Timelies all!

Grumble, grumble...in a vain attempt to read all the Agatha nominees before Malice Domestic(the mystery con where Agathas are given out) occurs this weekend, I requested two books via Marina.(Interlibrary loan covering all Maryland public libraries). Got e-mail from Marina on Friday, went to library on Sunday, only to be told the books weren't there. I checked Marina today to find that the books had already been returned. I don't know whose screw-up this is, but I'm annoyed.(The possibilities are, whoever was supposed to deliver the books to my library, if they never got there, my library, if the books got there but they nver sent me an e-mail, or my ISP, if the e-mail was sent but bounced.) Sigh...

Sorry for the frustration Sheryl.

Skipping to the end to see if anyone has heard if Burrell has delivered yet.

This is just weird...

A 19-year-old African-American student at Trinity International University has been charged with sending racially inflammatory hate mail to her classmates, prompting last week's evacuation of minority students from the north suburban school.

Alicia Hardin of Chicago was charged with disorderly conduct and committing a hate crime for allegedly writing threatening letters to other African-American students.

The letters were written in an attempt to convince her parents to let her withdraw from Trinity, Lake County Assistant State's Atty. Matthew Chancey said. Hardin lived on the Bannockburn campus, was unhappy there and wanted to transfer to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., he said.

"By writing these notes, we believe she wanted to have her mother believe (Trinity) was an unsafe environment," Chancey said.

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You know what? I freak out being "sold-to." Bad consumer.

I'm tired now. Have ideas, but am tired. And am getting too many emails from mortgage people.

Maybe if I hide under the bed.

TAR:

Wow. Joyce and Uchenna only made ti to the pitstop two minutes ahead of Ron and Kelly and Rob and Amber. She looks gorgeous though, and it seems like they really got something out of the FF, so go them.

TAR: OK what was the point of the picture on the bottom of the gnome?

TAR: Dunno, but talk about hoist with your own petard! Please let there not be a bunch up in Istanbul.

TAR: Ha haha ha ha! The point of the picture? Whoever has the plane wins a trip! I hope it's Uchenna and Joyce.

GG: Very enjoyable.

TAR: Did Ron and Kelly leave their gnome in that cab ? I am glad that somebody chose columns -- I wanted to see that place.

TAR? GG? The Heat are kicking butt. I know no other television.