Here's the thing, someone (not me) is writing something. They're having one of the characters say something about a friend ordering "Garlic Prawns" and another character ordering "lemon chicken". I'm thinking "Shrimp Ailio" or "Shrimp Scampi" is probably more likely, but maybe that's a regional thing, on my part. (The author is an Australian; the character is a Californian, but one who has been to a private school--possibly a boarding school).

I discovered over the weekend that for the Wallybee, there's little difference in pronunciation between 'prawns' and 'prunes'. Made grocery shopping just that little bit more interesting.

Hey, sometimes it's difficult to find a moment to spare for every little detail. At any rate, I have now made my contribution toward improving the morale of our troops.

Our little patriot.

brenda beat me to it. It's practically a patriotic obligation, really!

Hey brenda, how did your insane weekend go?

I saw in the paper this morning that the president fast-tracked Missouri's disaster application, so I was thinking about Anne and hoping she's OK, as well as simultaneously being annoyed at the NY governor, who hasn't even been convinced yet that we had a disaster.

The inspiration for Bender? [link]

From this Wired article on classic comic book covers: [link]

Don't wanna talk about it. Ugh.

But that's totally Bender's great-grandunit.

Ugh. Back at work. No sleep on plane. So tired. Need coffee.

Jess needs a coffee I.V., stat.

The hivemind is so useful. Thanks to Lee, and everyone else who weighed in on the garlic prawns issue.

billytea, please don't serve the Wallybee garlic prunes. That could be a deal-breaker.