I have daytime running lights. I don't think they can be turned off.

Huh. Didn't think about that.

Yay for last day, Shrift.

I have to go to work, but there won't be anything for me to do once I get there.

Sarameg, can I steal the picture you linked to to make an LJ icon?

Perkins, my adventure in the suburbs was pleasantly un-adventuresome. Adventureful? Whatever. Took the commuter train, got picked up at the station (in an SUV!), and got a ride all the way home. Awesome. I have to say, I was shocked at how expensive the train was -- $14 one way. I guess that's cheaper than parking in the city, but still! Yet another reason not to live in the burbs.

That is a lot. Both Caltrain and Bart only run about 4 bucks each way.

Hec, the Star Trek exhibit at the Hilton is also fun.

No, really.

I wasn't captured by Molly the cat, but the three-month old kitten that they used to try to lure her out from behind the wall was freakin' adorable! They had a picture in AMNY.

Ooooh, Vegas. Stand outside the Bellagio and watch the water/light show just like in Ocean's Eleven. Play slots at the Flamingo Hilton to get a taste of old, cheesy, pre-Disney-fied Vegas. Do the Fremont Street experience downtown. Personally, I love Circus Circus, though I know it's not everyone's cup of tea. It reminds me of old Las Vegas before they filled the town up with fake Paris and Venice, crappy Excaliburs and New York New Yorks. Yeah, Circus Circus is the shit and they had amusement park rides long before MGM Grand was even born!

Although, my assumption may be influenced by 2 semesters straight of OMG ACAMDEMIA IN PERIL NO JOBS ANYWHERE AAAIIIEEE discussion.

Things are looking up in the academic job market as the boomers start to retire. In traditionally job-poor fields like History and English it once was the style for graduate students to paper their walls with the hundreds of rejection letters that they had received from job applications. Now the best students at some programs are getting several offers from good schools. It's still pretty hard to get a job in the humanities, but at least there are some jobs now.

Sarameg, can I steal the picture you linked to to make an LJ icon?

I hold no ownership, cause I just googled angry monkey! So, um, sure! With all the officialdom I confer.

Happy Quittin' Day, Shrift!

This is the first I've heard of Molly the cat. Cats getting stuck in, on, behind, or on top of things don't seem like they'd be news. Newspapers would have to be twice as big to carry all those articles, for starters.

This is also the first I have heard of Molly.

In other cat news, [link]

Things not to do in LV: get caught up in a L&O marathon.

The guy used netherworld in the article. That's where I stopped reading.

I had to go back after seeing this. [link] Now that article cracks me up, *especially* the photo of the rescuer, which reminds me of Dorothea Lange (although I'm really just misremembering Migrant Mother).

Paras like this seem a subtle sendup of rescue stories (like the Floyd Collins rescue):

...reporters, photographers and television and radio crews recorded the scene and hung on every word from rescuers, who emerged now and then from steel trap doors in the sidewalk to report no progress. With little news, some reporters solicited the views of dog walkers and others who paused to watch the activity...

Yeah, Jesse. Unfortunately, I can't make our full-time faculty take on any more course sections because they are all tapped out. NYSED has very specific regulations on how many semester hours full-time faculty can teach because this is an alternative route certification program for teachers. Tons of regulations.

David, everything Perkins said is good. I rubbed the Angel Toes at Hoover Dam (supposed to bring good fortune) and Joe and I won a good amount of money at the craps table.

The new pirate show at Treasure Island isn't so much with the pirates as it is with the hot, half naked chicks singing and gyrating on an em-bossomed pirate ship. THen, they get all wet.