Tonight should be low-key, except Bob's flight to NYC has been cancelled so who knows if I will see him on our anniversary. But we've got fancy dinner plans for Saturday night and plans for his birthday on Friday. If he makes it home we'll go and get a good burger, I think.

Tonight I will do dishes and watch FNL, although I'm tempted by the Jericho thing which is also on. And maybe watch LoM, if my ahem finishes.

Tomorrow night I'm driving to Truckee to ski, so there will be no SPN for me until Sunday, woe! But I get to use my new Friday off and see my brother and SIL, so that'll be okay.

Speaking of the new job, it's a bit disconcerting to start a new position and find everyone freaking out about a proposed reorganization that might involve significant relocations and maybe layoffs. Um?

Uh oh, Consuela. That sounds unattractive!

That sounds unattractive!

Yeah, that's one word for it. But you know, I'm not bothered. I know I can find another job without too much angst, even if it means going back into the private sector. I would just rather not. OTOH, I'm so not moving to Virginia or Ohio (yes, those are two of the possibilities).

I'm having fun, though--I have a great view out my new window and the people are nice and B.org isn't blocked.

no plans except to get mac in bed as early as possible.

I woke up around 9 long enough to listen to a traffic report. I heard enough to convince myself that nobody would notice if I didn't go in. Got up at noon. Heard another traffic report where they said, "If you don't have to go somewhere, please stay home." Works for me. The office is technically open but there's no cafeteria service, no couriers, etc., so I'm guessing that only people with urgent deadlines are there.

Now I am having coffee. I guess I should go get dressed, clear off the car, and maybe do some laundry. Then I'm gonna start looking for a new job, because one way or another I'm getting off this project.

Tonight I will do dishes and watch FNL, although I'm tempted by the Jericho thing which is also on.

I've not seen Jericho, but I'm sure it doesn't hold a candle to FNL.

Can y'all tell my coworkers that there are things they can handle by themselves? That yes, I know they're busy, but I'm a little busy too-with a government report consisting of over 700 cases- so maybe, just maybe, instead of telling clients to come talk to me, they could take the 2 minutes to schedule the goddamned appointment themselves? A whack with a cluestick would also not be amiss.

If only we were to adopt the Japanese approach to snow removal....

PIKACHU SNOW PLOW, I CHOOSE YOU!

I just got a call that my college night class was canceled due to the blizzara that's taking a Squirtle shit on Pittsburgh today. So I went looking for some gaming art and stumbled upon this awesome Pikachu plow on the same site that I found the 3D gaming screen on in the past. This Pokemon machine is called Yuki-taro and weighs 880 pokepounds. It comes equipped with GPS instead of electrical attacks, and it has cameras in its eyes - creepy! Its self guided and devours the snow in your driveway all on its own, and then compresses it into hard blocks of ice around the size of a PS3 in measurements. The people at the Niigata Institute of Technology in Japan took seven years to design it, with the purpose of not only an alternative refrigeration method, but also to help the elderly deal with winter.

no plans except to get mac in bed as early as possible.

How did the finger thing turn out? I hope it wasn't anything bad. The problem with skipping and skimming is the not knowing how things turn out.