Controversy over the US's efforts to get the world to stop using leap-seconds: [link]

No really. Quite controversial.

Under the US plan, a leap-hour would be added every 500-600 years.

Leap seconds are used to adjust for the fact that the earth's rotation has been slowing down (due to lunar tide effects).

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Airport bartender blog: [link]

I do think that booze+orange juice makes much more sense in the morning than beer.

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Heh. I thought I still had the journal-y things saved somewhere on this computer that I wrote about that trip -- it was July 2001, and while the majority of the trip was in Mendocino with my college roommate, at the end of the trip I went down to SF and met some Buffistas for the first time-- JZ, Hec, and Suela). Some worthwhile snippets of my first impressions of them:

Friday: I could not believe the week was over. And that I had to say goodbye to Buf. That was kind of sad. But I have to admit I was looking forward to getting to San Francisco to see the SF Buffistas.

Checked in to the hotel, called Suela at work, planned where/when to meet, and then I played with my hair and tried to become more presentable than I was looking after the long drive from Mendo.

Found Suela with no problem whatsoever. She is a doll, very easy to talk to – and looks just like her picture! We chatted the whole time we were winding our way through SF trying to find Hec's apartment. Finally found it, and then had a Mt. Adams-like experience trying to find a parking space!

[Note: Mt. Adams is a neighborhood in Cincy that is, basically, all hills, and it's a yuppie favorite for living and nightlife, so parking is impossible there. Hence the reference to the difficulty parking on Frederick St.]

Hec is a big cutie and is exactly like he is on TT. Funny, smart, quirky. These people were so easy to talk to! I had that pre-meeting-them panic that I'd stare at my feet and mumble a lot. Not a worry with this crowd, though. Hec's son, Emmett, is the cutest kid ever. Funny as hell, too. Bright – he came up with some comments that were priceless. And he's a HUGE PowerPuff Girls fan – this kid ranks high in my book!

We drank wine, kicked a soccer ball around and chatted in general terms, debated what to order for dinner, and went inside. Chatted more, then Jacqueline showed up – again, nice as hell, easy to talk to, funny, really pretty. Pizza arrived, and we watched cartoons with Emmett while we ate our pizza – PowerPuff Girls (his choice – BTW, Buttercup is his favorite PPG, too, like me). I have to say, Hec and Emmett together are absolutely adorable. Emmett had bathtime and said that all the girls had to play with him. I overheard Jacqueline in the bathroom doing something with mutant DNA or something, and then it was my turn – we blew bubbles, played with Godzilla, and I said how cool his waterproof books were. Emmett offered to lend me one – after he said they were boring! Love that kid.

After Emmett got to bed, we watched some random snippets from S4 BTVS. Which was fine by me. Got the obligatory proof-that-this-happened picture, and then we finally left around 11:00. Really, really like those folks. A lot.

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How much would it suck to be this bird: [link]

"La la la... I'm just a bird, flying along... Agh! A Space Shuttle!!"

thunk

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Awww. I just remember telling you to meet me at a corner that I couldn't actually drive up to. Stupid me. *g*

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If you brought me a full breakfast in bed at 6AM, with mimosa, I would happily eat.

Now I want breakfast in bed (what? I could go back to bed.) complete with mimosas and someone nice to bring these things to me.

Or more milk so I can have another cup of coffee.

Or a couple of dollars so I could walk up to the corner market and get milk.

I need to go to the bank. And the grocery store. And the boyfriend store.

What was my point? Oh, yeah, 8 a.m. seems a little early for beer.

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Timelies all!

Well, we're getting close to the end of the packing. Yay. I packed the last of my books(aside from those I'm bringing on my trip to Scotland) last night. On to the kitchen...

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How have I never bought course grain sea salt before? It is so GOOD on fresh tomatoes. Between that and just discovering Cabrales cheese, I feel like I've been living in a cave food-wise.

Mmm.

If our kitchen wasn't a complete disaster, I'd now be tempted to make food happen.

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When will you be in Scotland Sheryl? Jealous

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my trip to Scotland

Hmmm...we were just talking about where to go on R&R. Yorkshire was high on the list, but Scotland...yeah. I may have to copy Sheryl.

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