Is this what web 2.0 has to offer?

I hear it has 63.785% more abuse.

Hey, a while ago, someone posted a link to Manamana from the Muppet show. Does anyone remember who that was or where it was posted?

dut dooo da do to

Leif really likes Manamana

My younger niece loved it too. She didn't care for a lot of the show, but we kept singing it to each other all weekend.

This may be better suited to Tech, but do any NYCistas have TWC's digital phone service? I did the math, and I'd save about $25/month switching to their phone/internet/cable package thingy (right now just the phone's separate). I'm just wondering what the sound quality's like. (Vonage *sucked* in our home, but my office uses VoIP now, and the calls sound great.)

I'm getting more and more nervous about going home. I'm obsessing over what time to leave for LAX, about packing, about where I'm going to stay, about seeing the Bad Idea Boy, about punching my brother in the head, about my nephew not knowing who I am.

I feel like a clenched fist with my nails digging bloody holes in my palm.

Allyson, when my nieces were younger, my sister would show them pictures of my parents and I, and tell them this is your aunt [perkins]/grandmother/grandfather. They are coming to see you, just because they love you so much." It worked like a charm. Maybe your parents could do that.

Allyson, he probably won't remember you -- he's teeny still. But he'll love you all over again within minutes.

The storyteller had to admit he hadn't thought of that one.

I love Bob. Oh, and bon -- I wanted to say that the cold dry is different from the hot dry, I think because you don't notice it so much -- it's not like you're sweating. And it's even dryer inside than out.

Oh phew phew phew. The customer callback was much easier and more pleasant than I'd anticipated.

The mailbag brought my Serenity DVD today. I'm doing my part for the cause, too. My friend (who makes 2x what I do) asked to borrow my Serenity DVD for his household. So I bought the household one for a Xmas gift cause I knew they'd be too cheap to pony up.

The day has been pretty good, minus RSI pain. I'll be seeing the CMT in an hour so even that should feel better soon. And if it doesn't, I'll drown my sorrows in Bacardi Apple rum and new DVDs.

bon bon - I agree with most of the advice you're received. If you don't want to invest in a humidifier, cheap ways of obtaining similar effects are to leave the teapot on the boil for an extra long time so it steams the room (although with the cost of natural gas this winter, that will add up quick). It also helps to leave open containers of water around as it will evaporate into the air and even things out. In the winter I tend to leave my bath water in the tub for a while because it simulatenously heats the house a little (who wants to throw all that warmth down the drain?) and humidifies.

Timelies all!

Congrats CV!

Well, I managed to survive 3 days with my folks, including the big family get-together.(Let's just say that seeing my 3 1/2 year-old nephew jumping around, screaming and getting into everything is not making me sanguine on the prospect of having kids. Last nerve. Frayed.) Getting to see Laura and her DH helped some.

G and I exchanged Hannukkah gifts tonight. He got me two books, one of which is Lost in the Grooves.