Yeah, well, I can tell there might be some helmet-flinging with this job. They took the job with a planned 800 ft. per day. They're not making 200 ft., and I've no doubt negotiations will soon be underway to adjust their fee accordingly.

Ah well. Water is good.

Water is definitely a plus.

The bedrock was probably why the original city planners went with garden hoses and pixie sticks. Then buried the original assay way in the back of the planning office (in a box marked "Beware of the Leopard.")

Woe, the lettuce in my Jar of Salad froze (I think because I left it in the work fridge overnight, although I'd better check the jars in my fridge when I get home) and I forgot to bring my paperback. I am not winning at lunch today.

Am not listening to construction though,so that's nice.

I just had a plumber over to discuss ripping out a bunch of pipes and maybe walls and who knows what so we can have good clear water.

Timelies all!

Busy day today. We changed hotels, went to the Victoria and Albert Museum, walked around Hyde Park a bit, hit Forbidden Planet, had dinner and just got back to our hotel. Unfortunately, I seem to be battling a bit of con crud.

Tomorrow we go to Bletchley Park.

The librarian on phone duty right now is fielding a call from a patron who wants to know about the nutritional value of manna. Ah, public library life.

Does Whole Foods carry manna now?

According to the wikipedia entry, if you eat only manna, you do not defecate. "As a natural food substance, manna would produce waste products; but in classical rabbinical literature, as a supernatural substance, it was held that manna produced no waste, resulting in no defecation among the Israelites until several decades later, when the manna had ceased to fall.[35] Modern medical science suggests the lack of defecation over such a long period of time would cause severe bowel problems, especially when other food later began to be consumed again. Classical rabbinical writers say that the Israelites complained about the lack of defecation, and were concerned about potential bowel problems.[35]"

According to the wikipedia entry, if you eat only manna, you do not defecate.

When I was in the freak-ass church, we actually had conversations (not about manna and pooping) about whether or not, in heaven, our bodies (which were supposed to be "glorified," which I suppose is super-duper perfect) would need to eat. And then we thought, well, what if you really LIKE to eat? Surely heaven would have an endless crab-leg buffet, right? And then we wondered about pooping in heaven. If you eat endless crab legs, you'd need to poop, right? And one guy said, totally seriously, that he likes to poop, so he hopes he gets to poop in heaven.

(The FAC wasn't all bad; sometimes we have conversations like these, and it was all worth it.)

GUYS WHY DID I EVER LEAVE THAT CHURCH.