Oh I forgot to say I'd be Owen Jewella. (At first I thought it was Mustard Jewella, but the cat came after the cocker).

masquerading as a news report on the governor's proposal to roll back labor regulations that require employers to give their employees half-hour lunch breaks within the first five hours of their shifts.

Well, it depends on the proposal, but I work 12-hour shifts and I prefer to take my lunch seven hours in, so this rule would be annoying to me.

The "masquerading as a news report" is worse because after the Armstrong Williams thing our government appears to be getting into the business of paid propaganda, instead of leaving it to the think tanks.

I looked through all the Oscar coverage for a photo of Beyonce's silver dress, but I only saw verbal description. Point me to a site I can browse by celebrity?

Awww. While looking for music I came across Lemony Snicket's iMix

"The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Track1):"This first song is a sort of opening theme for this somewhat lachrymose playlist. If the entire playlist can be called 'A Series of Unhappy Songs,' then Ms. Faithfull gives us a map."

"One Day Late" (Track 2): "I normally do not have much enthusiasm for gospel music, but Ms. Phillips succinctly preaches a philosophy to which I adhere"

"Calculation Theme" (Track 3) "This band is from Canada, where misery has been raised to an art."

"4th of July" (Track4) "Normally, summertime is though of as a cheerful season. This song demonstrates the fallacy of this assumption."

"Nobody's Fault but My Own" (Track 5) "While Ms. Mann's song blames other people for her misery, Beck prefers to blame himself."

"Ramon" (Track 6) "Ms. Anderson here tells a story I often tell myself on damp and chilly evenings."

"Sonata No.9 Op. 68 'Black Mass'" (Track 7) "Alexander Scriabin thought that he could bring about the end of the world if he composed the proper symphony. He died before this task could be completed, which is perhaps why the world has not yet ended."

"String Quartet No. 7 in F Sharp Minor" (Tracks8-10) "Of all the oppressively melodramatic and melodramatically opressive string quartets by Dmitir Shostakovich, #7 is perhaps the most melodramatic."

"Ever Falls the Twilight" (Track 11) "The Gothic Archies remind us that even the most miserable of days, just like the most miserable of playlists, will eventually end."

Huh. So Keyes wasn't talking about a hypothetical situation. [link] [link] I seem to be a bit behind on the news.

I take licence on the name thing

The first pet that didn't arrive until after I was born and a street name that goes with it - that I did live on, just not as a child.

Honey Bluebird.

Erin, if you can't find anything else to bake the skirt of the barbie cake in, go buy a cheap 2-quart glass bowl (or if you have one, even better) at bed, bath and beyond or linens and things or some store like that. Make sure it's oven safe. Mix the cake in the bowl. Wipe the edges with a paper towel. Bake. Stuff Barbie in the middle. Decorate.

I wish you were closer. I've made a few. They're actually not too bad.

ETA: Erin, something like this would work: [link] Make sure the bowl is oven safe. They're not all.

Nilly, you around?

I'm Kitten McClintock, which is an awesome porn name. But I need to fudge with the rules a bit to get it, and I just take my current street name, since we moved a bunch of times. Other street name options do include two I don't remember, NE 2nd Ave, Olive, Fulton, and Olive again. I pick Kitten for my animal name because she's the first pet we got who was specifically mine-- she was my fifteenth birthday present. (Sigh. I miss her. At least I'll get to see her soon.)

Still, I would believe that Kitten McClintock will be pole dancing soon at the Spearmint Rhino.

vw, I only now saw that you asked, and I'm going to be on and off in front of a computer (both today and tomorrow). E-mail me?

t Waving at everybody else t Returning to my matlab graphs

No problem, Nilly! And insent.

Timelies all!

sigh No snow day for me -- emplayees are supposed to use their "discretion" which means that the pointy-haired bosses will be watching to see who is dedicated enough to make it in.

My department is currently infested with pointy-haired bosses.