I don't know. But I'm not: traveling having company working

Sparky, Sunday you should be coming to the book swap at Raq's!

This is... odd.

A man in a Revolutionary War-era submarine was cited by the U.S. Coast Guard for drifting into a security zone, and for unsafe sailing in New York's East River near the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner, the Coast Guard and New York City Police Department said Friday.

The man in the replica vessel was identified as 35-year-old Philip "Duke" Riley of Brooklyn, N.Y., according to Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Seth Johnson.

Authorities said it was the second time Riley had floated the vessel in the vicinity of the cruise ship. The submarine, which reportedly did not have a mechanical propulsion system, was being towed by two other men in a rowboat.

"A makeshift submarine discovered at about 10:30 this morning by an NYPD Intelligence detective onboard the Queen Mary 2 in New York Harbor is the creative craft of three adventuresome individuals," NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced in an afternoon press release. "It does not pose any terrorist threat."

While Kelly said the Queen Mary 2 will be inspected to ensure the boat's integrity, and Riley and the two other men could further face NYPD charges, he chalked up the incident as a case of "marine mischief."

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...also links to the Web site www.dukeriley.info, the namesake of which is described as "the man behind the madness." On that site, Riley describes himself as an "artist" and "patriot," who combines "populist myths and reinvented historical obscurities with contemporary social dilemmas."

The statement concludes, "Throughout my projects, I profile the space where water meets the land, traditionally marking the periphery of urban society, what lies beyond rigid moral constructs, a sense of danger and possibility."

OK. Good for you.

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Have a wonderful trip sarameg!

msbelle, I'm glad to hear Mac is feeling better.

Theo, you've got COBRA~ma coming your way.

shrift, please not to be causing the apocalypse on the way home from work.

Most amusing news story I've read all day. Someone really needed a chocolate fix: [link]

Tonight, I'm running some last-minute errands. Tomorrow I get a pedi and manicure, and Sunday I get on a plane for Italy. Three weeks of vacation!

a sense of danger and possibility

I am so picturing a Blue Steel face to accompany this hilarimous statement.

shrift, please not to be causing the apocalypse on the way home from work.

Armageddon in t minus 5 minutes. Sorry guys!

Armageddon in t minus 5 minutes. Sorry guys!

Damn you. Now I'm earwormed with "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing." Even the end of the world hates me.

Better than Def Leppard's "Armageddon It"

Hmmm.

Recruiter told me to go ahead and apply for jobs at two of the companies I've been looking at on my own, because he was getting nowhere with them, and they had jobs posted. But one of them, the more I look at it, the more I'm worried they won't consider me for it (I have the years and the experience, but not the titles you'd expect leading up to this one). Grrr. And it's the company I really want. Wish there was a way to apply and say "dudes! if you dont' want me for this job, I'm really OK with a lower title, you shoudl just hire me anyway!!"

Better than Def Leppard's "Armageddon It"

Great. Now I'm going to kill you. Replace a power ballad with a heavy metal anthem and you still get the earworm from hell. You are so in for it....

meara, maybe you could work that into your cover letter, or if you manage to get someone from HR on the phone?

Great. Now I'm going to kill you. Replace a power ballad with a heavy metal anthem and you still get the earworm from hell. You are so in for it....

feel my pain!

Theoretically I have plans tomorrow night with people including my friend who just got back from a year in Israel, but no one seems to be motivating to actually, you know, MAKE THE PLANS.

So far this weekend, I've gone to the movies and bought an odd assortment of groceries that I think looked like what I would buy were I a pregnant vegetarian. Heavy on the dairy.

Relatedly, what gap is this photo referring to?

Yeah, seriously. Seriously?!?

My brilliant idea of the day....wait for it.....Office Space: The Musical!!

That IS brilliant! Did I mention here when I mentioned Office Space in a meeting with four other people, and not one of them had ever seen it? What the fuck is up with that? Granted, they were all a generation older than me, but still. I would have expected at least one of them to know it.

Who wants onboard as a producer so I can quit my day job and start putting this together?

You know, I invested in a play once before, and that didn't work out. OK, it was $100, and some of the people now have a show in the Fringe Festival here, but still. I've been burned before!

Holy crap. Someone was just found mauled to death on the lawn of Ving Rhames' house. They've taken his four mastiffs into custody.

Jesus. That's not cool.