I have an 8am meeting with my boss tomorrow. I really need to no longer be awake. To that end, I bid thee farewell.

Oh, and stop working bon.

Yay for the positive not training.

I just finished watching Bones. I can't figure out if that was a gutsy topic or not (in the figurative sense). I was glad I taped though because I had to stop and laugh my ass off at Zach's attempt at peacemaking .

Spur of the moment weddings in Russia or China sound a bit stressful. Not quite like the weddings planned in exact detail a year or so in advance. Boggles really.

It appears things have become more complex.

The radical Islamic group Hamas claimed victory Thursday in voting for the first Palestinian parliament in a decade, saying it won a clear majority of seats and had the right to form the next government.

and YaY ita for the excellent invisible Krav!

This is a pretty cool headline:

Monkey Police Provide Social Stability

Of the 21 species of macaque monkeys, pigtailed macaques live in societies that fall somewhere between the despotic and egalitarian extremes. A dominant male and female run the show but conflict among other monkeys is common, if rarely extreme. Most such conflicts end with a third party intervening, usually in favor of one or the other opponent. But sometimes the most powerful monkeys literally stand between the two combatants and, occasionally without even threatening them, impartially resolve the conflict. It is this occasional policing that allows pigtailed macaque society to be more diverse instead of breaking down into warring cliques, according to new research.

Oh, and go, ita!

I wonder if there are any Krav techniques that can be taught to monkeys

The wedding was supposed to be last year, but last year was Year of the Widow, so they couldn't get married.

Bwah! We had a couple of near misses related to auspicious/inauspicious dates.

In other news, my brother seems to think that people are still going to fly to China for his wedding even if he doesn't tell us when and where it is. I wonder what his fiancee thinks about him scheduling the entire thing about his family's presence instead of her convenience.

Oh my, Consuela. I remember when she was just a not-so-English-speaking houseguest with a sick-unto-dying stomach virus, foisted upon your sister, who spoke no Chinese, while your bother (oh, I'm keeping that typo) wasn't going to be around. They're getting married! Huh.

Your brother needs a boot in pants. Yes.

As does your brother, brenda.

tommy, I think krav techniques against monkeys might be more of an issue.

Thanks for the krav congrats. I'm heartened (but not excited) by the news. We shall see how it all works out.

More hearts for Valentine's Day.

The wedding was supposed to be last year, but last year was Year of the Widow, so they couldn't get married.

My coworker actually warned me about this, in a weird sort of "well, you're not Chinese, so it probably won't matter anyway" way that left me quite unsure of whether she meant it or thought it was all full of shit herself.