My commute was a joke this morning. Or a nightmare. I thought I might actually never get out of the subway. More than once I got off the train I was on, because they said the one across the platform would actually leave, only to find that I couldn't squeeze on to that one, only to have the original train I was on leave. I totally should have stayed home. It's really too bad we aren't set up so I can work from home on a whim.

Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein

According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.

A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.

"We've spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein and it's not a problem," Daniel Reist told The Associated Press.

Officials in Liechtenstein also played down the incident.

Interior ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition. "It's not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters or something," he said.

Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 inhabitants and is slightly smaller than Washington DC, doesn't have an army.

It's blowing cold air over my keyboard! I may have to put on a sweater.

It's hot today, not a big surprise. But it looks like rain, which would be a plus for me. It keeps sounding worse for us this summer. We had this wonderful hurricane free year and people have made some strides in fixing roofs and cleaning up debris, but the work is not yet done. Now the weather people are pointing to a possible La Nina situation in the Pacific and possible warm waters in the western Caribbean to screw us with bad storms this summer. I still haven't fixed my Wilma damage, and I'm not alone. Don't want hurricanes this year, and certainly the Gulf coast isn't ready for them either.

Has a television commercial (or series of commercials) ever been turned into a TV show before?

ABC has plans to turn a series of quirky commercials for insurance provider Geico which revolve around a number of indignant cavemen into a half-hour comedy pilot, Variety reported. Taking its cue from the ads, Cavemen centers on three pre-historic men who must battle prejudice as they attempt to live as normal 30-somethings in modern Atlanta.

The pilot was written by Joe Lawson, the advertising copywriter who was behind the ads, as well as other comedic Geico spots. Daniel Rappaport, Guymon Cassady, Will Speck and Josh Gordon are executive producing. Speck and Gordon, commercial directors who recently helmed the Will Farrell feature Blades of Glory, are on board to also direct.

The single-camera pilot is based on a series of Geico ads that promote the insurance company's Web site as so user-friendly that even "a caveman could do it." The spots follow cavemen as they react with offense to the derogatory slogan in modern locations such as a cable news program, an upscale restaurant, the airport and a therapist's office.

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I wonder if the gecko will make a guest appearance... or maybe the Aflac duck?

damn, I hate that caveman ad series.

ARgh. There is a bus outside my window. It has some sort of back up alarm or something that are the first six notes of Fur Elise (which is a series of two notes repeated three times). Not only is the sound annoying, but I keep waiting for the song to continue.

Well, from where I'm standing, it's just a lot of fucking rain.

I dunno, when I was waiting for the train the crap coming down was bouncing, not splashing. And the underfoot is slushy as hell.

Oh, and Nora - I had the porter while watching the Oscars (forgot to mention that to you when I saw you this week). It was teh YUM!!!

Wintery mix is the weather equivalent of getting both strep throat and a stomach virus, while you're pregnant.

damn, I hate that caveman ad series.

DH loves them. I'm neutral. I don't notice most commercials. A series. Would depend on the writing and charm of the cast I suppose. It doesn't seem likely to be must see tv for me.