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7000

Yep.

Kalshane, those cupcakes won't taste as good as when you were a kid.

The cupcakes I just made, however, are quite tasty. You're welcome to come get some.

If you could have someone bring you one item of food or drink right now, what would it be?

A good steak. So rare it's mooing. (What? I'm PMSing. I need iron.)

I wonder why Butcher didn't use the character's name (Crazy Harry [link]). Given the way the reference was used, I don't see how copyright or trademark would be an issue. Maybe he was just being ultra-cautious.

Probably because "Kincaid! Crazy Harry!" doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Plus, the likely reply would have been "Yeah, I mentioned that when you were planning this little job."

But it's not your fault you're in the situation you are. You gotta take care of yourself.

I understand that. But short of walking out this instant, it wouldn't resolve the problems I'm having at the moment. I'm willing to wait and see what the official schedule is Monday before I do something as rash as quitting without another job already lined up.

Kalshane, those cupcakes won't taste as good as when you were a kid.

Thanks. Not sure if that will help or not, but package is still unopened.

The cupcakes I just made, however, are quite tasty. You're welcome to come get some.

Thanks, but I couldn't really get away with hopping in the car the moment. Well, I could, but then I wouldn't have to worry about actually quitting.

Robotic Frisbees of Death

It ain't easy, picking out evil-doers in the urban canyons of the Middle East; there are so many places to hide. Taking 'em out can be even harder, what with all those noncombatants hanging nearby. But the Air Force thinks it might have an answer to this most vexing problem in counter-insurgency: frisbees.

Not just any frisbees, mind you. Robotic frisbees. Heavily armed robotic frisbees.

...

Once they catch up to the baddies, the drones will use a series of armor-piercing explosives, shooting jets of molten metal, to eliminate their targets. And these MEFP [Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrator] "warheads will be controllable so as to provide a single large fragment (bunker-buster) or tailorable pattern of smaller fragments (unprotected infantry or light utility vehicles)." The decision of whether to go bunker-buster or infantry-annihilator mode can either be determined by the drones' human operators, "or autonomous target classification routine built into the UAV."

Huh. I bet Skynet could use these....

Crazy Harry

Oh, right. Harry Dresden. I didn't make that connection, I guess I just think of him as Dresden.

Looking for something to do on 9/11? How about going dove-hunting with Republicans? [link]

Thing is, if I just up and quit, I'll put one of my co-workers in the same position I'm in now, and I don't want to screw them over like that.

Or they'll realize that they can't just stick someone with something like that and reconsider how they decide to fill that position. Okay, probably not. But it could happen.

I know you'll do what you feel is right once the situation clarifies, but as someone in a really sucky job situation where if one of my equally fucked coworkers up and quit I'd be screwed, I'd still back them if they felt they had to go. Which, again, maybe not the same for everyone. Just don't rank your own fucked up situation behind theirs, is all I'm saying.

Well, a can of soda on the drive up, a cup of black tea upon arrival and finishing off another 20 ounce of soda and a couple cups of water seems to have gotten rid of most of my headache and demushed my brain somewhat. I almost feel like I can think coherently and may even be able to do some troubleshooting should someone actually call again. (I did have a couple calls tonight, surprisingly enough. One I had to call the tech who had setup the device on because I just couldn't make sense of what the user was saying, and the other was one of those magical talking to the it guy made it start working again sort of deals.)

I know you'll do what you feel is right once the situation clarifies, but as someone in a really sucky job situation where if one of my equally fucked coworkers up and quit I'd be screwed, I'd still back them if they felt they had to go. Which, again, maybe not the same for everyone. Just don't rank your own fucked up situation behind theirs, is all I'm saying.

::nods:: I understand. And I'm sure my co-workers would understand if I up and left, considering. But the fact that they would be understanding makes me less-inclined to do it, if that makes any sense.

Oh, right. Harry Dresden. I didn't make that connection, I guess I just think of him as Dresden.

Yeah. And really, Bolshevik Muppet is a lot of fun to say, so it wins points there as well.

ION, package is open. Cupcakes not as good as remembered, but still good.