Monday (part II)
It wasn’t as bad a day (at work) as I had anticipated. Mercifully. In fact, while talking to Land, I got an idea for another discussion group. The only problem is that it would have to be in two weeks… otherwise, that starts to cut into peoples’ holiday time (and the beginning of our busy season at work). We shall see…

Land, Harmon, Jenny and I got into a conversation that ranged from handgun control (a “hot button” topic for Land) to… let’s call it “cultural sensitivity” (a hot topic for me). It’s nice to be able to discuss topics in an adult manner. Especially when: a) The topic is outside a person’s normal paradigm and/or b) The topic(s) can be discussed without anyone feeling threatened or made to feel “stupid” by others’ opinions. I had to draw upon a couple of conversations that I had with some people that I met in college to make my points, but I think that I stated my views effectively.

NPR/PRI Stories
Umm… I don’t know. I didn’t listen to the radio today. I spent the first half of my shift talking with people and catching up on what happened while Jess and I were gone.

Stray Toasters…

  • It seems as though one of my new favorite shows is under the gun, so to speak: Birds of Prey has (still) not been picked up for a full season; the heads at WB haven’t decided what they are going to do. *sigh* There is a campaign to save the show. If you’re interested, you can sign the online petition. Maybe this is a combination of “first-year jitters” and “maybe this isn’t the best timeslot,” but I don’t think that the show is that bad. In fact, I think that it is a complementary program to Smallville. Hmm… Maybe they should consider airing them back-to-back.
  • While looking at the Digital Concept Gallery (DCG) on the Comics2Film site, someone had posted a “Micro Hero” picture of Hawkeye, from Marvel Comics’ “The Avengers.” Curiosity, being the nearly insatiable beast that it is, I looked up “micro hero” on Google and came up with a more links than I had expected. I decided to check out this one… which led me to this one… which, in turn, led me to this one. A Legion site. And, a fairly comprehensive one, at that. ::: bliss :::
  • The Late Show with David Letterman had their famous (or would it be ‘infamous,’ in this case) “Stupid Human Tricks” segment tonight. I only saw two of the tricks. One was truly… well… “stupid.” The other one was “creative,” to say the least. I have NO idea where they came up with the idea, but it was definitely different. What was it? A guy and a girl who (and I am not making this up) “exchanged underwear without taking off their pants.” Ô_õ What in the Nine Hells?!?! Of course, I had to watch this. And I made Jess watch it, too. In the words of Dr. Rosenblatt, “It’s so bizarre!”

    If you want to see it, click here to go to the Late Show website. After it loads, click on “Big Show Highlight” in the “DaveTV” section. (There should be a picture of two people who look like they are halfway through a jumping-jack.) Watch the RealPlayer video. It’s bi-fucking-zarre. And, I will apologize here to those of you who are on a dial-up connection… but I will also say that it’s worth the load time to see this… this… spectacle.

Quote of the Day: Today’s quote comes from Land. Yes, Land. Owner of the boy-truck (which was effectively castrated during an off-road adventure this summer). Orator of speeches (1, 2)that make congregations squirm in their seats.

“Penis.”

By itself, it may not seem amusing. But when you hear it in context [Land, sitting next to me, looked at me, said “I think that I’m about to have a moment….” and then stood up, looked across our row of terminals at Dee and Harmon, on the opposite row and just…. blurted that out] it was priceless. I wish that I had taken my camcorder to get that moment. All four of us spent the better part of the next 90 seconds laughing.

And now… sleepy-bye time.

Namaste.