well, only if you killed him.

While I think I am capable of homicide before I've had coffee and beaten back my inner sociopath, I was thinking more along the lines of, "Crap, what do I do? Call 911? Say, uh, hey, there seems to be a dead body by the entrance to Lakeshore Drive? Do I have to stick around until the cops get here? It's kind of callous of me to think about being late for work, huh."

It's kind of callous of me to think about being late for work, huh."

I thought "well, it's not like he would mind", and then "talk about callous"

But think about making that phone call to work "hey, I'm going to be late, cause I found a dead body, and I have to wait for the cops . . . no, I didn't have anything to do with it"

Oh my god. I'm in the middle of this crazy-ass, enormous project with a potential client. I think I've quoted them before, but this one reaches new heights of almost willful obtuseness. I'm starting to think it's performance art.

Us: We need some clarification with regard to classifications of yadda yadda. On [very important spread sheet with very important data that involves major amounts of money], 85% of the cells are blank, and the remainder are listed as [standard industry term] and [non-standard industry term but we assume it means X]. Please clarify what we should assume the blank ones are.

Them: Please assume blank cells indicate "no information provided."

Head::desk
Head::desk
Head::desk

Call on the cell phone to report it, and then hang up before they can trace your call!

Some guys are up on ladders banging around in the ceiling here (Legs! Legs in new places!) and a huge cloud of dust just floated down over my desk. Thanks, guys. Do you wonder why I'm sneezing? Also, it stinks. I long to work from home.

After looking at the nominations:

If there's one Emmy that FNL should get, it's Outstanding Casting. Sadly, I watch only one each of the series nominated for Best Drama and Best Comedy.

Re: Traveller spoilers:

. The creepy blue-eyed guy mutters something about the "4th branch", which I guess was supposed to set up season 2.

Aha! Dick Cheney's the Big Bad of the show !

The latest on Teddy. His creatine and phosphorus are back down. High, but not extremely so. His red blood count is up a little, but it turns out that the vet had undercalculated the Epogen dosage, and he didn't get a regular dose until Sunday -- too late to have a big effect by Tuesday evening. Calcium levels are normal.

The big worry now is that his appetite and weight aren't increasing. The vet thinks it's one of two things -- either his anemia is affecting his energy and appetite, or he has a stomach problem like an ulcer.

So we're cutting the prednisone back from every other day to twice a week (part of weaning him off it) and increasing the Pepcid to every night. And since prednisone may increase dehydration, I for one hope that reducing the prednisone will reduce the need for fluids.

There are some noises that make it impossible for me to think, or even keep my brain in a rational place. The king daddy sound is a drill.

When i hear a drill, my body's fight or flight goes into overdrive, and I feel like how an angry hornet must feel. I must kill the source of the noise.

The construction people outside my window, drilling into my wall, must be destroyed.

Why did Rome and Deadwood not get any major noms? There was fantastic acting in those shows. Just cause they were cancelled? Lame! Don't even get me started on no BSG... Olmos and McDonnell totally deserve noms. t /grump

Why did Rome and Deadwood not get any major noms? There was fantastic acting in those shows.

And what about the freaking Wire??!!

(although I know the Emmys and how they disappoint too well to have put much stock in them getting it right this year.)