I am totally kiss jealous now.

One thing I miss in this job is vendor interaction. I think I've been insanely lucky in my career to work with tons and tons of vendors, and most interactions have been positive and fun. But we're not buying any software these days, so no vendors.

But we just had one stop by, and I love other people's applications.

Just booked the rental car for my brother's wedding in FL next month. Got it through Priceline (my first time using them), and I probably bid too high ($20/day for a standard car). Still, for four days and including taxes and fees, I'm only paying $112.

That's a great price, Kathy.

I am totally kiss jealous now.

The little "bring it" hand wave? Dear lord.

However, I'm not sure about FF2.

Oh god. Galactus, oh no no no no. SO BAD.

Although, Chris Evans. And Julian McMahon is so pretty, I was totally in Victor von Doom's corner. And Laurence Fishburne does the voice of Silver Surfer, so that's nice.

I'm sayin'!! Every little gesture he makes is just 100% adorbs.

And then he says "Hey girl" and I want to die. [link]

Wow. Someone put a huge archive of articles from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society on The Pirate Bay.

The portion of the collection included in this archive, ones published prior to 1923 and therefore obviously in the public domain, total some 18,592 papers and 33 gigabytes of data.

The documents are part of the shared heritage of all mankind, and are rightfully in the public domain, but they are not available freely. Instead the articles are available at $19 each--for one month's viewing, by one person, on one computer. It's a steal. From you.

His full explanation is reprinted here: [link]

Presented without comment: Twinkie Tiramisu [link]

Twinkie Tiramisu

I liked the idea better when I thought it said "Twink Tiramisu". I need a break. Gone now.

DAmnit, my pool is closed until tomorrow. So IN THIS HEAT, I have to drive up to the other one. Rhhng,