Wednesday
Ugh. The early part of the day was long. Very long. It might have had something to do with the fact that I woke up around 5:30 feeling rather ill. I wasn’t awake long, but it was enough to make the rest of the sleep that I got a bit fitful.

As such, the first part of the workday dragged. I also had a bit of a time getting/staying focused on things. *sigh* Oh, well.

The post-work part of the day was good. As I was leaving, I saw what appeared to be a LARP group in the parking lot. Interesting. I don’t recall having seen them previously. Picked up Jess and then it was off to Kate and Perry’s. Perry’s play room is verra cool. It outpenises the HCC in terms of movie- and comic-related figures, maquettes, etc, but I edge him out in tech. And he’s a bit of an RPG’er, too. *nod* I knew that I liked him for a reason.

NPR and Other News
Talk of the Nation: States and Slot Machines
Talk of the Nation: New Freshman Requirement: The iPod
Talk of the Nation: Author Molly Ivins, ‘Political Animals I Have Known’
All Things Considered: What Comes First: Speech or Thought?
All Things Considered: On the Beat in Lowell, MA: Lessons from Two Decades of Policing a Small Town
All Things Considered: More Turn to Hobby of Making Flint Points
All Things Considered: Golfer Returns from Playing Across Mongolia

Stray Toasters

  • Ginger snaps + milk = Tasty snack.
  • By way of Slashdot: FAA Approves Sport Pilot License
  • Jess’ comment to a post that someone made:

    You know, I served in the Army for this country, and I was sent to Somalia. I fought for both this country and another. I’d be more than willing to serve again if needed and I was very tempted to drop everything and rejoin after 9/11.

    If you hate it here so much, please, feel “free” to move. Maybe if more people served their country they’d appreciate it a bit more.

    I was screened or filtered from seeing the original post… for reasons that I have yet to ascertain. Oh well.

  • As Bill Cosby said: “The beatings will now commence…”
  • g0t webcomics? Comic Alert does, too. Lots of them. Find RSS feeds of your favorites in one, convenient place. Thanks to for the heads-up on this one.
  • I came across the following while skimming through the Comics2Film site this afternoon. It made me happy. Very happy, indeed:

    “Heard anything good about ‘Catwoman’ recently in the media? Well, there’s a reason for that. You see, after nearly a year of solid bad buzz that has plagued the production like a cancer, it turns out every last instance of ill will was justified…This movie is simply appalling.”

  • : I found something on the NPR site that might interest you: Explaining Celiac Disease, a Little-Known Food Allergy
  • The Dollar Dance
    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?! I wonder if this is “legal” behind the Zion Curtain…?

  • It’s nice to go through your comics and find issues that you bought at a store’s closing sale… but haven’t read yet. It’s like Christmas in July!
  • This and this are variant covers for Issue #2 of Devil’s Due Publishing’s Megacity 909.

Time to find a distraction for the next little while before bedtime.

Namaste.