Shir, I am so glad that you are feeling at home. You definitely deserve that little bit of ease. Also, go on with your geeky self!

Shir, what volunteering are you doing? I hope it goes well - your brief description makes it sound like tough work.

Unless there are more suggestions, I'm moving towards Random for the walker. It feels right-er than Velma, and Susan seems not popular (not that she'd care). Any more ideas before I settle?

The Girl is coming home for a week! Hurrah. I'm off to take my walker on the bus for the first time, because my car boot (trunk) will not open, and I don't have time to investigate why. There are libraries to get to and dissertations to write.

Seska, I'm volunteering at the human trafficking prevention coordination unit of the Ministry of Justice (I hope I didn't screw up their name. It's a long one).

psst... Shir is a geek. Pass it on.

And proof that serendipity can be fun. In the randomness of loading up things to watch in my Netflix instant cue, I noticed that right before all the old Doctor Who stuff, is the 1927 silent movie, "Metropolis". [link] At first I thought it was a Doctor Who episode by it's cover. I laughed. (yes, I know, that makes me a geek of sorts too, I'm sure).

omnis ~ Hee. That cover could easily be for a Doctor Who episode. How's the watching of the classic eps going? I haven't revisited those for ages. I've found it hard to get hold of many of them. Watched a lot a few years ago on UK Gold, a 'classics' TV channel, when I had satellite TV.

Making me happy this morning: where is the lid? [link] (Hugh Laurie singing is the best. thing. ever.)

I haven't revisited those for ages. I've found it hard to get hold of many of them.

In preparation for the new Doctor Who series, the ABC showed all surviving Doctor Who adventures. (Well, almost all. I think they skipped Remembrance of the Daleks for some reason.) My brother taped them all. (Or almost all. I'm not sure if he left any gaps.)

Happy Monday, Bitches.

We have our first hurricane of the year, in November. No biggee, just real windy. They say I won't get any rain until Wednesday. Likely a lot messier for Gulf coast peeps. I was over on the Gulf for the weekend celebrating 2 family birthdays.

I drove the big van so that the boys and dog would be more comfy and it was a scary experience. The hurricane isn't close to me, but the wind gusts hit the van like the big sail that it is and it was a bunch of no fun. The worst white knuckle part was going over the high overpass to get on I95. Hate that stuff.

Now if the hurricane had been named ita I would be much more concerned.

Now, to watch Hugh Laurie sing, because always a good plan.

psst... Shir is a geek

That's not geekness. Geekness, sir, is to calculate multiple regression of all of the variables (public land data, wars, agrarian laws, census, etc.).

Which, if I had more time, I might have tried.

ION, hurricanes are scary, IMHO who has never seen one.

Stay in and dry, Laura!

So...I was rudely awkened at 4:55 this morning. The fire alarm was going off in my building. I got up, confused, figured out what was happening, looked out my apartment and saw smoke!!! I put the cat in his carrier, put on shoes and a coat. Grabbed my purse and keys and cat and humped down 5 flights of stairs.

Firemen come. They check stuff out. 30 minutes later, we're let back in the building. Turns out someone was playing with the fire extinguisher. Like shooting it all over the 5th floor. It either set off the alarm or the jokers playing with the extinguisher pulled the alarm.

Seriously?? At 4:55 on a Monday morning?? You have nothing better to do? If I could find those people, I'd do some serious hurt on them.

ChiKat, I didn't know that you lived in a college dorm.