Good news on the birds, beej! I'll keep my fingers crossed for Wendy.

The house goes on the market today. I'm trying not to go crazy noticing what needs to be cleaned, etc. and tell myself that it's clean enough, and certainly a hell of a lot cleaner than when I saw the place for the first time.

I love the comforter, askye!

I'm on a new team that's helping flea's Looniversity convert from what they were using to LC. What a cobbled-together piece of bleep. It's based on list of 18 subjects that a bunch of American Victorian librarians figured were important

Hee. I did some research for my masters thesis there. (I was at a neighboring college at the time, but the Looniversity was rather generous in sharing their library resources.) Luckily for me, American Victorian librarians' priorities meant quite a decent Yeats section.

The cobbled together piece of bleep I was referring to is the Library of Congress' system, not the Looniversity's system. I think the Looniversity was still using the very sensible Dewey system. OK, I'm old-fashioned, but I like knowing where books are likely to be without checking a "where are they now?" list.

In other exquisite news, the Utah legislature has backed off its plan to break up my HMO. There was a bill going through that said HMOs of a certain size needed to be checked to see if they were an illegal monopoly. Why, look! The only HMO in the state that meets the size definition is mine. Could it be that there are several other insurers who have been trying desperately to break it up so they can scavange the corpse? Breaking it up would undoubtedly have meant either losing my insurance altogether because my boss couldn't afford it or losing access to the excellent doctors Hubby's been working with.

The bill has been changed to being 'under advisement', and the HMO, which says it isn't making the huge amounts of money they're being accused of, is more than happy to hand over their books for examination. Yes, they're always building onto the hospital here, but anyone who's seen the need for repainting and repair in various corners, plus the pruning of staff in various areas, knows they're not rolling in wealth. It started off as a small hospital. Now it's nearly four-square blocks of medical center. And I know the shortcuts, including the ones that aren't supposed to exist.

Another stressor gone. Yay.

Susan, the Robeez site has been updated with new products. I thought these might be perfect for Annabel to wear to Mariners' games.

I think the Looniversity was still using the very sensible Dewey system.

Created by Melvil Dewey in 1876, which pretty much puts it under the "American Victorian librarians" development category. Either way, I never had trouble finding the Yeats crit.

How did it get to be 11:15?

That last one really peeved me and made me worry for his future as a doctor in the U.S. If a handful of cusswords rattle him so badly, there's no way he'd survive a full shift in an actual ER

JZ's experience as a "patient" reminded me of something that happened to my ER doc best friend back when she was either still a medical student or an intern at most. A real patient came into the emergency room complaining of burning or possibly discharge in her area. She was dressed...um...provocatively. Micro-mini, ginormous platform boots etc. My friend asked her, per standard procedure, "Are you sexually active?" The lady answered, "What you mean, 'sexually active?' I's a 'ho - does that count?"

There was also the old drunk guy who sang a song about her mighty & beautiful ass.

I's a 'ho - does that count?

NATLBSB.

How did it get to be 11:15?

If you figure this out, Cindy, let me know.