UPS is my second to least favorite delivery outfit. I'm a USPS person all the way. My least favorite is Golden State Overnight who inevitably fuck up Grace's medical supplies.

Liese, glad you got home safe and sound. Roy's is NOM!

I'm sort of in love with playing the ESP game and have just wasted too much time doing it. [link]

I think UPS' tagline should be "For packages you can't risk FedEx delivering correctly."

It's almost all gang members getting shot in my neighborhood right now, but that's really not that comforting.

You're east of Broadway, right? That part of Uptown has the worst crime.

I think the worst neighborhood I've lived in was South Minneapolis. We had three murders within a block our our house for the three years I lived there... but they were all people killing people they knew, so it didn't scare me that much. But I think I'd be more scared now for some reason.

It was super nom! I'm glad I decided to splurge and go. It was a nice way to relax and enjoy the end of the trip. Plus, it's never wrong to eat macadamia nut encrusted mahi mahi.

I had a good trip. Thanks so much for spending time!

I would love the USPS, but they won't come to me. I tell this to people, and they are always, so...are you general delivery? No, I have NO mail delivery. They're all...rural box? I am rural. I am so rural that there are no rural boxes.

But UPS and Fedex and even DHL will slog it out here to me just fine. So, whatevs.

Finally! Canned Whisky

A Panama-based company believes outdoor drinkers would prefer to crack open a tin rather than lug round a bottle of their favourite tipple.

Now bosses at Scottish Spirits – which retains an office in Glasgow – is testing out the novelty on its Caribbean and South American markets.[...]

Scottish Spirits launched the tins last week, the first time straight whisky has been sold in a can.

Chief executive Manish Panshal said: ‘We are really thrilled with the idea – it’s going to be a part of every lifestyle and occasion.

"...a part of every lifestyle and occasion"? I, um, admire their optimism.

My coworkers are joking about buying me a bottle of scotch for last week.

I SO deserve one, damnit. Even cheap shit.

I love my UPS guy. He's sweet and does yeoman's work. He has even forgiven me for Bartleby scaring the crap out of him a few years ago.

Similarly, my regular USPS guy is the bomb diggity. Such a sweetheart.

But, more than anything, it rocks to live above a local retail establishment that receives deliveries for pretty much everyone in the 'hood. In general, I'm shocked when delivery people actually knock at my door. They just go straight to the store. Which, eh. I don't really care.

Lunchtime Clock Slows Down Time When You're Off Work

Thanks to great in advances in clock technology, I present to you a clock that speeds up 20% every day at 11:00 and slows down 20% every day at 11:48, giving you an extra twelve minutes of lunch to enjoy. Twelve minutes may not seem like a lot but, to put it into perspective, this is a full additional hour of lunchtime gained every week.

Sorry you are joining the thankfully small ranks of buffistas who had murders in front of where they live (um, I think that's just you and me so far.)

Nope! Happened to me in my old neighborhood. Awful, really - a cab driver who got into a fare dispute with a passenger. Said passenger beat the shit out of him and then jumped in the cab and ran him over.

Oh, and my friend just a few weeks ago (she lives more up by shrift). The whole story was basically summed up as "Took the dog out for a walk: no dead guy. Got home from the walk: dead guy." We never did find out what happened there.

Sorry you are joining the thankfully small ranks of buffistas who had murders in front of where they live (um, I think that's just you and me so far.)

Oh yeah - me too. (One of the murders in Mpls was in front of our house. A drive-by shooting - a housemate was home and heard the shots and saw the car drive away.)