I remember it clearly, not just because of the book, but because I thought of this in history class when we learned about the Oregon Territory and the "54-40 or Fight" slogan. Also, Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons might have been my first CYA-type book, as well.

Technically, isn't it ASCII? Even more technically, isn't it the upper half of the ISO 8859 character set? "Binary code" still depends on a "translation" mechanism that identifies what each of the 8-bit characters says.

In the middle of the night, when I don't want to turn the light on, I sit down to pee. I don't wash my hands, either, 'cause I flush with my foot, and my hands haven't touched anything.

It's nice to see this, but I'm a bit confused. I'm a white male, and I don't like the R-word. I wrote an essay a few months back about this, where I talked about how I loved the Washington Niggers, because I think the names are equivalent. What I'm confused about though, is this line: