That IS exciting. Business travel = fun.

yeah, 2 choco cakes isn't really a HUGE problem. :-) Now when I go on a choco rampage, I have a place to go. I just have to cut up the cakes and seal them tightly.

Natal felicitations in order, LeN?

yesterday. thanks. :-)

Completely randomly, Hec's mention of the A's reminds me roundaboutly of our main entertainment for the evening last night. We watched the extra innings of the A's/Angels game, with Hec getting unbelievably wound up and frantic as the A's cutiepie redhead hit a lovely home run and then the entire rest of the team seemed about to piss it all away by handing the Angels a bottom of the final inning grand slam on a platter. The A's closer squinted, bit his lip, put on his game face, and won the game, and with the universe now back on course we slounged about and watched a late-season Friends rerun, because we are dorks.

Also because we are dorks, we spent much time being extravagantly amused by the plotline -- Rachel adopts an evil hairless cat -- and the spectacular un-eviltude of the cat. Every single hiss and snarl and spitty noise, Foley'd in, while the cat itself sat placidly on its pillow and blinked at everything around it with interest and mild amusement. J. Aniston would poke it nervously with an oven mitt, and the cat would blink and shrug at the mitt, then roll over and curl up on its other side. When she talked with her hands, it stared alertly at her with an obvious "Hey, when are those hands gonna stop waving and start skritching me?" expression, and then the instant its head was turned the Foley people patched in the fakest angry-cat-hiss evar.

For God's sake, in one scene this supposed ravening beast was wearing a sweater. Most unconvincing feral beast in entertainment history.

Anyhow, we were dorkily amused.

t /completely non-sequitorial

Happy birthday, LeNubian!

Have you all seen the Trailer for Brokeback Mountain. Hello angsty boy-on-boy longings.

And, I know the slash bothers msbelle. But please. This picture of George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt? SLAHSTASTIC. Esp. cause what is GC doing with his hand there?

This after we had one of our best games of the season last night beating the arch-rival Angels in an absolute nail biter.

Never mind that. Yanks vs. M's. Randy vs. Felix. Big Unit vs. The King. The Past vs. The Future. Tonight.

You can have your playoff hopes. We have King Felix. Two years from now, we'll have King Felix AND playoff hopes.

Also, Betsy, the news about Kepler's is incredibly sad for me. I just can't believe it.

Hey, I liked this tidbit about LSU:

4:07 P.M. - LSU offers UNO, Tulane and Loyola students chance to enroll for school at the Baton Rouge campus to continue their learning, waiving most fees for those who have already paid other universities.