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Tuesday
I know that going to bed around 2:00 AM isn’t good. Especially when I have to get up at 6:00 to get ready for work. But, when I sleep fitfully and wake up (at least) three times during that period, it is far from a good thing. And the kicker: The last time I woke up was five minutes before the alarm went off. I think that I just stared at the clock in disbelief.

Fortunately, the rest of the day wasn’t bad. And, I’m still enjoying the benefits of getting off work with a good amount of daylight left.

I came home, followed shortly by . We sat in the living room and chatted for a few minutes… and I then proceeded to effectively pass out for an hour. (Did I mention that I was tired?) I think – at least I hope – that I was done with our conversation before oblivion engulfed me. Later, invited me over to watch – and possibly play – Necromunda. Thanks to the lack of sleep, I wasn’t quite coherent enough to participate. So, I watched Chris, John and Nox play. Maybe another time, I’ll try my hand at it.

News
Morning Edition: Artifacts’ Fate Contested at Noted Space Museum
Morning Edition: Bush Education Cuts Jeopardize GED Programs
Talk of the Nation: Is Bill Cosby Right or Is the Black Middle Class Out of Touch?
Talk of the Nation: Utah Is First State to Abandon ‘No Child Left Behind’
All Things Considered: Polygamists on Utah-Arizona Border Under Scrutiny
All Things Considered: A Generation of Mixed Race Youth Speaks Out

Boston.com: Good news, bad news: Credit card minimum payments doubling

Stray Toasters

• I have Twizzlers upstairs…
  But I’m too lazy to go get them.

• By way of boingboing.net: Even Stormtroopers must pee.
• Thanks (I think) to for the link to the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum
• The art of Svetlana Chmakova
• I don’t know exactly what to make of this, but sent it to me. It made me chuckle.
• : Karate Kid (v5)
• Lego® Version of Star Wars Line Nerds
• Thanks to for the link to shaneglines.net: The Art of Shane Glines
• Who can take a rainbow, wrap it in a sigh…
  Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie?
  (A bit of trivia: The Candy Man was co-written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. The duo, along with John Barry, also co-wrote Goldfinger – made famous by Shirley Bassey – from the James Bond movie of the same name.)

• I tried to use this in a reply to a comment to , but she couldn’t open it. I loaded it, just to be sure that it hadn’t been moved from its server. It hadn’t. So, I watched it. It made me feel GREEEAT!
• Taiwan’s toilet bowl-themed restaurant
• Check these out. They’re… odd. (That’s an understatement.) And not all of them are work-safe.
• I beat back the laziness just enough to go get the Twizzlers.
• I… missed…. the release… of Living Colour’s Collideoscope?!
• : Catwoman
• : All-Star Batman and Robin

Namaste.