Was she any good? Maybe she thinks she's going to randomly dial some big producer.

Eh, she was fine. I thought it was a teenage prank call at first, especially since most of the schools around here are closed today.

I hate calling people, but I will admit that two minutes on the phone will allow me to diagnose and/or fix a multitude of technical problems, and I'd rather do that than spend two increasingly frustrating hours e-mailing.

Hec said it best. It's less about the people at themeeting than about what it says is acceptable in the workplace.

In a change of pace, here is an adorable little short about plane travel: [link]

The Doomsday Clock has been set forward two minutes.

Doomsday Clock set forward by two minutes
Updated Wed. Jan. 17 2007 12:38 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

The minute hand of the Doomsday Clock has been moved closer to midnight to reflect the growing concerns of global terrorism, the unchecked nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea and -- in a first -- the threat of climate change.

The clock was first set 60 years ago by an elite group of nuclear scientists at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, shortly after the United States dropped its atomic bombs on Japan. It was meant to symbolize the perils facing humanity from nuclear weapons.

But for the first time, the clock is also registering the threat of global warming, which they call a "second nuclear age."

The clock, which hangs in the University of Chicago, has been set at seven minutes to midnight since 2002. It was moved Wednesday to five minutes before the hour.

Full story: [link]

The clock, which hangs in the University of Chicago, has been set at seven minutes to midnight since 2002.

Oooooh. This is what someone was saying just recently when she was referring to where Heroes got the "Seven Minutes to Midnight" thing.

Also: what the fuck? I've never heard of this silly clock.

Yeah! The 24 Season Premiere is being processed at Netflix as I write. Thanks for the link Sumi--what timing! With any luck, I'll be able to catch up before the next episode.

Also: what the fuck? I've never heard of this silly clock.

You're too young. It was a bigger deal in the 80s, when the Russkis were about to blow us all up.

Also: what the fuck? I've never heard of this silly clock.

OMG I feel old.

It was a bigger deal in the 80s, when the Russkis were about to blow us all up.

Dammit, our Academic Decathlon topic was the '80s. I don't think that was in the curriculum.

OMG I feel old.

I sometimes have that effect on people.

The clock came about in the 1950s, though.