Also, I love the fact that if you just google "spaghetti," the third result is for the wikipedia entry on Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.

When the storm passes, the federal government has got assets and resources that we'll be deploying to help you.

not only does this seem to be an evil lie-- "has got" seems like annoyingly folksy poor usage to me....

I love it when corporate marketers get creative (another Tribune story):

No 'Bean' today: Millennium Park closed

Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. paid $800,000 to have the city close the 24.5-acre downtown park so thousands of car dealers and corporate personnel could make it their own...

Representatives of one of Toyota's biggest competitors, General Motors, were taking advantage of any public ire over the park's closing.

They stood outside Millennium Park, handing out goodie bags and offering free rides to the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Navy Pier, Water Tower Place, John Hancock Building and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

I'd be pissed too, considering how much us taxpayers paid for the giant silver bean.

WTF, Jesse?

Also, if you can't be bothered to keep track, I don't think you get to expense the damn tip.

OK, one more post on FSM: Help the Cause

Media-Whore FSM needs a strong believer who "gets" what we are doing, willing to be in the spotlight (tv/radio) expressing our views. Academic credentials will be helpful as far as giving credence to our beliefs.

Academic Support The next phase of the project is the Enlightenment Institute, a FSM think-tank that will seek to gather evidence in support of our priori assumption that the FSM created the universe (because this is clearly legit scientific methodology). Specious reasoning is encouraged. All areas of science must be covered. We're in brainstorm mode. Get in contact with me.

On the pirate-front Anyone with a sturdy pirate-ship willing to help spread the word of Him, please let me know.

I don't like today. Can someone make it go away now?

I'm all set with today, too, Perkins. You want go go find a pirate ship to spread the word of FSM?

I'm consoling myself with the thought that my boss will totally get in trouble for trying to get reimbursed for stuff from last fiscal year.

Tomorrow is Friday, if that helps. Of course, I've been a day off since yesterday--woke up thinking it was Thursday, and initially thought today was Friday this morning. Boy, was I disappointed to realize it wasn't.

Sometimes, I hate holiday workweeks. After Monday off, I'm all kerfuzzled the whole damn week.

I'm all set with today, too, Perkins. You want go go find a pirate ship to spread the word of FSM?

Oooh, can I come? I'm ready to end today at any time.