For dinner I ended up making linguine with chicken and peas, in a garlic and olive oil sauce with a dash of lemon.

Yeah, it was pretty good.

That sounds delish!

ita, do you ever read thrillers? I'm reading a Lee Child book, and thought of you, because there's always a fair amount of hand-to-hand fighting, extensively described.

As an English major, I'm pretty sure I should know what a Villanelle is, but I don't.

I had a massage this morning. You would think I would feel badly when the masseuse told me that it would take a whole other session to get rid of the knots in my upper back and shoulders, but I felt incredibly validated. ("See, I was really tense!") Even if he didn't get all the knots out I felt totally blissed out when I left. But of course then I ran into someone who totally harshed my mellow, and that set the tone for the rest of the day.

Why was mac up at 5?!!? so grouchy.

msbelle, I suspect he's communicating with Owen. O was up around 5:30 a.m. this morning, too. He pounded on our bedroom door, I woke up, bundled his ass back to bed where he promptly went back to sleep. Of course then I *couldn't* get back to sleep and spent my hours from 5:30-7:30 surfing aimlessly.

The b.org is dead at 6 a.m. EST on a Saturday morning, by the way.

It's single-digits cold as ass here tonight. I'm eating left-over birthday cake and watching SPN.

I missed the first part of Gallagher's career

Go forth and Netflix it. You may not like him but it's a good role.

You would think I would feel badly when the masseuse told me that it would take a whole other session to get rid of the knots in my upper back and shoulders, but I felt incredibly validated.

Ha! I once had someone suggest I set up monthly appointments for a while.

Jesse, this guy did suggest that. And I am going back in three weeks. But our insurance only covers about 6 a year, so no monthly massages for me.

Also, because the session was completely covered by my insurance, I gave the guy a 25% tip.

Damn you and your communist insurance! I would love six massages a year!!

I finally watched Bones: while I am glad Eps is gone, I have to say that both DH and I yelled at the tv a few times - first for Parker not being gaurded because , d'oh. and second, just before Cam cut into Ep's wife's skull - dh was snorting at the tv saying at the very least she would be wearing a full face mask - if not a positive pressure mask (OSHA regs have you use a pp mask for woodworking - so for any possible biologiacal hazards...)

This is my work insurance, not the communist universal health care. Heck it's not that generous--we're no Sweden.

Speaking of communist universal health care, I saw Kiefer Sutherland on Charlie Rose a while ago promoting the premiere of 24. And Charlie asked him about his politics. (Kiefer's grandfather was a politician and is considered the father of universal health care in Canada.) And Kiefer said something along the lines of "I won't go into specifics, but of course I believe in universal health care. And of course I believe that the wealthy have an obligation to look after the less fortunate. Some might call that socialism, but I call it common sense."

The next day I realized in that last sentence he was quoting his grandfather, and I have to say, I fell a little in love with Kiefer.