Friday
Need more be said? I didn’t think so.

I went to the office this morning, checked on a few things. Left the office and headed over to see , and a few others for a bit. There was even an… I’m not sure if “encounter” is the right word, but we’ll use it… with KKKaren. She’s an odd duck.

Came home. Updated my resume. Did a load of dishes. Found my OS X CDs!!! Contemplated giving the Win2K PC a lobotomy – I’ll do it either tonight or tomorrow. Hooked up my bass to the stereo; I haven’t gotten around to hooking up with Jonni to pick up the amp that he’s giving me. But, I can now play my bass! And, the bottom line is: That makes me happy.

Coffee and chat with the regular irregulars; and her husband stopped in for a bit. I am 98.6% positive that we saw a couple of shoplifters. I told a couple of staff members, but they couldn’t do anything about it – basically, they “aren’t allowed” to do anything, if the person gets out of the store. Coffee was followed by dinner and more chat. Bill, and his missus put in an appearance here.

Bill came over after dinner. He asked about the refrigerator just outside of the garage. I told him that the previous owner had left it for scrap, but that I thought that it would make a neat beer fridge… if it worked. After a month here, I still hadn’t plugged the thing in.

So, we moved it into the garage.
We plugged it in…

And the damned thing WORKS!

Who knew?!? Even the light inside came on! The catch on the door is broken and the door wants to remain slightly ajar – that is definitely bad for keeping the inside cold. It is currently being held shut with a bungee cord. Hey, don’t laugh, it works. I think that I might try using magnetic strips to hold it shut; as old as the fridge is, I think that trying to find – let alone replace – the catch mechanism would be something of a lost cause. But, it works!

Stray Toasters

  • I have been hunting, unsuccessfully, for an item that I heard on BBC World Service last night about jumping spiders and the sounds that they make during their mating dance. I think that it would make a great companion to the article that found about the spiders.
  • Even though the coloring is off, the caption below this picture made me laugh.
  • But so did the first two lines of the “Why you should get to know me” portion (bottom of the page) of this personal ad on Nerve.
  • I was looking over an old 991 (U.S.P.S. version of a resume) last night. In it were some comments that one of my supervisors made about my work performance and how I interacted with my fellow employees. She said a lot of nice things. Nothing like an unexpected (or, in this case, “forgotten”) pick-me-up to add a bright spot to your day.
  • : Take a peek at this.
  • Desert. Camo. Pants. *shiver*
  • “Nerves of steel” are one thing, this man has earned the nickname “Iceman.”
  • From Wired News: Sixth Annual U.K. Big Brother Awards
  • Pseudodictionary
  • By way of Backwash: Merlin’s Lists of Five Things

I should probably sleep now.

Namaste.