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Tuesday
I got to bed far later than I had planned. And when I did get to bed, Lightning decided that I needed a bath. Cat style. I think that he licked my nose, cheek and forehead for almost five minutes. It made me laugh. When he finished, he settled in behind my knees,where Presto was sleeping, and the two of them began… wriggling around – it wasn’t quite their usual wrestling match. But it was distracting.

The day, on the whole, wasn’t bad. I’ve also discovered that taking walks around the office park (one around lunchtime and another around 3:00 or 4:00) helps to break up the day nicely.

I came home and watched World Series of Poker on ESPN… and then a different episode on ESPN2. And, as if that wasn’t enough card-playing, Jess and I played online poker with a few friends.

NPR and Other News
Talk of the Nation: The Inner Life of Airports
Talk of the Nation: Remembering the Moon Landing
All Things Considered: Texas Mental Health Plan Could Omit Thousands
All Things Considered: GAO: Hospital Reviews Miss Most Errors
(See also: GAO: Reports and Testimony Report Abstract)
All Things Considered: A Woman Who Dreamed of a Moonwalk
(See also: ‘The Mercury 13’: Training U.S. Women for Space)
All Things Considered: Candidates on the Issues: The Patriot Act

sent me a link to this post from earlier. I was a bit taken aback. When I think of “the draft,” I prefer to think in terms of “football season” or even “basketball season.” I have three sibs who are 26-and-under. Granted, Adam is in ROTC, so I’ll pull him out of this equation; this still puts both of my sisters potentially in jeopardy. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t be able to defend our borders or to maintain security in our installations around the world, but I am not thrilled by this turn of events.

Here are some other pages that we (and a couple of other people) looked at:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2004/07-26-2004/insider/draft.htm
http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html
http://www.sss.gov/FSwomen.htm
http://www.sss.gov/FSconsobj.htm

Even after checking out and ‘s comments to the original post, I think that it will be interesting to see how this plays out…

::: gets down from soapbox :::

Stray Toasters

• J. J. Abrams, the man who gave Alias and Sydney Bristow to our Sunday nights, may be the new director for Mission: Impossible 3
• All my base are belong to online poker.
• “You pour thing, if you don’t see the point of spelling correctly”
• I said, “Doctor (Doctor . . .)
  Mr. M.D. (Doctor . . .)
  Now can you tell me
  What’s ailin’ me?” (Doctor . . .)

• Can you say “Robbers go ‘All in!’” boys and girls?
• I was going hrough some old files and found my results for this quiz from the BBC. According to the quiz, I am an “Interpersonal Thinker.” You can see all of the possible results here.
• From Pravda: TIps for women to cope with booze
  Ah, Russia…

• By way of Backwash: Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher
• The Hidden Song Archive: “A comprehensive listing of hidden and unlisted tracks from albums by all types of artists.”
• Slashdot poll: Do you sneeze when exposed to bright light?
  (Now we know the real reason that you are not supposed to expose Mogwai to bright lights!)

Time to wander the lands on the other side of the gates of The Dreaming.

Namaste.