Thursday
Four days down, one to go. Maybe one-and-a-quarter… but, we’ll see.

Song of the Day

  • Black Cat by Janet Jackson, from “Rhythm Nation”
  • Cat People (Putting Out the Fire) by David Bowie, from the Cat People Soundtrack
  • The Siamese Cat Song from Disney’s The Aristocats as covered by Bobby McFerrin on the “Simply Mad About the Mouse” CD.

NPR and PRI Stories

Stray Toasters

  • I can’t find my copy of The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes. I’m not too worried about it. Yet. I think that I loaned it to a friend a short while ago; I’ll find out tomorrow. If not, I’m not above buying a new copy tomorrow night. And, if all else fails, Smoke and Mirrors will still get signed.
  • I managed to catch tonight’s CSI. There was a scene where two of the investigators (aside from Grissom, I’m still not familiar with who’s who) were examining an insect colony on a tree. They did a CGI sequence with a cicada walking up the tree’s trunk and molting it’s exoskeleton. Pretty well done… even if it wouldn’t have happened that quickly in real time.
  • For : Big huge openings and manual trannys
  • It looks like DC Comics is bringing back Firestorm. According to this interview, it looks like the new series might make for an interesting (and fun) read.
  • This is a new condo complex downtown that is now leasing. Not too bad looking.
  • Wolverine’s Revenge This is a “will buy.”
  • Someone posted a URL for this on IRC earlier. It’s a flash version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It’s irreverent, crude, and rather funny. “Nothing can prepare you for the end of Angel Heart….” this version of Hamlet.

I’m tired. Time to remove the secondary optical enhancers, perform the pre-repose hygiene rituals and then render myself inert for the next 6 or so hours.

Namaste.