Friday – 24 November 2006
Welcome to Black Friday.

Kind of like Black Adam, but different.

And definitely not the same as the Black Plague… although I’m sure that a convincing argument could be made about how the swarms of monkeys hunting down “the best deals” is similiar to the packs of rats racing around Europa spreading disease. Or, there’s also Greg Dean’s take on it:

I, wanting no part of this particular disease, stayed in bed. And I was happy to do so. Not quite “…visions of sugar plums,” but warm and comfy beats freezing my ass off and wanting to punch monkeys in the face repeatedly. That’s sho’ nuff right! This isn’t to say that I haven’t been out. So far, I stopped at Dr. Volt’s to get my weekly dose of four-color goodness. And they are having a sale: 50% off on back issues. I loaded up on some old (80s) issues of Firestorm. This made me happy. I also swung into REI. Not so bad… of course, it was nearly 2:00, most of the insanity had faded.

Yesterday was a good day. I spent the early part of it trying to erase 170K of debt that I had accrued Wednesday night. I managed to get rid of some of it. After beating on bad guys for a couple of hours, I figured that it was time to get ready for dinner. Knowing that I am a holiday orphan, and invited me to join them – and ‘s family – for dinner. After observing the necessary hygiene rituals, I was up and out. I had a great time. Football, food and jokes at ‘s expense. How can you beat that combination? Post-dinner, I came back home and finished knocking out the rest of that XP debt.

Stray Toasters

  • I like these: Livingstones. I wouldn’t mind having a few dozen.
  • Tribbles! Okay, they aren’t really Tribbles, but they look damned close…
  • Does this look like a giant, human-sized wok to anyone else besides me?
  • Obi-Dave Kenobi and his little sword.
  • Top Ten Girl Geeks, by way of CNet.
  • < gluttony>
    Mmm. Steak burrito from Barbacoa.
    < /gluttony>
  • Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV – Scathing musical look at the phenomenon (do DO do-do-do) of magnetic ribbons that made me laugh loudly. (some NSFW lyrics)
  • The Top 10 Movie Spaceships, according to filmcritic.com.
  • Do you like taking roadtrips? Do you wonder what it is that you should look for while traveling? Take a look at Roadside America maps.
  • I’ve been listening to the soundtrack from Graffiti Bridge. This movie would have to go on the Cool World-Long Kiss Goodnight Scale, but – as is the case with many movies on there – it has a solid soundtrack. Besides, you can’t go wrong with Morris Day and The Time. And Mavis Staples. And Quincy Jones’ young protegè, Tevin Campbell.

And that’s it for now. Tonight: Clitorati.

Namaste.