Thursday – 10 January 2008
Today started with me ignoring – not “sleeping through,” just plain old-fashioned “ignoring” – the alarm this morning. The “failsafe” alarm that I program into my cell phone. The cell phone that I keep in another room so that I have to get out of bed to turn it off. The thoughts running through my head were,”It will shut off for a few minutes…” each time it sounded. Besides, the bed was warm and comfortable.

Work was good. Nothing too terrible occurred… after all, it was a Thursday. On an only nominally related note: The Minimates Wolverine that I got yesterday is about to duke it out with my Stikfas ninjas, atop one of my test systems.

After work, I ran a couple of errands and then went to visit Kate, Perry and the kids. As I was driving, called and asked if I had eaten dinner. I hadn’t, but told her of my plans. We compromised: She went and hung out with us; then she and I had dinner afterwards. We went to the newly-remodeled TGI Fridays in Sandy. The internal makeover was nice. A little less “Applebees,” a little more… Bennigan’s I guess would be the best approximation. (But, not as green.) Dinner and conversation with good company are always a good way to cap off the day.

Stray Toasters

  • I believe that it is starting to snow. Again.
  • Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES
  • While I don’t agree with all of their choices: The Webby Awards’ 12 Most Influential Online Videos of All Time.
  • Starship Troopers was an excellent book.
    The movie was definitely “check your brain at the door” fare, but it had some amusing dialogue:

    [Ace is having difficulty with throwing knives]
    Ace Levy: Sir, I don’t understand. What goods’ a knife in a nuke fight? All you have to do is press a button, sir.
    Career Sergeant Zim: Put your hand on that wall trooper. PUT YOUR HAND ON THAT WALL!
    [Zim throws a knife and hits Ace’s hand pinning it to the wall]
    Career Sergeant Zim: The enemy can not press a button… if you have disabled his hand. Medic!

  • I had an… unusual… random song get stuck in my head, out of the blue: Toni Basil’s Mickey
  • The Manzilian.
  • I still hurt from Tuesday’s workout.

Quote of the Day
From yesterday’s lunch: To conserve space and maximize the utility of serving plates, two or more orders of sushi are often put on the same plate. This was the case with rolls brought out for Laurie and Kent. Trying to determine what belonged to whom, the following came up:

Laurie: (to Kent, pointing at various rolls): This is me… so this must be you.
Casen: Sounds like my wedding night.

Hilarity ensued.

And with that…

Namaste.