Beyond Thursday
No more work this week. My three-day weekend officially started at 20:30.

Work
It wasn’t a bad day – a little site-to-site hopping for the first half of the day; flats for the back half. And, more Goblet book-on-tape. With Harry! Prof. Moody, too! Dumbledore and Hagrid. Ron We-e-easley…. the Professor and Mary-Anne, here on Gilligan’s Isle! Umm…. yeah. *shrug* Couldn’t resist.

NPR/PRI
Talk of the Nation did a segment on Snobbery. While it was somewhat informative, a good portion of it was very tongue-in-cheek. They posed the question “What kind of snob are you” to listeners; I’m still compiling my list.

All Things Considered had a story about an… unusual… fish that was found in a pond in Crofton, MD. It’s called a “northern snakehead,” and is indigenous to China and Korea. The oddest things about it: It can live up to three (3) days out of water and (Are you sitting down?) it can walk short distances on its fins. Holy Tropicana Twisters, Batman!!! I’m sure that this is something that neither God, Mother Nature nor Darwin intended. (God probably did intend it – he might have decided to toss it into the proverbial gene pool to make sure that we were paying attention.) Here’s the teaser for the story:

Lynn talks with biologist Bob Lunsford about his current quest to hunt down a deadly “Franken-fish.” The fish, commonly known as the Northern Snakehead, consumes everything it encounters, including hard-shelled turtles. And it doesn’t stop at the pond. This fish can survive on land for at least three days, hopping and jumping on its pectoral fins.

The Baltimore Sun‘s Sunspot website has an article on it, as well. As my high school Physics teacher, Dr. Rosenblatt, would say: “It’s just so bizarre!”

Miscellany
Jess said that she never received any official notification about the repaving of the driveways/parking lots here. She had a few other choice things to say about that, too. Oddly enough, most of them echoed what I said this morning.

Mallday is tomorrow (translation: “After the sun comes up”). Apparently, since I haven’t been able to make it for Mallday in… in… in… hmm… a long damn time, I get to pick the place. I’m not sure if I want to make it an actual “mall” day or go for something else. Decisions, decisions…

And, will be happy to note that the Bond Picture Show returns to the ABC airwaves this weekend with For Your Eyes Only. I remember seeing this movie when it came out.

Peace.