Hands Jesse a clue-by-four with which to knock the world upside the head.

Thanks, Frank! I am spending the next 25 minutes Working On My Attitude before I launch into several hours of meetings, including interviewing a candidate to be my boss. Surly is probably not the impression I want to make there.

Unrelated to exploding buildings, an anguished screech just came from down the hall in Member Services. Two people came over from another cube to investigate. Apparently someone was just having a really bad day. Sounded like she was giving birth. Or practicing opera.

This is the only report I can see about the unrelated-to-explosion death at Astor Place this morning (which was what was fucking up the trains, apparently, not the explosion).

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It looks like noone was killed in the collapse, and it could have been a suicide attempt.

At least 10 people were injured, including five civilians and five firefighters, the Fire Department said. One of the injured included a doctor who owned the building and was pulled from the rubble after communicating with authorities from his phone in the wreckage, fire chief Nicholas Scoppetta said.

A police official told The Associated Press that the lawyer for the doctor's wife contacted police recently and said that she had received an e-mail from him in which the physician indicated he was contemplating suicide. Because of this, 66-year-old Nicholas Bartha was being forced to sell the building. As a result of the situation, authorities believe that the explosion may be related to a suicide attempt involving gas, the police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

said that she had received an e-mail from him in which the physician indicated he was contemplating suicide. Because of this, 66-year-old Nicholas Bartha was being forced to sell the building.

Wow, I knew NY had some strange real estate laws, but come on.

Hi all. This is a weird day because my long distance boss is in, but he really isn't my boss anymore (because he has spun off into his own company.) He is collecting his products and teaching a class this week. He is still asking me to do things, though, including, strangely enough, put the "Press 1 for customer service, Press 2 for classes, etc" message on his phone because I can sound just like the "real" computerized lady!

My real boss is not here, although she was briefly, because her father was taken to the emergency room on Saturday because he lost the ability to control his bladder and bowels and is STILL IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM!. She and her husband are both nurses (her husband works in the ED) and are advocating hard for him to be admitted, but no one can figure out what is wrong with him (nothing has shown up on any of the cultures.). She is a bit in shock and is talking about the meetings she has tomorrow and the next day that she must attend, but she also has a feeling that things are just not good.

At least we are about 30 steps from the emergency room here.

This weekend we went to Iowa for a wedding. Mid-wedding Leif pointed to the front and said in a loud whisper, "I think they are getting married!"

Yesterday in the grocery store he started yelling "100 pennies!" to everybody. Apparently he decided that this was how much he would cost to buy and was letting everyone know.

Has this been posted? Godfather-inspired horse-head pillows

These plush horse-head pillows -- complete with bloody neck-stump -- recall the best scene in The Godfather, and would make a great addition ot any bedroom's decor.

Has this been posted yet?

Adam Carolla hangs up on Anne Coulter.