Sorry to hear the bad news about your cats, Sue and GC.

In a startling development, I came back to work and discovered that things ran more or less smoothly on the production end in my absence, with a reasonable amount of work waiting for me rather than an overwhelming pile. Though two of my co-workers did turn in their notice while I was away.

I think I'm finished with my second big project. Huh.

In the last two weeks, I have written a 77 page manual and a 28 page story, and edited 24 screens in another manual.

After I get back from Michigan this weekend, I'm going to celebrate by being the slothiest slothful slothmeister in all of slothyland. In fact, I wish I were an Animagus just so I could transform myself into an actual sloth, that is how slothalicious I would like to be.

Would that sloth slounge?

A bunch of old products that contained radium: [link]

Back in the day when radium was good for you. I think my fave is the "Radium Emanation Bath." Also, the jug of "Pure Radium Water - Remedy for... Eczema, Stomach Troubles" (can't read the other thing it's for).

And the radioactive spark plugs. Oh, and if you have grey hair, radium will fix that for you. (Nope, your hair don't fall out - it returns to your natural color.)

Best of all - Radium Chocolate! (more info here: [link]

Would that sloth slounge?

Surely this is a rhetorical question.

I can slounge on bar stool, Frank. Asking me if I slounge is like asking me if I breathe or require coffee or hate people and want to stab them in the face.

Poor Sue, Pico, Josie and GC. Not a good day for kitties here.

I also find Billy Drago strangely Hot, but really not surprising considering my lust for Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler.

A new thing to call in sick for! Uncombable Hair Syndrome

Pili trianguli et canaliculi is a rare genetic disease also known as "uncombable hair syndrome" and "spun glass hair." From an abstract in the medical journal Ultrastructural Pathology (photo from The World's Fair blog):

Both inherited (autosomal dominant and recessive with variable levels of penetrance) and sporadic forms of uncombable hair syndrome have been described, both being characterized by scalp hair that is impossible to comb due to the haphazard arrangement of the hair bundles.... Most individuals are affected early in childhood and the hair takes on a spun-glass appearance with the hair becoming dry, curly, glossy, lighter in color, and progressively uncombable. Only the scalp hair is affected.

Hmm...sounds like something people would notice when you got back...

Thank goodness I finally got off my ass and finished a couple of the things I've been putting off for no good reason. I swear.

I finished what I NEED to do for today. Granted I wasted a week of my boss being out where I could have made a lot of headway on some neglected projects, but at least I am not behind in the deadline stuff.

At lunch I got giftcards for the afterschool teachers and a haircut (opinion withheld until I live with it a few days, but at least it was back down to my cheap neighhood place price level) - so my day has been super productive compared to the rest of the week.

I'm starting to understand what my boss means when she half-jokes that another coworker has a second job. She works from home, and regularly won't respond to emails all day long. I sent her one a while ago just asking her to forward something, and no response.