Jessica, now would be a good time to listen to "Waiting for the Electrician Or Someone Like Him"!

Heh. Actually, I'm just debating whether or not it would be tempting fate to take a shower. With the way today's going, the UPS guy's guaranteed to show up as soon as I've gotten naked, so I think I'll wait.

I don't like using my debit card for shopping because it forces me to keep too close track on how much money I have. With cash, the money's already gone from my account, and with credit, it's not due until the end of the month. Debit purchasing is unsettlingly instant to me.

recon...hahaha...cile...hahaha...whoa...excuse me....HAHAHAHA.

if it is any consolation, it is STILL of by some random amount under a dollar. Used to be $7 something but that mysteriously went away.

I'm a wee paranoid when it comes to money.

Season 1 of Remignton Steele is coming out on DVD!

[link]

I always liked this season best, before Doris Roberts was allowed to annoy me.

With cash, the money's already gone from my account, and with credit, it's not due until the end of the month. Debit purchasing is unsettlingly instant to me.

I like the instantaneousness (is that a word? instantaneosity?) because it makes me keep closer track. My new card bugs, because they charge a fee for debit transactions with the PIN but not for charge transactions. That day or two before it reflects in my account is what makes me nervous.

wOO-HOO! I am 35 on today's fastest NYTimes online X-word solvers! 35!

I might have to stop doing this, I'll never beat that.

Heh. The Telltale Heart, as told via road signs.

Excellent anti-Bush cartoon: [link]

It's not funny 'cause it's true.

In other news, I've become sadly addicted to the minute-by-minute Tour de France newsflashes.

I'm watching the Tour right now, AIFG. Actually, it's a rather dull stage, but still fun to watch.

amych, you are so right! This may as well be the All-Lance-All-the-Time channel. Personally, I think the guy is amazing, but I sort of wish he had retired last year so someone else could win for once.

eta: also, my bank pays *me* to use my debit card

Planet with three suns discovered:

Caltech astronomer Maciej Konacki, who wrote the research article, refers to the new type of planets as "Tatooine planets," because of the similarity to Luke Skywalker's view of his home planet by the same name, with its multiple suns, in the original "Star Wars" film.

A while back I was reading an article on what it would take to send an unmanned probe to a nearby star. The article said that launching such a probe could happen by (IIRC) 2050 or so. So not in most of our lifetimes, but it's cool to know that scientists moslty know how to do it. (The biggest problem is creating and storing the antimatter fuel.)