Friday
Today was a good day. It started off with Outkast’s The Way You Move. It’s hard not to start out on a good foot with that in the background. And, it was Friday. In fact, not even the losing 4 hours’ worth of work due to a system lockup killed the mood. It was that good of a day. To wrap up it up, we got together with the usual suspects and (and his nephew) for coffee, chat, people-watching and the putting of pencil to paper.

As an added bonus, I called Bret this afternoon and we talked for thirty minutes or so. Things seem to be well in his corner of the cosmos. It was good to catch up with him. I need to make a few more calls to other friends with whom I haven’t spoken in a while.

Stray Toasters

  • A hearty “Welcome back” to the long-silent .
  • “You can rent clothes there!?!”
    (Yes, this still amazes me.)

  • I just started Winamp. I’m shuffling through the playlist and these songs came up, back-to-back: Berlin’s Take My Breath Away and an a cappella version of Every Breath You Take. (I’d make a joke about Synchronicity, but that would be bad.)
  • Congrats to Maddox for getting a nod on the Phil Hendrie Show.
  • Ob La Di, Ob La Da
  • Drowning Pool -best known for the song Bodies– is back, with a new lead singer. “Let the bodies hit the floor,” indeed. (Story here)
  • By way of , I give you this
  • On the way home from work, I saw a few planes lining up in their approach pattern. There’s something… “fun”… in watching planes taking off and landing. It appeals to my inner kid; I remember watching planes take off from the observation gallery at BWI, many rains ago. And, there’s the fact that I like watching trains, too. And they don’t even take off or land.
  • They bear the cross of Coeur de Leon
    Salvation for the mirror blind

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  • I don’t know if anyone else will remember The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, but if you do, check out Beta Mountain. Oh, what the Hell… even if you don’t remember it, take a look.
  • In case you hadn’t heard: As of 09 April 04, Gateway will be closing their Gateway Country retail outlets. If you’re looking for a new laptop, now might be the time to wander in to the store nearest you; they are having a clearance sale.

Poll of the Day

Namaste.