Pierre Chang. He was a Chinese ambassador in SG-1, and a Chinatown "bad guy" in the MacGyver episode.

And it just keeps going. Marie Stillin, who had a recurring role on SG-1 as High Chancellor Travell, had a role in an episode of MacGyver as Rachel, a church leader's assistant.

That's not a complete list. Just some of the more memorable Stargate characters. There are even a few episodes of MacGyver with the same episode title as an SG-1 episode: The Enemy Within, Last Stand, and The Road Not Taken. Just for completeness, I'll end with a photo of Richard Dean Anderson from SG-1 and MacGyver.

Update: A visitor kindly submitted Robin Mossley. He made several appearances as Macgyver's houseboat neighbor, Wilt Bozer. In SG-1, he played Malakai, the archaeologist trying to send himself back in time in the episode "Window of Opportunity." He later appears as Reimer, a soldier infected with a sleep parasite.