The horror... The horror....

A woman walking in front of me took a nasty tumble on an ice patch and fell right on her ass. And there was at least one fatality: I saw a dead pigeon standing in a frozen puddle, its feet embedded in an inch of ice, its body covered in frost....

OK, it probably died last night and then got frozen in place. But I prefer to think the Killer Frozen Death Fog got it....

Happy Birthday, Katie!

Happy Birthday, Katie!!

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Aw, poor pigeon.

I just realized something really funny: My big boss just came in with edits to something I'm working on, including taking the years out of something I'm working on, because "2010 sounds too far out." Well, you know, it's a three-year project, and it's 2007 now! Guess what? 2010 is three years away.

People are funny.

(At least I have confirmation she doesn't hate and/or want to fire me today.)

2010 sounds all scifi-ish and everything. (And is the title of a scifi book and movie.)

The year 2000 seemed scifi-ish to me until the mid-late '90s.

2010 . . .

When the movie 2010 came out, it seemed so, well, futuristic and possible.

I was promised flying cars! Where are my flying cars!

edit: geek cross-post!

When the movie 2010 came out, it seemed so, well, futuristic and possible.

Yeah. 2010 was about a manned mission to Jupiter, 9 years after the first manned mission.

Back around 1970, people just assumed that all our manned space travel progress would continue. Instead, by the time we land on the moon again it will have been more than 45 years since any human has gone beyond Earth orbit.

Freezing FOG? Are you sure you're not in The Day After Tomorrow?

Are you sure you're not in The Day After Tomorrow?

Well, that pigeon was.

You know, I can't remember what the context was exactly, but I was just saying this weekend that we are living in the future, flying cars or no.

Oh, you know what it was? Disposable digital cameras for $10 in the drug store.