Thanks, guys. I don't get on the plane for almost another 24 hours, though, so I'll hold the well wishes for then.

Just mildly preoccupied and insanely underprepared.

Just mildly preoccupied and insanely underprepared.

That's how I operate every. single. day.

At least you have a family, Cash. I'm spending undue cycles wondering if I should pack running shoes.

Actually, this is where I look forward to the moment the plane doors close .. when it's too late to second guess having to do more. Whatever's done is done, and there's no mitigation and guessing for hours and hours.

Love it!

Right now I just need to call it quits for the night.

I just saw the episode of Columbo where Mr. Spock Leonard Nemoy was the killer - it was fun. And TDS was great too. But on the down side, it's midnight, I just got home and I'm still wired. Vodka tonic is being consumed.

happy birthday a day late to Lyra jane

and sending the car ma~~ to Theo.

I've been skipping and skimming thru Natter. I had to ban myself from talking about NO and the hurricane response. I don't rant. honestly, I think it is in poor taste, and not useful. Get me started on this - and off I go . Even at work, on the floor of the library, where I am supposed to be neutral. So I have to not talk about it .

Do ya ever read the first sentence of an article and then decide that you've learned enough and don't need to read the rest?

September 08,2005 | SHANGHAI, China -- A restaurant in northeastern China that advertised illegal tiger meat dishes was found instead to be selling donkey flesh -- marinated in tiger urine, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Just in case folks need to know more: [link]

Have a great time ita. Can you drop by Kinshasa and say hi to my friend Jo.

What? It's in Africa too! ;)

Timelies all!

I woke up with a sore throat yesterday, and it hasn't quite gone away, plus I'm a bit congested. How did I get the DragonCon crud when I was in Chicago last weekend? :)

On the other hand, I'm going to gaming for the first time in a couple of months tonight.

ita, have a wonderful trip. How long will you be gone?

What? It's in Africa too! ;)

Hee! We have a new family at our school. They're here from Alaska. Maybe I should ask Juliana and Libkitty if they know them.

I won't be gone near long enough, considering -- I'll be back on the 17th.

Talk about a lack of judgment:

Oscar winner Jamie Foxx erupted on the set of his new movie Miami Vice after learning of a racist prank played on his stand-in. The Ray star reportedly insisted that two insensitive crew members were dismissed after they approached David Brown holding nooses, suggesting that he and Foxx were heading for a Ku Klux Klan-style lynching. Publicists for the movie confirm the incident took place but refuse to comment further. But an insider on the set tells US tabloid National Enquirer, "Jamie was absolutely infuriated with the blatant racism. To him and David, the joke was a reference to the common practice of lynching black people in the American south during slavery days. Jamie came stomping out of his dressing room and demanded an explanation from the crew members involved. They realized they had gone too far with the joke but an apology was far too little and too late for Jamie."

And I don't mean the judgment to be or not be racist -- I mean the judgment to not get fucking busted at work for being horribly tasteless and offensive.