Thursday
The day started off grey and drab, but the sun managed to fight its way through the clouds by the end of the day.

I think that I instituted a new policy at work: No one is allowed to bring me any bad news on Thursdays. As I was informing my team of this new policy, No Bad News, from the original cast recording of The Wiz was playing in the back of my head. That amused me.

Something else (somewhat) from the work day: Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale made it into the shuffled mp3 mix today. And it reminded me of something that I hadn’t thought about in a long time: When my friends Don and were getting married, they had to go through the usual pre-wedding rigamarole, including deciding on the music for the ceremony. On one such visit to the church, Don was talking to the organist and asked about the kinds of music that he (the organist) liked. At that point, the organist broke into a few measures of A Whiter Shade of Pale. Right there in the choir loft. He stopped, saying that the priest tended to get upset if he played too much of the song.

News
Morning Edition: Health Experts Offer Tips for Grocery Shopping
Morning Edition: Changing Attitudes toward Gay Athletes
Talk of the Nation: A Radical History of the Underground Railroad
All Things Considered: History of the Filibuster

Stray Toasters

  • I played X-Men: Legends last night.
    And by “played” I really mean “got my ass kicked by.”
    But it was fun, nevertheless.

  • It’s almost the weekend.
    Which means that it’s almost time for another Park City excursion.

  • S&M Furniture: Pillory Table
  • : It seems as though a certain Ms. Pryde will have a larger role in the forthcoming X3. More here.
  • “It’s a good thing I’m stupid… Otherwise, I’d be really bitter by now…”

  • Alex Lifeson won’t be going to jail.
  • Bravo Celebrates Super Heroes
  • Relation to the groom: “Can I put ‘Ebony Love Slave’?”
  • Have Post-It® Notes, will travel –
  • “If you’re blue and you don’t know,
    Where to go to, why don’t you go,
    Where fashion sits?”

  • : I think that Mnemovore might be up your alley.
  • By way of Campbell’s Condensed Newspaper: First Look: Superman Returns
    <edit>
       And here is a larger picture, from Superhero Hype.
    </edit>

  • : Marvel Legends (Series 9): Nightcrawler
  • Last night’s experiment – with the picture from The Weather Channel – was a success. The picture does update to reflect the (relatively) current status of the weather.

Namaste.