Also, I'd like to state for the record that someone in an office near me needs to ANSWER THEIR GODDAMNED CELL. Or turn it off. Sheesh.

It's fun when you can see people without it being A Visit To You, I think. My mom used to come here on business semi-regularly, and it was nice to just have lunch or whatever.

Hooray for Friday! Man, working is hard. Good thing I haven't actually worked a five-day week yet, and next week I'm on vacation. Too bad I might end up working over the weekend because people can't seem to get back to me, and the deadlines are still there.

I wish it were more acceptable to say "But word around the family says you're herding Moroccan oil goats--what do you mean you're in med school in New York?"

Because I've finally reconnected with some family I haven't spoken to forever, and I'm disappointed with the mundanity their lives are compared to the uninformed rumour that was racing around. I almost don't want to clear them up.

I can't imagine my parents ever being in the same city as me and staying in a hotel. It's just not Our Way, for good or ill.

I wish it were more acceptable to say "But word around the family says you're herding Moroccan oil goats--what do you mean you're in med school in New York?"

I think you have to say that sort of thing in person, in a somewhat artificially high voice, rather wryly, with a slight eyeroll that still manages to convey affection for the family at large.

I'd be hanged if I tried it.

I wish it were more acceptable to say "But word around the family says you're herding Moroccan oil goats--what do you mean you're in med school in New York?"

That's hilarious.

I can't imagine my parents ever being in the same city as me and staying in a hotel. It's just not Our Way, for good or ill.

My mom used to stay with me when she came down for work sometimes, but usually work would pay for the hotel. And now I have the cat, so she never stays over.

Well, under most circumstances he'd stay with me while in town (he leaves for a conference in DC on sunday) but this is 3 days of back-to-back planning meetings in which even dinner and breakfast are working meetings. It makes more sense for him to stay in the hotel where the meetings are being held than schlep 20 minutes back and forth to my place at ungodly hours. Even some locals are staying in the hotel.

Timelies!

I am eating a McDonnalds Big Breakfast. For a moment, I had misplaced the pepper, but have since found it. Crisis averted.

Yeah, you know what's awesome? I have a report that I'm updating that says X number of people did a certain activity. I ask the program person if that's still true, he says that's crazy, it's more like 1/4 X. BAH!

OK, here's my submission for Most Disturbing Link of the Day: Photos of Pregnant Animals

Welcome to my site! My name is Simon 'Skunky' Morrison, and I very love animals. Probably it looks bizarre, but I very much like to see pregnant animals. I very much love to look at their huge, distended bellys. I have female dog named Marta, and each year she becomes pregnant, and I very like to observe her and touch her inflated belly. It's great!
Now, I want to show you my collection of photos of pregnant animals. Some of them I found in the Internet, some has scanned from magazines, and some has made by myself. The very first photo in Dogs section - it's pregnant Marta!

Um, there are quite a lot of photos....

TDS's ***** is oen of the funniest things I've seen since Lazy Sunday. Oh, how I laughed.

Oh yeah. I hurt myself laughing. Right up there with the Stone Phillips gravitas-off on the Colbert Reporrrrrr