kate! Yes, it was. How are you doing?

To: Tuesday,

A slight correction: preparations for the weekend, such as packing, shopping and traveling arrangements should not be played with. The time-space continuum is one thing, wardrobe is another. Ta, ever so.

Yours sincerely,
I always wanted to use "ta, ever so" in a sentence.

Theo, I had a sump pump well put in a leaky basement (the existing drain had caved in) and it did wonders. And quietly. Pricey. Well, for me at the time. Worth the investment, though.

Tommy, is there some feline posting going on in your name?

Maybe. Except I shut down my home computers and unplugged them.

Huh. If cats have mastered extension cords, then they truley shall take over the world....

Very elegant amendment, Nilly. Ta ever so!

Any day I have time to play at b.org is a good day. Such a treat to do this in real time. Threadsuck is a godsend for me.

Huh. If cats have mastered extension cords, then they truley shall take over the world....

Cool! Don't let them talk to my cats, okay?

Lovely, I just got a work call. Hope to check in again soon!

I think ita and Allyson need to periodically find a quiet corner and scream. Or throw staplers at the wall. The latter is actually quite satisfying.

Apologies to all sysadmins out there, but DEAR GOD this is a socially and professionally infantile bunch. My office is set up such that I have a cubical wall blocking me from the open doorway. Officemate's desk is right next to the open door, he can see into the hall from it. He's not at it right now. Someone comes and stands in the doorway." Bob? Bob? Bob? BOB?" pause "Bob?"

YO! STUPIDHEAD! If you don't see anyone, but think the person is in the office hiding, why don't you just walk two feet and check?! Or ask!

I'm slightly tolerant of people who ask me if I know where he is (though, I'm not his keeper. But sometimes I do know.) But good gawd.

The same moron came back 10 minutes later, peered over the wall and asked if I knew where X sat. NO.

Towards the end of distracting myself:

American illusionist David Blaine, who failed to break the world record for holding his breath underwater last week, has announced his next stunt will be living among wild animals in the jungle. The 33-year-old was released from a New York City hospital last week, after spending seven days in a spherical aquarium. Blaine needed medical treatment after suffering convulsions and passing out while attempting to hold his breath for nine minutes. But the magician has already moved on to planning his next stunt, claiming the challenge is more unbelievable than anything he has attempted before. He tells the New York Post, "I'm planning to live harmoniously among wild beasts. And I'd like to do it alone in the jungle."

What a moron.

Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster spoke at the University of Pennsylvania's commencement ceremony on Monday, ending her address with a surprise quote from rapper Eminem's hit Lose Yourself - the end chorus. The actress, who graduated from Ivy League rival Yale University in 1985, received an honorary doctor of arts degree. The Silence Of The Lambs star earned laughs from the graduates by taking pictures of them from the podium and recalled her own college days at Yale. The speech struck a serious note when Foster said the US and the world are worse off than they were four years ago and challenged graduates to become active in turning things around. Aimee Masters, who received a bachelor's degree in sociology and women's studies during the ceremony, said Foster was "really inspiring." She says, "Everyone around me was really happy with what she said." Masters added that the Eminem quote "was surprising, but I liked it."

I'm assuming that means this:

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime you better,

You can do anything you set your mind to, man

Or perhaps not the first two lines. Either way, makes me smile.

eta:

I think ita and Allyson need to periodically find a quiet corner and scream. Or throw staplers at the wall. The latter is actually quite satisfying.

Screaming is right out. As is throwing things. Wilting--that might be a plan.

And I'd like to do it alone in the jungle

So, not on camera then? Works for me.

I hope he gets eaten. By a hippo. Underwater. And I want the hippo to say, "Hold your breath now, beeyotch."

American illusionist David Blaine, who failed to break the world record for holding his breath underwater last week, has announced his next stunt will be living among wild animals in the jungle.

Didn't he used to do magic tricks?

You know, you have to love that the defense for Jeff Skilling in the Enron trial is "no, really, he was just totally incompetent!"

He said the government's main charge against Skilling was that he masterminded a large-scale conspiracy to mislead Wall Street out of greed and a desire for stature.

"Stature?" Petrocelli asked incredulously. "He's antisocial! He loved building the business. He didn't like running the business and he wasn't very good at it. He made a lot of mistakes (but) a mistake is not a crime."