I watched the Cane pilot a while back, and liked it a lot. Took me a while to figure out all the characters & relationships though - it was the most densely written pilot I saw all season.

Yeah, but that means I've been in work for seven and a half hours already.

Also, I promise I'll be thinking of you when I go home at five.

This shit is so fucked up. I shouldn't have to be this grateful over something so terribly mundane.

Whenever I tell my husband about your travails, ita, he always nods in grim recognition. Too much of the day he's confined to bed because his back and legs hurt too much. The drugs he's on knock him out and play with his memory, plus he's on three different mood alterers to counteract the depressive side effects of the pain pills.

I've told him that you're working with some relatively competent pain docs, but he's wondering how your vitamin and mineral levels are. Apparently if those get out of balance, that can make migraines worse.

bon, have you watched Damages at all? Sparky? Lee? Vortex? They're spending a lot of slow time inside a law firm, and I was wondering how they were handling it. Of course, if you cast Glenn Close you're hardly going to be spending time with fuzzy humanitarianism, but even as an outlier...

I watched two episodes and didn't stick with it. It's fair to say those two episodes were not realistic-- just using the law firm construct for a drama that could be anywhere. On the other hand, this morning I walked past a filming location about a block from my apartment and thought I should start watching again just for that.

It does need to be lunchtime.

I'm going to die of boredom today. I will die and be dead. I just thought I should warn you.

Yeah, but that means I've been in work for seven and a half hours already.

I'd have sympathy and stuff, but I have six hours to go, and objectively I think that's worse.

On the other hand, this morning I walked past a filming location about a block from my apartment and thought I should start watching again just for that.

That's so funny, because they also film about a block away from me.

Anyone in Boston need a puppy? [link]

The drugs he's on knock him out and play with his memory, plus he's on three different mood alterers to counteract the depressive side effects of the pain pills.

Hello yes. Not something one wants to be nodding in acknowledgement of, but there you go.

It's fair to say those two episodes were not realistic-- just using the law firm construct for a drama that could be anywhere.

Interesting. It's definitely a psychological game above all else, but to my untrained eye Glenn Close oozes the image of a sharklike TV lawyer.

ita! Great head news!

The sugar article didn't mention the whole Cuban embargo thing. I wonder how big a factor that is (some people seem to think its considerable)

On Prison Break: I was getting skeeved by/tired of all the relentless brutality and they nearly lost me. But then Michael went all MacGuyver for me and its all better now.

Video of giraffes fighting: [link]

Pretty amazing - fighting giraffe style mostly consists of whacking one's head against one's opponent. There's a loud 'thud' every time this happens.