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Tuesday : 20 December 05
Decent day, all around.

Work wasn’t bad. We even had a rather random moment: One of my coworkers said “You know what I like…?” My first thought was that he would say “Pie.” I was wrong. When he finished, I told him what had run through my head… and then asked him what kind of pie was his favorite. And then I asked another coworker. And another. We asked everyone on the team. For the record, my favorite is Sweet Potato Pie.

I had to run a few errands after work. Despite the holiday-shopping masses, the experiences were rather painless. Crowded, definitely, but painless. While I was standing in a line, the gentleman behind me remarked at how quickly it had moved and that he had expected to be standing in line “until the cows came home,” direct quote. But, the line moved rather quickly and life went on… cows not included.

After that, it was time to pick up from work and head to the AMF (USPS “Air Mail Facility”) to get a package and a couple of cards in the mail. They’ve been doing construction in and around the airport. That has turned some of the traffic patterns into a complete clusterfuck. But, we made it out alive.

Stray Toasters

• I received a text message from Adam (youngest member of the sibko) this evening: “Beer is tasty!” The boy makes me laugh.
• By way of Slashdot: U.S. Army Testing Personal Cooling Suits
  

  [21:54] : (link to story)
  [21:54] : So… would that have been helpful?
  [21:54] : Very much so
  (She served in the Army – in Somalia – during the time that led up to the events seen in Black Hawk Down)

• Morning Edition – IMDb Turns 15 Years Old
• MusicBrainz
•   One part Jewish children’s toy + one part astromech droid = Droidel
• Thanks to for pointing this and this
• Puck. Hockey or Shakespeare, take your pick.
• This is an interesting idea: One Free Minute : Anonymous Public Speech
• Morning Edition – Barbie: The Doll Girls Love to Torture
• : Shimmel Pianos
• ColorLines – The national newsmagazine on race and politics.
• Review of the comic adaptation of Forgotten Realms – The Legend of Drizzt Vol. II: Exile #1
• : You may want to check out the Ghost Rider website
• All Things Considered – The Tale of a Father, a Son and a Shipwreck
• Joe Casey talks Fantastic Four: First Family
• “Oh, crap. I just remembered something.” –

Quote of the Day
From today’s conversation with :

(14:30:30) : Do we have [item]
(14:30:36) : who is we?
(14:33:56) : The company, I guess.
(14:34:05) : [Coworkers P & D] were asking.
(14:34:28) : that’s what i was after. 🙂
(14:34:34) : we have some.
(14:34:40) : but probably need more.
(14:34:43) : That is very spendy.
(14:36:30) : I’m just the messenger.
(14:37:00) : messenger of death.
(14:37:13) : DUH.

Namaste.