You can drill into metal. But if Mal hasn't yet figured out your lock, I guess it's not necessary. Of course we didn't know Chris had figured out our locks. He scaled the gate, moved a chair over to the door, undid the chain lock and the deadbolt and got out.

Yes, yes I have. Robert is looking for something more like the restraining bolts Luke put on the droids in Star Wars; he's concerned that Mal could break his collar off on a rocky outcropping.

Well, there's always "Manchurian Candidate" style brainwashing...

Bonuses: You can throw in things like "Always do the dishes without question or whining." "Obey curfews." and "Do not set fire to the neighborhood children."

Cons: May attempt to assassinate presidential candidate at mention of Chinese food.

Raq, how long will you be in the states?

I'm helping Kara's teacher do assessments of the class today. It's quite fun. I have to be back there in an hour to help some more. This time I get to bring Aidan. It could be interesting.

A personal trainer avg. salary is 33k a year, nationally. A corporate trainer avg. salary in DC is 42k a year.

Cons: May attempt to assassinate presidential candidate at mention of Chinese food.

Note: may or may not be a con, depending on candidate.

Hmm...the downside really doesn't seem to outweigh the...hello, Mr. Seekrit Servus.

ION, we had our biochem attack training today. There was some humor. We all got our new MK-1 sets, which is the self-inject pen you use if you're in a chemical attack hot zone. These bad boys push 6 cc of fluid into your muscle in under 10 seconds; talk about pressurized. I saw a demo once where the guy pushed one against a piece of plywood - the needle punched right through and the atropine sprayed all over the far wall, about 6 feet away.

So the instructor is telling us how effective the MK-1 is. "We gassed a rabbit with sarin gas, and it went into convulsions; 15 minutes later it was dead. We gassed a second rabbit, and gave it the atropine at 14 minutes--"

My friend D-- interrupts: "Did the rabbit blow up?"

The instructor glares at him. "The rabbit fully recovered. We put it back in its cage and it was good to go."

I poke my colleague: "Great! You'll be perfectly able to do your job! All you do is twitch and nibble on lettuce."

More glaring.

Well, I took the Ambien last night - i definately slept. however, I am still fuzzy so I am thinking it is a rare thing.

Matt's co president was going on and on about how good Matt's plan fro his group is. - you know the one he has been talking about for over two years. Whatever.

Ahem. Sunday, however, is very good for me.

I could do Sunday too-- that would actually be better than Friday.

Another woman who looks better bald than Britney SPears: my niece Kim.

Go check out the rest of her site while you're there. She's a wonderful artist and musician as well. ::shameless plug::

"Great! You'll be perfectly able to do your job! All you do is twitch and nibble on lettuce."

Heh. I'd be worried about those anti-gas shots, though. They were linked to a lot of Gulf War syndrome cases.

my niece Kim.

Seriously stunning.