thanks guys.

Yay for snowdays.

Thanks for the Nick's blog link, sumi.

Msbelle, I hope you feel better. ita too, even thoughyou haven't said anything, just preemptively.

SUE! Check the gov web site. Offices are CLOSED for the rest of the day!!!

YAY! Party.

I'm worried that Sue is on her way to work...

Oh megan, you should know me better than that!

I was actually doing yoga.

I wasn't really loving GG, until the last ten minutes, which were awesome!

OK, have done a couple of little tasks, which is good. Now to shower. If someone said to get something to her "by mid-day, if possible," 2pm should be OK, right?

OK, have done a couple of little tasks, which is good. Now to shower. If someone said to get something to her "by mid-day, if possible," 2pm should be OK, right?

Well, a day has a beginning, a middle and an end. Assuming that each is 8 hours, then mid-day ends at 4pm. Plus the "if possible" adds a couple more hours of leeway....

I figure the "if possible," means, "I realize there's no way in hell you'll actually have this done by noon, but try not to get it to me a half-hour beforehand, OK??"

OK. Shower.

I can't believe that no Buffista has posted this great resource: The Daily Monkey

From Boing Boing:

It's all monkeys, all the time at Brian Biggs' Daily Monkey weblog. Brian is a talented illustrator who takes time away from his critically important drawing work to post a new monkey related photograph and quotation each day. For this, I am thankful.

And, crap! We just missed this:

National Gorilla Suit Day, which mysteriously falls on January 31 of each year, is perhaps the important holiday of the year. Every National Gorilla Suit Day, people of all shapes and colors around the world get their gorilla suits out of the closet, put them on and go door-to-door.

That's really all there is to it. You don't have to buy gifts. You don't have to fast, although some Orthodox Gorilla Suiters do. If you want to have a parade, fine. Just make sure all the marchers are wearing gorilla suits and that all the balloons are giant, inflatable gorillas.
– Mark Evanier

eta:

MonkeyPhoneCall.com operator: Could I speak to (your name) please?
You: That's me!
MonkeyPhoneCall.com operator: Great! I'm with monkeyphonecall.com and you're about to get a Monkey Phone Call for you!
You: Great! Let's hear it!
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You: Hahahaha, I love the Monkey Phone Call it is fantastic!
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You: Believe me you will! A Monkey Phone Call for me would be a great way to start the day every day!

Kettle Chips is holding a contest to let customers vote on their next new chip flavor.

mmm, I loved the winner of last year, cheddar beer.

I'm skimming over the SotU now.

Intro -- blah, blah, blah, all stuff they all say.

Now lots of stuff about how the War in Iraq is bringing democracy and freedom to the world. -- Yeah, whatever, there's nothing new here. I would point out that Iraq wasn't a terrorist haven until we invaded, but whatever.

A little something out the wiretapping without a check from the courts. It is said that prior to the attacks of September 11th, our government failed to connect the dots of the conspiracy. We now know that two of the hijackers in the United States placed telephone calls to al Qaeda operatives overseas. But we did not know about their plans until it was too late.

Previous presidents have used the same constitutional authority I have -- and federal courts have approved the use of that authority. Appropriate members of Congress have been kept informed.

9/11 wouldn't have happend if the administration had unchecked power to spy on Americas. How low is that? We had the dots, nobody was paying attention. I don't know if another administration would have connected them, but every indication was that the Bush administration did not take the terrorist threat very seriously before 9/11.

Other presidents used FISA to get approval, members of Congress don't seem to agree that they have been kept informed. Unchecked presidential power to spy is a dangerous precedent even if the Bush administration is being completely honest that every wiretap is all about national security.