In TV news, I'll admit to not really watching Daily Show/Colbert Report since they've returned without their writers (not because of strike support, it's just that I don't think they're as funny without the writers). However, I'll have to search up the full episode of the Colbert Report from the 22nd, just so I can see the strike show, complete with an interview with Andrew Young about the 1969 strike he helped to settle with a hospital administrator named James Colbert--Stephen's dad. The link has some clips from the show that I'll have to watch tonight.

Is anyone else amazed that today is only Tuesday?

Plus, our password changes every three months and it has to have caps and numbers and can't match the previous five.

Ours changes every three months, has to be between 8 and 13 characters long, has to have caps, numbers, and symbols, and I don't think we can re-use passwords at all.

This confuses the less tech-savvy among our interns so much that I've taken to teaching them how to construct passwords: "Say your mother's name is Jane and she was born in 1929. So make your password Jane@1929 or Jane1929! and you're good to go. Really any person or event that you associate with a date or other number, and stick an exclamation point on the end. Just don't do YOUR name or birthday, SSN, or whatever, because that's kinda dumb."

oooh. is it 'goddess'? or 'awesome'? or 'password'?

Close.

"1-2-3-4-5? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"

I won't even get into how insecure that type of user name system is. All some needs to do is get a company directory and they have everyone's username.

You'd think a company that owned major financial interests would be more into security.

DH wants me to do a polar bear plunge with him this weekend. The man must be insane.

My sister did one of these into the Puget Sound a few January 1sts ago. All I had to say was "Brrrrr..."

I went into an ice cold plunge pool in a spa in London once. I hope it's similar. It's for charity and DH wants me to do it wth him. I think it's craxy but it might be the fun kind of craxy.

"1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! Prepare Spaceball 1 for immediate departure!" "Yes, sir!" "And change the combination on my luggage!"

I went into an ice cold plunge pool in a spa in London once. I hope it's similar.

Problem with a polar bear plunge is that you have to factor in the air temperature. I'll bet the spa's air temp was above 70 degrees, whereas the plunge will be outdoor temp--a significant difference!

Me an' juliana: Twins in stupid movie-dom.

Is anyone else amazed that today is only Tuesday?

t weeps