Thursday
First off: Hullo and welcome to and .
It’s about time you two joined.

It’s been cold and windy. Although, there is an up-side to that: The wind has blown most of the inversion and smog out of the valley. It doesn’t look like a dirty fishbowl around here. For now. But that’s all right, I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. Even if it’s cold.

Today, and I got to play a forty-minute-long game of Airport-Go-Round. was returning from a vacation with her family and needed a lift home. Unfortunately, her plane was delayed. But, we didn’t know that. So, “round and round and round she goes…” After she got in, we collected , took him back to work (he had a project that he needed to complete this evening), and then went to dinner at Cracker Barrel. I haven’t been there in at least two years, since the announcement of their discrimination suit; the suit has since been settled.

I had a long-overdue chat with this afternoon, too. It’s pretty sad that we live about twenty minutes from each other, but I see my family more often than I see him and . Measures will have to be taken to rectify this.

News
Morning Edition: Poker Champ Fights off Heist Attempt
Morning Edition: A Pilgrimage to the Taj Mahal, a ‘Poem in Stone’
Morning Edition: Moody Bluegrass: Rocking Through the Hills
   (And no, , Nights in White Satin isn’t about the Klan.)
Talk of the Nation: ‘Sloth’: A Send Up of the Self-Help Genre
Day to Day: ‘Rappers Delight’ Turns 25
All Things Considered: Civil Rights Commission Set for New Leadership
All Things Considered: Bandleader Artie Shaw Dies at 94
All Things Considered: Brian Eno Albums Remastered for Compact Disc

Technology Resource News: Top Picks – Technology Research Advances of 2004

Stray Toasters

  • My love for Whose Line Is It Anyway is pretty well known. Someone posted a link to this segment on IRC earlier. I don’t think that I have laughed so hard in a long time. (NOTE: I’d recommend having broadband if you’re planning on taking a look at this.)
  • “I suddenly feel all warm and tingly inside. For no apparent reason.”

  • I haven’t drawn today… but I did play DDR with .
    (*shakes fist* at )

  • Happy 2nd Anniversary to one of my favorite webcomics:
  • If you ever had (and loved) a Commodore Vic-20, C-64 or C-128, you will want to read this.
  • As her quote from X-Men: Next Dimension says: “Feel the burn…”


    And speaking of the apparently not-so-late Mrs. Grey-Summers, let’s take a look at her widower. Um… well, if she’s not dead (again), then it would be “her husband,” wouldn’t it? Um… Oh, Hell. Here’s Scott. (This is more than slightly reminiscent of this classic DC cover from 1985.)

  • Perry gave me an idea for designing a GL Power Battery using a plasma lamp. Great (and slightly warped) minds think alike.
  • and/or : Feel free to pick this apart.

Quote of the Day
From tonight’s episode of Futurama:

Alright… It’s Saturday night, I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix tape. Let’s rock. – Fry

Namaste.