also, I have eaten little besides Chik-Fil-A's breakfast biscuit & chicken sandwich and Greater's Buckeye ice cream. And 2 beers from a Columbus microbrewery.

Ah, Columbus. Tomorrow: Wendy's and Cracker Barrell. Or whatever. I'm hungry!

I wish I had been more assertive with the drunken fools.

There was one of the cutest toddlers at the game, he had the longest lashes I've ever seen on a baby.

Also there's a family that sits right next to us, and the youngest son just turned 9. He knows so much about football he was impressing everyone. Not just stats, but he knew the different plays and when we were watching the other scores come up and saw USC was behind, he gave reasons why they wouldn't stay behind. The Dad says he watches all the football games, reads books on it, reads magazine articles, and reads the sports section every morning. He also plays baseball and because of his schedule they probably won't be to another game until November.

Do you think these people will believe me if I tell them I changed without my permission and I thought I'd taken care of the matter?

Yes. They just won't care.

Your best bet is to contact MCI and raise hell.

The Firefly thread has always been NAFDA, DCJ.

Let me clarify. Pity that NAFDA limits my access to the Firefly thread.

Saw "Corpse Bride" today. Gosh, that movie was wonderful. It felt like a Russian fairy tale or something. You knew someone you liked was going to be greatly disappointed, and I kept trying to think of ways for it to all work out.

Also, another Elfman soundtrack to acquire.

All the previews were for kids movies, and the theatre had lots of kids, but a lot of them were hustled out.

We have a thunderstorm in Seattle right now, complete with lightning and hail.

This same storm made it to the part of Seattle our church is in (5-6 miles south of the house) about 20 minutes after dw posted. MASSIVE lightning strike and crash of thunder that couldn't have been more than a few blocks away, maybe 2 minutes after the pastor pronounced the couple husband and wife. We were all, "Cool! Fireworks!" but agreed it was just as well it hadn't happened at the key moment.

Really nice couple today. The Anti-Bridezilla.

I thought "Corpse Bride" was in fact based on a Russian fairy tale?

It's been thunderstorming a lot here too, and Mal thinks it's great. If babies this age can only remember 3 days, I'm guessing he thinks it's always rained.

I thought "Corpse Bride" was in fact based on a Russian fairy tale?

Yes it was.

Thanks all for the Corpse Bride info. If it works out, I'll see it in the theater. If not, I'll rent the DVD. If Mirrormask shows up here, I'll give a little jump for glee and go see it, but I think it's unlikely that will happen.

I thought it was interesting that in the Time interview, Gaiman said that McKean doesn't like "fantasy." Interesting because his art is so fantastical.

Yes it was.

So, go connie with the source identification!