Okay. Boredom is setting in.

Anyone have a funny, but cleanish joke? We're currently on a run of cannibal jokes at school (When does the cannibal leave the table? After everyone's eaten.)

He could still be. Maybe ol' Vesto is a time traveler, or he never ages - so he could be a Bond villain for a movie set in the present.

Or possibly the criminal mastermind between Moriarty and Blofeld.

No painkiller magic. Just the same one that's been making me very sick. New anti-nausea meds, but I don't think insurance pays for it. And, yeah, another procedure is being scheduled. I'm more than over this.

An excerpt from Bush's speech in Calgary.

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"I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened," Bush said.

I don't think that's exactly what he meant to say.

Also,

Bush seemed to enjoy himself even though the event started later than expected because of tight security. "I'll sit here all day," Bush said during a question-and-answer session. "I'm flattered people even want to hear me in the first place."

Frankly, I'm surprised people want to hear him too.

Oh, is Dana around? I finished Murder in Chinatown last night, and just realized the most racist thing (which is spoilery for the ending, in case there is anyone else who cares): The (Lady Bountiful) woman from the mission says she knows a Chinese man didn't kill Angel, because the Chinese are too meek or whatever -- and of course it turns out it wasn't a Chinese man after all. But CHRIST, since when are the Chinese actually less bloodthirsty as a people than anyone else???

I just watched President Obama fill in his Presidential Bracket on ESPN. He said he's going to try to catch as many games as possible between the NATO summit. Airforce One apparently has Direct TV. I loves my president.

I have no good, clean jokes.

DH had a problematic direct report call him this morning to complain about a report being "stolen" off his desk. DH told him to call security. Apparently the report was unflattering to the sales force (which falls under DH's purview). The sales manager later calls DH (his boss) to say that someone sent this report, anonymously to the CEO of the company. Coincidence?

I find the Gaslight mysteries about two steps short of actually being good. They're kind of "look at my infodump! I researched all these things!", while being slightly predictable and simplistic.

But I got suckered in by the damn romance, so I keep getting them from the library.

I just microwaved a bowl of curry, and when I took it out and stirred it, something exploded. Possibly a potato.

Anyone have a funny, but cleanish joke?

This is sort of a kid joke. What is dead 100 feet in the air? A dead centipede.

How many country western singers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Five, one to actually screw in the bulb and four to sing about how much they'll miss the old one.

Colbert Announces Trip To Persian Gulf (VIDEO)

Stephen Colbert announced last night that he will be taking his show on the road, broadcasting from the Persian Gulf. Where you ask? He's not allowed to tell us, but "there will be sand and people that wish we would leave." When? He can't tell us that either, but it will be at some point in the "near or distant future or past."

Colbert answered the challenge of the members of the 153rd Regiment who asked him to "come on over."

As he told the Stars and Stripes military blog:

"I'm hoping they're just going to blindfold me, fly the plane around in the air for 12 hours and drop me in New Mexico and tell me it's the Persian Gulf, because I wouldn't know the difference."