I had a dentist appointment, cramps and a bloody nose.

Wow. Have yourself a drink or three tonight, lady. You deserve it.

I'd still like to know how collective names are decided.

Tolkein pretty much invented an entire language for them, and that is how you make collective nouns in his language.

My whole life I've attempted to find out what the rules are about this...nobody knows! Or if they know, they won't tell me!

There was a question about this recently on A Way With Words, and for US geography, there are like eight rules that come into play, depending.

People in Utah are Utahns. Not Utahans. No letters between the H and the N.

I, however, am not a Utahn, I'm a person living in Utah. Sort of like a person living in exile. I may die here, but you can never take my--or something like that. And you can't take the sky from me, either.

There is a Valentine's Day ice cream social going on at work right now. Why? It's the 9th. It's the office. IDGI.

And Valentine's Day is actually on a workday.

I sometimes think there is some rule that office holiday celebrations can never take place on the actual holiday. Maybe the rule was proposed by Murphy and ratified by Maxwell?

well, it would be like living in a beehive.

Yes, but it would be a beehive FULL OF BOOKS. I suffer from Never Enough Shelves disease.

This is an even sadder commentary than the Borg Fencing people living under a rock. A friend once called me because he was laughing about something that no one else in his office got. The office was being moved by Burnam Movers and the large office plants were all together with their tops sticking out of boxes that said Burnam. He kept saying, "It's Birnam Wood," but no laughed.

I am unable to make myself work right now so instead I bring you the following:

For Jess (or possibly Aeryn): [link]

For Gud: [link]

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Suzi!