Thanks, CaBil - that was interesting.

I read a book by a US submarine captain - his sub was assigned to make a mock attack on a US carrier battle group as part of an exercise. He managed to get his sub into a good firing position, and the judges awarded him a "kill" of the carrier. His superiors were mad at him, as he was supposed to let the carrier battle group win. Instead he made the carrier people look bad.

This book was written by the captain of the sub that rammed and sunk that Japanese fishing boat near Hawaii - very sad....

At least it looks like I'll get painkillers today. I really take the E out of ER. But if that's the only place that will make the headaches stop, that's where I have to go and spend my $75 copay per. Ride is scheduled so I don't have to miss work and everything. Ain't life grand.

ita, do you need anything? I'm on this side of town this morning.

not necessary to be offered twice. Though I do mean it just that much.

Nah. I can't even justify being off work. I am going in late and leaving a bit early, though. But this week is no time to be missing a full day.

Thanks, for both times.

Oy, ita. I hope your pain is helped by the ER.

OK- now crazy!BigBoss is giving me carrot/stick promotion talk. But she has screwed my boss over so badly, I do not want to believe in her. My thought is to stick it out for the promotion and a year, and then get another same level job. Oh- we are also moving, which means I either have to buy a car or spend 3 hours on a bus each day. Or move myself, I suppose.

this heartburn can KMA. i'm over it. i haven't even had anything that should be giving me heartburn. meh.

IOmememeN my brother's birthday is tomorrow and i have NO idea what to get him. somehow i really don't think a "Get Out of Jail" card would go over all that well.

I just had a moment of oldness, which only people who listened to early 90s R&B will understand. I was looking at a group of 55 teen girls, and TWO of them were named Jodeci. JODECI! The girls were born in 1992, so you know "Forever My Lady" was super special and meaningful to the mothers.

For the francophiles and Smiths fans, something I spotted elsewhere and wanted to share:

Something that always struck me about Johnny Marr's name was that it's an almost-homonym of the phrase "j'en ai marre" (meaning "I'm fed up"). I did wonder, briefly, whether this was some kind of pseudonymic nod to French existentialism. - Patrick Cates

His real name is Johnny Maher.

I just had a moment of oldness, which only people who listened to early 90s R&B will understand. I was looking at a group of 55 teen girls, and TWO of them were named Jodeci.

THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL OLD, JESSE.