That takes away the sensation--does it take away mobility? I'm thinking they can't do that to me, although they won't allow me to drive myself home.

This is what they did to me: [link]

It didn't take away any of my mobility, but I don't know how close it is to what you're having done.

Whoa, Lego gore: [link]

Um.... there's also explicit Lego incest.

::goes back to put in NWS warning::

Being a complete newbie to podcasts, I'm having a little bit of trouble. If I want to get a podcast not through iTunes, how do I convince iTunes it's a podcast, and not just a random audio file? Specifically, here's the stuff -- [link] I tried to subscribe and put in the URL, but iTunes said it wasn't a valid podcast URL. I really have no idea what I'm doing (no big surprise there).

ETA: Or I could just go ahead and find it in iTunes's list. All fixed now.

I think a podcast link has to end in .xml.

I'm loving billytea's walking Mutual of Omaha show. Man, what a font of knowledge you are, billytea.

Today's Chicago Tribune has a great behind-the-scenes look at Nordstrom's shoe department for all those Buffista shoe sluts out there. The Michigan Ave. store has 75,000 pairs of shoes on two floors, and did $1 million in business last month (yes, that's "month," not "year")!

I just had too much lunch. Teriyaki beef, shrimp tempura, marinated mussels, rice, miso soup. Yummy. But too much.

Several times today I've been asked, "Where's [my former coworker]?" His chair's been empty for weeks. I guess they thought he was just on vacation. They all looked baffled when I say, "Uh, he quit?"

It really makes me want know what'll happen here on the day after my last day, man.

It really makes me want know what'll happen here on the day after my last day, man.

Oh, you'll have to leave a blowup doll in your chair. Or a pile of ashes. Or a sign saying "The mothership finally came."