A good sign for the day: I missed my regular 8:10 bus, and was afraid they had actually eliminated the 8:20, since usually I end up waiting until 8:30, but no! Today it came!

I love pneumatic tubes.

I also know an infectious diseases guy who's been working with Ebola patients at Emory/CDC (flea knows him too), and he was the go-to sensible person on the news during the first wave of "ZOMG THEY'RE LETTING THE PLAGUE-CARRIERS INTO THE COUNTRY"; it was both awesome and strange to keep seeing "next on CNN, we have Dr. V in the studio talking about how you're not actually all going to die, at least not today and from this..." and of course now I'm wondering if it's the same dude.

There's an app for that, Jesse... seriously. It will tell you where the bus is, approximately. Wonders of modern technology and all that.

Connie, suggestion for the reward of faux-son: make him a scarf or other male-appropriate garment with the yarn you buy. Something that will give him the literal warm fuzzies, because he deserves them.

I love pneumatic tubes. I wish I could put myself in the tube to go over to the hospital, instead of walking through a tunnel. Also, when my mom worked at a department store in the late 50's they didn't have cash registers. They wrote up your sale and sent it through pneumatic tubes to the cash office, who recorded the sale and gave change!

I need to hire a student assistant who does not have a goldfish memory. But they all do. I am just so sick of reminding them to pick up the mail. Why can't they remember? I think maybe one student in 12 years remembered consistently. They also have trouble checking their own box for work I have put there!

Weird ass (and sad) news of the day. A woman was killed yesterday in the South Loop by a stone gargoyle falling from a church.

of course now I'm wondering if it's the same dude.

My author? Is a lady, so doubtful. But I wouldn't be surprised if they work together.

The editorial was REALLY interesting, talking about things like (and I'm paraphrasing), "Look, in these African countries, doctors are working in areas that DON'T HAVE RUNNING WATER. They have dirt floors. They've run out of gloves, for Christ's sake. There is a pervasive culture that literally doesn't understand germ theory, so even if family members had the supplies to protect themselves when caring for a loved one with Ebola, they don't have a frame of reference for how transmission occurs. THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN AMERICA."

A woman was killed yesterday in the South Loop by a stone gargoyle falling from a church.

That really is sad, don't get me wrong, but...did anyone else just flash to "A Fish Called Wanda"?

My author? Is a lady, so doubtful. But I wouldn't be surprised if they work together.

I expect they do. Pretty amazing team they have down there.

did anyone else just flash to "A Fish Called Wanda"?

Oh, yes.

Of course a couple of my coworkers are headed to Liberia...

There's an app for that, Jesse... seriously. It will tell you where the bus is, approximately. Wonders of modern technology and all that.

It doesn't so much work at the first stop of the route, is the problem.

Taken out by a gargoyle?!

I worked at an office in Boston in the 80s that still used pneumatic tubes for delivering memos. **FWOOMP** **clatter** and there would be the cannister in your in-basket.

The cylinders had little number indicators so you could direct it to its next place. I guess it went down to the basement and then they put it into the proper tube going back.