Tuesday : 23 August 05
The day was a good one. Of course, any day that starts with almost-free mocha goodness can’t be all bad.

There was work. Then the gym at lunchtime. I saw Cecilie – whom I helped move up here a couple of weeks ago. It was her first time to that Gold’s, so she was getting her bearings. Then, it was back to work.

After the workday grind was over, I came home, changed and headed to ‘s to figure out why her sound card wasn’t working. A few minutes later, the problem had been corrected and there was rejoicing. I came back home for dinner and relaxing.

The Action-Packed Adventures of Bolty: Novice Superhero at Large
After dinner, I thought that I’d save my little corner of the world. I’m getting closer to Security Level 14… but, I also seem to be a “trouble magnet.” I was running to a zone entrance when a couple of Clockwork decided to test my mettle. I obliged them. One dropped without too much ado. Then the other one dropped me. *sigh* Add a few hundred more points to my XP debt total. (Monkey-squeezin’, shit-assed son of an alarm clock!) Fortunately, I had an “Awaken” on me, which I hastily used… and sent his rusty ass to the scrap heap. I took on another mission – and didn’t die – before deciding that I’d had enough patrolling.

Stray Toasters

  • I just realized, when I started writing this post, that I’ve been writing “22 Aug 05” on things today. I didn’t put it on anything of major significance, fortunately, but I find it amusing.
  • By way of : George Bush’ speechwriter
  • he finds a streetlight
    and he steps out of the shade
    and says something like
    “you and me, babe, how about it?”
       “Romeo and Juliet”
    Mark Knopfler wrote it – the song, that is; I know that Mr. Shakespeare wrote the play – but I like The Indigo Girls’ version a bit more. To me, it’s rare that a cover can outshine the original of a song, but this time… it did. I think the same way about Since I Fell for You: Lenny Welch crooned it and it was good…. but Al Jarreau gave it soul and made it fly.

  • Reason #46935 of “Why Makes Me Laugh” – We were chatting on IRC when he posted a link to this story and then followed it up with this:

    [19:58] : the best part “School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies, but…”

  • I finally got the LEGO® Dacta Set – the one that Kate and Perry bought me a few months ago – to work. Apparently, the battery terminals on the power unit had some residual corrosion… which kept current from flowing through the unit. Armed with a little Coca-Cola and a steel wool pad, I got it working. And then I took the set to work – for those days when I need a decent distraction.
  • For :

    Wo, I chumba run,
    Wo, I chumba run,
    Wo, I chumba run,
    Ne hamma, Ne hamma, Ne hamma chi chen.

  • By way of Real Tech News: Warning! Don’t update your PSP to 2.0!
  • This I Believe – “A Balance Between Nature and Nurture” by Gloria Steinem
  • Would this be The Night-Bunny Before Christmas? –
  • “Bluetooth Cave Paintings”

Namaste.