Saturday
After taking Jess to work, I came home and thought I’d catch a catnap before heading to ‘s to help her set up her wireless connection. I got to “catn…” because someone called me at 9:30. It wasn’t a “tear someone a new hole” offense, as I wasn’t in serious need of the sleep. It was a couple of friends asking if I wanted to catch a movie later; I told them that I would have to see how my day shaped up, but possibly.

A bowl of Total and two episodes of Teen Titans later, I was on my way to Sugarhouse to slay the wireless dragon. The setup was a snap. I then recommended and installed my preferred suite of “If you don’t have these, you need to get/use them” programs: Firefox, AVG and Ad-Aware. Firefox installed with no problems. So did AVG. But, running the scan on AVG took forty-five minutes! It was worth it, though – it found a virus. Ad-Aware installed easily, too… but I didn’t run a scan.

From there, it was on to Sandy to pick up my new contacts. I swung by and said “hullo” to Kate and Perry on the way home. I left as they were heading to a friend’s house. We wound up heading the same way on State Street. We also both wound up in the 2nd positions in our respective lanes at a traffic light. Perry got a stern look on his face and shoved his hand down into his coat like he was reaching for a gun or something. I dove across the front seat… as much as the seatbelt would allow. We all got a good laugh out of it. The people in the van on the other side of me, on the other hand, got a little… worried. After that, they would only look in our direction very tentatively – and very surreptitiously – until the light changed. Which made us laugh even more.

Jess and I went out to dinner with Land and Catherine. There was… a mix-up, I guess… about who our server was. We sat for a few minutes without drinks or without anyone coming to our table. They finally figured it out; when our waitress showed, she was very apologetic but very attentive to our needs.

Bowling was good. My games were less-than-stellar; I bowled six games, with a high game of 176. The other five scores were significantly less impressive. , , , Cody, Patryck and Laurie also came out to bowl. and Brent met us at Cheers for breakfast. Many amusing conversations ensued. (But our lawyers are now telling us that we aren’t allowed to talk about them.)

News
InformationWeek: Penn State Tells 80,000 To Chuck IE

Stray Toasters

  • I finally heard Bing and Bowie’s Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth tonight. At the bowling alley, of all places. I guess that means that it really is the holiday season.
  • Cartoon Network’s Johnny Bravo can be hit or miss. One of the episodes that aired today was “Cookie Crisis,” where Suzy tries to sell Johnny a box of Girl Scout cookies. And, it’s done in the style of Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham. Classic.
  • As a-friend-who-shall-remain-nameless recently learned: “Fo’ shizzle my nizzle” is not a euphamism for “suck my cock.” Although it made me laugh when they told me that’s what they thought it meant.
  • Rurouni Kenshin. *nod*
  • I heard Bruce Springteen and the E Street Band’s rendition of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town this afternoon. I like most of The Boss’ stuff, but I will also admit that he’s not the best singer in the business. However, I really like this song and the way that it’s performed because you can tell that they were having fun when they did it.

Quote of the Day

Me: She has a bigger forehead than I do!
Patryck: That’s not a forehead, that’s a five-head!

Namaste.