Tuesday
I went to the optometrist for an overdue eye exam and to get my new contact lenses. They had to order ones for my left eye. On the plus side, the doctor said that the change in my prescription since my last exam (two years ago) was very minor.

On to work. Nothing much to report there.

I returned home and edited an essay for . messaged me and asked if I wanted to go out for ice cream. I did. So did Jess. And so, we went. The Baskin-Robbins was full, inside and outside, of junior high and high school aged kids. And, something that I hadn’t seen before (other than on Main Street in the Disney theme parks): People were sitting on the curb, eating ice cream and watching the traffic go past. *boggle* We came back here after the B-R closed and sat around and talked.

Song of the Day

  • I Can See for Miles by The Who
  • Paperback Writer by The Beatles

Stray Toasters

  • From comes The Boy Who Cried Iraq.
  • As some of you may recall, one of my Christmas presents from 2001 was this. I have given it a home atop my monitor at work. I looked at it this afternoon as it was back lit by my office window and the first thing that came to mind was: “What would Sisko do…?” From there, it was a quick Google search for “What would ______ do?” Some of the ones that I tried were: Kirk, Picard, and… Uncle Jesse (at the suggestion of ). It was a little scary.
  • It’s a great big universe and we’re all really puny
    We’re just tiny little specks, about the size of Mickey Rooney…
    And in a related note, a group in Maine has created a scale model of the solar system. The scale is 1 mile : 93 million miles… it’s roughly 40 miles long.

  • : Take a look at this. Note the fourth and fifth items, in particular.
  • Justice League Cards. Based on the cartoon. Like I need another thing to collect…
  • Making ice cream. Nothing new there. Making Ice Cream with Liquid Nitrogen. That’s a little different.
  • In “Another Reason to Be Proud to Live in Utah” news: It seems that Senator Orrin Hatch is investigating a technology that makes it possible to “remotely destroy computers.” You can read more about it here. It even became a fleeting topic of conversation:

    [01:52] http://www.hatchmusic.com/
    [01:52] *boggle*
    [01:57] [Iso9] feindish plan… clever fucker is going to upload his own music and burn the fuckin soundcard right out of your computer.

  • Shot Burglar To Sue. WHAT?!?!?! “Burglar… to… sue.” *shakes head*
  • I had another person ask me what language the word “namaste” comes from and what does it mean. I gave him the rough translation and informed him that it was a Sanskrit word. If you would be interested in finding out more about it, click here.

And with that, I shall call it a night. Maybe.

Namaste.