Monday
Recipe for a Monday:

1 part apathy
1 part irritation
1 part restlessness

Mix ingredients thoroughly.
Serve cold.

Fortunately, tonight was poker night. That provided a bright light at the end of the tunnel. And the night lived up to the anticipation. , , , and came over; I didn’t get in touch with in time to let him know that we had a green light for tonight’s game.

The twins apparently wanted to play, too. But they couldn’t quite master the concept of betting – and they wanted to eat other peoples’ food – so they were sent to one of the bedrooms for a bit.

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All Things Considered: Lawsuit over Servers’ Tips and Credit Cards

Stray Toasters

  • Wasatch Pizza makes a pretty nice pie.
  • sent me a link about Jesus in India. Interesting concept. I won’t say that it couldn’t have happened – I wasn’t around to prove or disprove its validity. But, like parts of the dominant local religion, it’s not my paradigm.
  • My wrist is feeling almost back to normal.
  • “Just think of it as an electronic boob job” –
  • Justice League Unlimited has a new homepage. The character bios even include a new look for Green Lantern. Yep, I think that we have a candidate for this year’s Hallowe’en costume…
  • : Click here.

Time to hit the rack.

Namaste.