I'm glad you and S will be able to go home soon, Sean. Health to S, and safe trip for you both.

Bizarre sighting of the day.

We have a couple of construction sites near my office - a cathedral going up on one side and a bunch of condo's on the other.

Well, today we have about 8 picketers outside the condo construction site. No clue what their beef is - they showed up after I got to work. The have a coffin set-up on one side of their path and a huge, HUGE blow up rat on the other side.

WTF?

I'm actually impressed by the rat. But also curious where to you go rent (?) such a thing.

Blowup rats are a fairly common thing for workers on strike to use in their demonstrations.

They don't want people killing rats? They're opposed to the plague?

The problem is, of course, that they are doing this to count down to Christmas, which is, in every possible way, wrong. Whoever came up with this idea at the examiner needs to have their head caved in with a wikipedia entry for the twelve days of Christmas, printed out and wrapped around a very large brick.

Or perhaps I am just cranky, for vague and nebulous reasons.

You have every reason to be cranky, Sean, but even if you didn't, this would be reason enough. It's just all sorts of wrong and they should know better. More importantly, yeah! on springing S. I hope you have an uneventful time up to the transplant, and that even that is uneventful as much as a transplant can be.

ION, I am home with the stomach flu. How do I manage to feel guilty about leaving work more short-staffed even while puking my guts out ? On the bright side, my wireless apparently works from the bedroom, and I'm posting from bed. Yeah?

Edited for punctuation and to delete an extra word, because, even when I'm sick, I really should know better.

Maybe they are plugging Angel.

DOYLE: If you need help. Then look no further. Angel Investigations is the best! Our rats are low.

CORDELIA: Rates!

DOYLE: (RE: cue cards) It says 'rats'. Our rates are low, but our standards are high. When the chips are down, and you're at the end of your rope you need someone that you can count on. And that's what you'll find here. Someone who will go all the way, who'll protect you no matter what. So don't lose hope. Come on over to our offices and you'll see that there's still heroes in this world. Is that it? Am I done?

Oh, Doyle. Sad now.

our rats are low

sniffle

Sob.

Hugs Laga and Suzi in grief. Cops a feel.

Hey, there are benefits to being home sick, losing one's inhibitions and being caught up on b.org!