"an ass-kissing little chickenshit"

Not the sort of thing you want turning up in your personal file.

Oooh, cool Vortex! Will do!

Congrats to Joe!

Have emailed friend from Lake Charles to make sure he and his are ok.

Something in this office smells like a pipe. I can't decide if it's soothing or annoying.

Basic Black Dress-- DvF wrap.

Trenchcoat--Denim, though I'm about to make one from high end decorator scraps.

Classic Dress Pants--In brown, black and black wool wide legged.

Blazer--one black, one black and white tweed. white, light brown, pink, red and chinese silk.

Skirt--Uhm, yes.

Classic White Shirt--One tuxedo, one french cuffed one short sleeved.

Day Dress-- DvF jersey wrap.

Jeans--Quite a few pair including a pair in black.

Sweatsuit alternative--black waffle weave dress.

Cashmere sweater--3

Oooh! When can I meet Dylan? Plus, time away from the family visiting your friend in her new place if necessary.

You bet! There will be approximately twelve jillion of my extended family coming into town for this, so any offer of escape will be welcome.

One of my students is attempting to animate Optimus Prime. He said, "Don't tell me you don't know what Optimus Prime is." Isn't the Transformers more my childhood than his? What is the enduring appeal?

Wait. Cars and robots. Never mind.

This is awesome, and very pretty: [link]

In Antarctica (if you know where to look) you will find these strange formations that look like giant waves frozen in place. Actually, these beautiful formations are caused by glaciers and earthquakes. Over time, snow compacts into a single frozen mass and the increasing pressure squeezes all of the air out of the ice. Since blue is the only color of the spectrum that air-free ice reflects, that is where the color comes from.

My brother took his son to the new Transformers film twice. He threw a barbeque attended by his grad school friends in which they all ended up in the kid's room, trying to transform the kid's transformers. (Quite funny to watch their frustration and them needing to get pointers from a 4 year old.)

I saw this picture and thought "tribble."

That's it. I'm breeding my dog with a poodle right now. Right. Now.

If only Bush had listened to Gen. Petraeus's boss....

Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be "an ass-kissing little chickenshit" and added, "I hate people like that", the sources say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.

What makes you think he didn't? Is that exactly the kind of person Bush likes to have around?

well today's little outing into inner Queens (Ozone Park) convinced me that I will never live further out than I am now, not without a spouse with decent income and a car.