Hmm. Thanks for all the info- I may keep the Best Buy card open, at least as long as the service plan on my iPod is valid, but not use it. I don't have mountains of cards or anything, although more than I'd like. And I try to make a mental note to check my balances online regularly, even for cards that I don't use, to make sure no one is using them.

Well... I paid for a credit analyst through eloans to check my credit monthly and part of what they do is talk about your different accounts, which ones you should pay off, which one you should pay down etc. to improve your credit score. One thing they mentioned, was that it is not wise to close a bunch of accounts if they are inactive. The credit companies will also be advised that they are inactive, and it will look suspicious if you close them. I was advised it was better to leave them open. (that is after I had already closed them!)

I was with Tom at that Jon Stewart show years back – it was truly weird, as I remember him trying to pump up the audience by doing shout-outs to the college and he was confused because most of the audience didn’t care as they weren’t students.

I don’t remember most of the jokes, but there were a great many dirty ones, and I don’t think I have ever laughed so hard in my life.

Also, the guy who opened up for him was embarrassingly terrible.

Hi CAB!! Good to see you here.

Have I mentioned that I get to work at home today, while I wait for the cable guy? (Wednesday's poer outage made my cable connection a little wonky.) I have large amounts of work to do, so I can't goof off (too much), but I get to do it in my jammies.

Yay!

Today's fortune cookie:

You will always be surrounded by true friends.

And the food coma is arriving right on schedule. Hoo boy.

And the food coma is arriving right on schedule.

Now I really want Chinese.

This is so cool! [link]

Hiëronymus Bosch action figures! More here: [link] including Dali and Escher....

Hello, Dali!
Well hello, Dali!
It's so nice to have you back...

Music ends series of unrelated 5-minute solos, the aural equivalent of surrealism

Self-defense with a Walking-stick: [link] Written in 1901, with cool illustrations.

No. 4. -- How to Defend Yourself, without Running any Risk of being Hurt, if you are carrying only a Small Switch in your Hand, and are Threatened by a Man with a very Strong Stick.

Hmmm....

eta:

No. 6. A very Safe Way to Disable a Boxer who Attempts to Rush You when You are Armed with a Stick.

Remember that submarine that ran into that underwater mountain? It's in a drydock now: [link]

Damn, I'm amazed that something could take that much dammage while underwater and still not sink. Apparantly the inner pressure hull survived intact, while the outer hull got trashed to hell....