I know all about zone relay valves!! Because my house has the old kind, and they are weird.

My house now has a working thermostat, for the record, but it's not been 100% resolved who is going to pay for Stupendous Eric the Electrician. (Landlord really ought to.) Also, I have to mail stuff to Honeywell to get a refund on their crap product. Bah.

The good news is, it takes a long time for an unheated house to cool down to unbearable. The bad news is, it takes just as long to heat it back up.

I baked cookies last night, but although they are pretty, they don't taste like much except butter. I mean, they have 1/2 lb butter to only a cup of sugar, so that is logical, but it is not what I was expecting. Well, as long as the coworkers don't know what I was expecting, it shouldn't matter.

Mmmmmmm, butter. Sounds good to me.

Testing the backwash of a 747. I love the music choice too.

You know what I think would be hot, on Alias?

Heh. TV Guide had a bit about what's coming up on Alias now that the end is in sight, and one of the creators/writers said there was potential for spin-offs, one of which could be Amy Acker, Sark, and Ron Rifkin as a triumverate of evil. I'd watch it, but somehow I don't think it would fly too well with ABC.

I enjoyed Alias pretty much (Spy Daddy was great - big surprise) but I was really pissed that they've brought Lena Olin back just to be a bad guy again - it makes last season's finale even more non-sensical than it was if that's what they are doing, and if they're not, I'm pissed at the misdirect.

Well, as long as the coworkers don't know what I was expecting, it shouldn't matter.

The only thought on the coworkers' minds is going to be "COOKIES!!!!"

Testing the backwash of a 747. I love the music choice too.

That was fun. And, I have learned a valuable lesson.

Of course, what I really want to see is what happens when someone gets sucked into the engine of a 747. Or maybe a 777, as they have bigger engines (over 100,000 lbs of thrust on some models).

Of course, pushing someone in front of a big jet engine (even a naughty person) might be considered unethical. So we need a corpse. And probably a couple million dollars to pay for a new engine....

Well, on Alias, Spy!Granma is definitely looking for something and acting like a villain. .. but perhaps it'll work out that she's not, you know?

How'd you like that cut between, I think Syd being tortured right to Spy!Granpa - for a nanosecond they made me think that he had kidnapped Sydney and was behind it all.

Cass, do not puncture your skull.

t gently takes away puncturing implement

So we need a corpse. And probably a couple million dollars to pay for a new engine....

This sounds like a job for Buster, the crash test dummy on Mythbusters.

I mean, it would be his last job, but considering he's been rocketed, blown up while sitting on a toilet, bashed with exploding soda cans, and who knows what else, I think it would be a fitting retirement ceremony for him.