Cindy, it was incredible. First real vacation our family has had, ever, and we couldn't have picked a better spot. What a beautiful country. And Nilly (who I was unable to see this visit unfortunately) tells me the Passover weather was one of the best she can remember.

ION, Baby Beagle!!!

t dies from cuteness

::dies of the critter cuteness::

::thus serendipitously escaping the nutbar-crypto-crazyland the Bush administration is busy creating::

For a coffee voucher, I'd probably offer up the following clue: My password is the name of a secondary character in a Victorian novel.

For mixy-uppy letters/numbers passwords, I usually go for Schoolhouse Rock songs, with an exclamation point or question mark at the end as needed; and if I've used too much SHR in the past however-many passwords and I have to wait a couple of cycles, I go for Buffista-related terms with an excitable-fannish !1! at the end, and a Post-It on my computer saying something semi-cryptic like "moldy rice!1!" or "bluehair" or "tickytickyticky."

ION, Kathy A's cafeteria is way cool with the gambly thing and all.

IOON, I have probably just totally screwed myself over by taking the time to write this. Fucking work.

Sarah Hartwell says this in her page on mosaicism at messybeast.com:

The distribution of orange and black in a normal tortoiseshell cat depends on the migration rate of the cells and on the randomness of X chromosome inactivation.

(It's at the bottom of the page.)

That website if chockful of interesting facts about the genetics of color in cats.

I would certainly offer a fake password for a free coffee, and probably a real one. They don't even knnow my name or where I work!

Today we interviewed a potential HR manager. He is my age, attractive (tall, dark, slicked-back hair, glasses), accomplished, organizes bloood drives and such, has a black belt in Tae Kwan Do and has run a marathon. I'm calling him Clark and waiting for him to step into the phone booth.

Actually, I'm convinced all of the above means he must be evil. I have a deep distrust of charm.

Scanning through the list of LC subject headings, looking for references to Jesus Christ (yay, religion sections of major university libraries). "Jesus People-United States, Jesus prayer, Jesus walking on the water (Miracle), Jesus walking on the water (Miracle)-Art, Jesus walking on the water (Miracle)-Juvenile literature, Jetboat engines--well I suppose it beats walking on the water--oh, wait."

Wow, like those half black, half white aliens on ST:TOS.

Huh. That's weird. I'm eating a black-and-white cookie right now.

I don't get the black-and-white cookie phenomenon. It's just a cookie that's frosted half black and half white, yes?

It's just a cookie that's frosted half black and half white, yes?

Well, not exactly. The secret of the black-and-white cookie is that it's not really a cookie, it's a cake. It's a cake in convenient cookie form.

But are they available all year round?

t still somewhat ashamed