Wednesday
Mid-week. And today was better (by FAR) than yesterday. I didn’t get quite as much accomplished as I’d hoped, but there is always tomorrow.

I came home and discovered yet another reason why I have the coolest girlfriend in the world. Knowing the kind of day that I had yesterday, she wanted to make sure that I had a better day today. This included a surprise waiting for me when I got home from work. There was a bag in the living room, near the front door. In the bag:

  • A Lego® train set (picture)
  • Wolverine: Adamantium Rage for my XBox
  • A paddle-ball/marble/bubble set
  • A DVD rack to hold my XBox games

I was floored. And, it definitely made me smile.

After a refreshing shower (I spent most of the day in the warehouse and schlepping packages to FedEx and the Post Office) and a bite to eat, it was off to Wednesday night coffee. It was a nice evening, so we sat on the patio. We drank coffee and tea. We talked. We watched the moon and Mars rise.

In all, today was an excellent counterpoint to yesterday.

Song of the Day
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash or Jimmy Cliff

Stray Toasters

  • My dad called a little while ago. He made it back from Oklahoma… although not through the itinerary that I had set up for him; he had to make a last minute change in one of the segments in his route. But, he’s home.
  • Kudos to and for sussing out the origin of last night’s quote/paraphrase.
  • I’m still curious: What does your Personal Heaven look like… and who’s going to be there?
  • “Young Lady.”
  • Doug, our favorite FedEx clerk, is a definite keeper.
  • “Ask for your own long handle…”
  • Australian researchers have found that creatine not only enhances athletic performance, but it can boost intelligence and memory. But… one of the side effects is “an unpleasant body odor.” Read more about it here.
  • There’s nothing like having your coffee cup lid decide that it doesn’t want to be attached to the cup. Right after you take a sip of mocha latte. While wearing a white shirt. Thank Heaven for Spray and Wash Stain Stick! I wasn’t able to really appreciate how funny it looked until I got home and looked in the mirror. It was at this point that I came up with what would have been a great off-the-cuff retort to anyone who asked what had happened:

    Person: What did you spill on your shirt?
    Me: Nothing. I’m lactating.
    Person: But… that’s brown.
    Me: Yep. Chocolate milk.

  • An aquarium case mod for a PC? Yes. You read that correctly. “Aquarium. Case. Mod.” Details here… kind of. (They are in Danish… with a conclusion in English.)
  • One of our topics of discussion over coffee this evening was: Comic book movies. (Aww yeah! Right up my alley!) The big question was: For iconic characters, should they have to tell an origin story? My take: Yes. Even if they don’t go in-depth with it. A minor recap, even done as quick flashes, is good; it helps to show what made a character wake up one day and decide to put on a cape, tights/armor and maybe a mask.
  • Homemade Voodoo Kit! *cracks up*
  • In what might be a partial admission of guilt, Microsoft blames third-party code/software for half of all Windows crashes. Just half. So… are they owning the blame for the other half?

Quote of the Day
: For a photographer, he isn’t very observant.

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Namaste.