I still have to file. I've got three W2s and another form for some other money I got this year that I have to remember to bring into work so I can stay late one day and file from my computer here (free software available from the company). It's not like I'll be getting a refund--if I'm lucky, I'll be pretty close to breaking even.

Lunch today was flank steak, mashed potatoes, and peas from the cafeteria, with an orange for dessert. That orange was so juicy and sweet and yummy that I'm tempted to go back to the cafeteria for another one.

Except, you know, when your state is essentially bankrupt and refuses to give you your refund. Not that I'm bitter. Oh wait, yes, I am bitter.

They released that money the other day.

I tried to efile last night but couldn't find last year's return to use to identify myself. I don't know if I have stamps.

In further Buffista sprog news, I have just been informed that Dylan was asking about Lily this morning as part of his current "where is everyone I know?" game.

Bwah! I swear these kids are going to need their own board as soon as they can type. Which reminds me, I guess we're about due for another round of Looking at Sprog Pictures. (Lily LOVES the ones with video. As in, will make me watch them over and over and over and over.)

Look! Photographic proof of angels!

Webcam “Angel” in a Cozumel Scuba Club

"One of my bookmarks is a scuba club in Cozumel - which I have never been, but I’m from Buffalo, NY and its nice to see something tropical once in a while. So point of all this being, I opened the app and saw what looks to be an angelic figure walking through the scuba club. I don’t have any program to zoom in on this image but it’s certainly something interesting. Some say angel. Some say a bunch of coincidences coming together at the moment I opened it. "

But to me it looks more like the ghost of the Cowardly Lion, carrying two flagpoles with the flags all wrapped up.

So I guess that's proof that there is an afterlife, at least for furries.

Okay, for reallies I think it's a fountain under the sidewalk.

Wonder what the web address of the cam is. Couldn't find it.

ETA or as the commenters have pointed out, it's a guy dressed in white balancing two plastic lawn tables on his head.

My biggest question is, Since when did angels begin to scuba?

I was just about to go get a soda at the vending machine when someone stopped by my desk. He saw my Dork Tower cartoon I have up in my cubicle and had to stop by to say that he thought he was the only one here who read it. So, after telling him I knew Jilli the Perky Goth and he told me about meeting the creator at various cons, we ended up bonding over geek shows.

I told him about Castle being on tonight, we agonized over BSG's finale coming up, he told me about faking press passes for the big Doctor Who 20 convention back in the '80s here in Chicago, where he and his buddy got behind the scenes and even interviewed a bunch of regulars including Sgt. Benson and the Brigadier. It's always fun meeting a fellow geek here!

It's the future of home lighting! Philips Master LED Bulb: Enlightened When On or Off

It even looks cool.

This July, Philips will release an LED bulb that's ready for mainstream consumption, the Master LED.

Fitting in a standard bulb socket, the mercury-free Master LED bulb sips just 7W while burning up to 45,000 hours, or about 30x the length of a normal bulb. It's actually already available in parts of Europe (we can't spot a price, anyone out there know? UPDATE: About $50-$70), but with the proper retail availability, I could see an LED light with this form factor exciting the mainstream US public, couldn't you?

Philips also has a few other models coming that you can check out at the link.

Those lightbulbs would be perfect for ceiling fixtures--I hate getting up on ladders to change mine when they burn out.

They brought in pumps to take care of our flooded lot! It's bone dry now.