Gronklies.

My plan for today was to get into school this morning and study. Hasn't really happened. I have to be there by 1, though, and should eat lunch first, so I guess I ought to start considering turning off the TV and getting dressed.

Yes, Matt, you were, and it was more than a little creepy.

at least the number of the hours can be, well, 17

I'm going to go with "at most."

My dad's off to Shanghai. Not sure how many hours all told, but many. Ick. And, due to my lack of ability to, dunno, be pleasant, he's probably flying thinking I'm both on the verge of death and a manic depressive.

Two Drunken Moose Invade Home for Elderly

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- They rarely have problems with drunks or rowdy animals, but residents of an elderly home in southern Sweden had to deal with both when a pair of intoxicated moose invaded the premises.

The moose -- a cow and her calf -- had become drunk over the weekend by eating fermented apples they found outside the home in Sibbhult, southern Sweden, said Anna Karlsson, who works there.

Police managed to scare them off once, but the large mammals returned to get more of the tempting fruits. This time the moose were drunk and aggressive, forcing police to send for a hunter with a dog to make them leave.

Police did not pursue the culprits, but made sure all apples were picked up from the area, local police chief Bengt Hallberg said. No one was hurt.

I wonder what the hunter and dog did. Was the dog supposed to chased the moose away? I imagine the dog was all like, "Dude. Those are moose."

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If the hunter's dog was a pomeranian, it probably just yapped at them with high-pitched barks until their hangovers forced them to flee.

When my brother and dad flew, they had a stop in on some island for fuel. I guess winds were good or something because on my flight, the stop was cancelled 2 hours in.

Honestly, I think I just stopped noticing the hours after about 12.

If the hunter's dog was a pomeranian, it probably just yapped at them with high-pitched barks until their hangovers forced them to flee.

Heh, this reminds me when we moved my sister from a rustic area of Maine. While we were on her front yard, two deer rather casually strolled by at a leisurely lope, followed several yards away by a very small, yapping (punting) dog who seemed to have convinced itself that it was chasing off the vicious beasties.

I imagine the dog was all like, "Dude. Those are moose."

If they were anything like the dogs I know, it's unlikely they realized the moose were bigger than they were.

The first time my dog Mac came into contact with a horse was pure comedy gold. It was like, "Whoa! What's this big thing here?"

Honestly, I think I just stopped noticing the hours after about 12.

My flight to the USA last year was 13 hours to Toronto, a stop for a couple of hours, and then 5 more to LA. I was completely surprised when the plane landed (especially since I didn't sleep, so I thought I'd notice the time flowing by).

The differences in the durations of flights back and forth - do they happen because of the winds?

Someone brought a dog to krav yesterday and left it outside. So while everyone else was doing actual kravvy stuff, I went out and petted it a bit. Very well behaved Alsatian. Because instructors are a disturbed lot, this sparked a "dog defence" discussion, which boiled down to "carry a gun" and "expect to lose a forearm."

Dog was very polite. Just sat and watched the shenanigans around it (well, it moved to sit in the flowerbed at one point) until its owner came and took it with. I hope it comes back. Seemed too sensible to take on a moose.