lovin the Billytea tale. I'm guessing you are an Aussie??? (sorry, still a bit new, dunno everyone still).

Good guess. I generally stay under the radar by editing out all the 'cobber's. Though I have been known to give myself away with the occasional OMGECHIDNASRSOKEWL!!!

Oh, Raq! I'm so glad you're all ok. Stay safe.

::shakes fist at world::

WindSparrow, I would see a doctor. You could have bronchial asthma, which gets triggered with a cold, etc. It's worth being seen anyways.

I am up SO early this morning. And I feel like getting right to work. I want to have a couple of math assignments to send off to my prof today. They're almost done. I just have a few problematic problems left to solve.

Raq, I'm so glad you and your family are okay.

Raq, I just skipped a bunch to make you and R were both okay. It happened way ofter we were in bed here, but when I woke up to the news this morning, I was worried for a few minutes.

amych, i'm sorry you won't be at *my* alma mater, but only from a purely selfish persepctive.

well, i'm at work and I *know* they monitor our usage, so it's time to duck back into my hole for now. Oh, and work is getting more interesting. I'm doing law related stuff and learning, which were my goals to begin with.

Raq, so glad to hear you are okay. Thank you for checking in before I read the news and had a not-so-mild freak out.

I just got back from the embassy (yeah, I went in, this sort of thing is kinda my job), and the damage is really minimal. A Greek terrorist group claimed it, protesting the increase in troop strength in Iraq (right there with you, guys), maybe the Hussein execution, maybe the breakup of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz.

Kind of a media circus down there. And the crazies who think the CIA engineered the 9/11 attacks are out in force, so that's fun.

I'm so glad this was "let's pop a rocket at a symbol of America, nicely choosing an hour when it's unlikely anybody will be at work" terrorism rather than "let's kill some American diplomats" terrorism. I mean, they still could have killed someone (note to self: your early bird tendencies could be dangerous; see also 9/11), but it's a relief they weren't really trying to.

Raq, it was the first thing I heard this morning. I'm glad you're okay.

Me, too, Raq. I think maybe I already posted, but I can't remember, and it bears repeating, anyhow.

I hadn't had any coffee when I read Raq's original post, and it took me a couple of minutes to parse RPG into what I assume is rocket propelled granade.

(Yes. I was stuck on 'role playing game'.)

I gather that we're talking about some kind of explosive, rather than a Role Playing Game?

Yep, many minds went there.

maybe the breakup of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz

At last a reason that makes sense.

Good to hear that no one was injured. Still, totally not cool.

Windsparrow, my loved ones finally made me go to the doctor for my cough. Stupid allergies. He told me I needed to close my windows and turn the A/C back on. Still, it had gone on long enough and was bad enough that I had to have him check.