Friday (coda)
Work was a little busier than I was expecting. I was going to try and leave around 16:00… but couldn’t, because mail volumes were too high. So I figured that I’d hold my lunch for a bit and see if they would offer early dismissals shortly thereafter. So, I waited. 16:30. And waited. 17:00. And waited. 17:30. And waited. 18:00. At this point, I contractually had to take a lunch. So I did. Two minutes before my lunch was over, they made the call and let us go. Two minutes!!!

::: braincramp :::

So, I clocked in from lunch and clocked out for the day. Went on an excursion to Ye Olde Shoppe of Comics. It’s amazing just how much stuff will accumulate in your reserve box after two months.

Came home for a bit. Didn’t do too much (translation: “I didn’t do a damned thing.”) A little after midnight, when Jess got off work, we went to breakfast at the not-so-local-but-semi-regular Village Inn with and Kristen. And then (now) back home “…jiggety-jig.”

NPR/PRI Stories
The World
Talk of the Nation – Science Friday
All Things Considered

: Check out TotN-SF. They had medical stories that might interest you. Also listen to the “Medical Tourism in Thailand” story from The World, too.

Stray Toasters:

  • Former President (and person who also says “nucular”) was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
  • I learned, this morning, that I still remember 99.96% of the lyrics to The Eye of the Tiger. Yes, that one. By Survivor. From Rocky III. How did I discover it? It was playing on the radio when I was on the way back from the gym… and I was singing along. *sigh*
  • That Eye of the Tiger thought also reminded me of the Saturday Night Live sketch “Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood,” in which Eddie Murphy was playing drums and singing that song… when one of his neighbors yells and tells him to stop playing and be quiet. He doesn’t. Then, Mr. T bursts in, grabs Mr. Robinson (Murphy) by the neck, looks at the camera and says,”The new ‘Word of the Day,’ boys and girls, is pain!”

Quotes of the Day:

  • Steve: That’s an unusual place for a zit!

    …and, after a rather extended quote-free hiatus:

  • Dee: People always use me to adjust their crotch.

    • And now, off to The Dreaming.

    Peace.