Try to avoid hysterical laughter, shrift. I'm told that's a bad response when under scrutiny by new management.

I'm about to start gnawing on my desk. Going out to lunch (korean at a japanese place. hey, it's good food) in about 30 minutes, so am trying to refrain.

JZ, what time is Emmett's procedure?

Oh yeah - recovery-ma for Emmett already flowing East to West.

OK, in what ways does a trash talkin' penguin's wave different than a regular penguin wave?

A couple of days ago I was riding the subway, and someone coughed directly on me. And now I'm sick again, for at least the fourth time in the past six months. Crap.

Did anyone hear that the 11th circuit court has agreed to re-hear the Schindler's appeal?

It makes me kind of want to shake the judges, honestly. Yes, I know, due process, rule of law, etc., but ... if they reconnect the tube during the hearing, and then the judges decide the same thing every other court has decided, and they have to take Terri off the tube again, and then the whole circus starts up again .... it just seems to me like that will be infinitely harder on the family. (And on Terri, as much as she can process her situation.) At this point, going for further hearings is just cruel. The parents need to let her go.

OK, in what ways does a trash talkin' penguin's wave different than a regular penguin wave?

The wave is the same, except its expression is, "OK, normally I'm too cool to wave, but for Nilly I'll make an exception."

Plus the penguin is wearing sunglasses.

Do I want this: [link]

Tom (Scola), I hope you feel better soon, and for a long time.

Plus the penguin is wearing sunglasses.

Love the image.

The wave is the same, except its expression is, "OK, normally I'm too cool to wave, but for Nilly I'll make an exception."

Plus the penguin is wearing sunglasses

I have a perfect picture of this in my head. In my vision, the penguin is a chinstrap.