Monday
After the moving experience, waking up for work wasn’t a “big fun” thing. Add to that: Sissy deciding that 5:45 AM was a good time to start batting at the blinds. When the alarm went off, it wasn’t easy to get in gear.

Before heading to work, we picked up Jess’ nephew, Connor; Jess and he spent the day together. He also helped her find our new refrigerator, which will be delivered on Wednesday! (Thank you, Sears Grand!) They picked me up after work and we met Jenny (Jess’ sister) for dinner. We came back here and hung out for a while.

There was no gaming tonight, so I got in touch with . Jess and I headed over to pick up the Apple G3 that she was giving me. We called because there were a few things that wanted to give her, too. Good thing that we did… we needed her truck to haul all of the shwag home! Among other things, we came home with:

  • G3, 17″ monitor and software (for me)
  • A computer desk (for Jess)
  • A bike (Jess)
  • A file cabinet and folders (me)
  • A wicker hamper (uh… both of us)
  • Assorted stuff!

Quite the haul. Thanks, luv! We’ll do our best to give ’em a good home.

NPR and Other News
All Things Considered: ‘Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan’
All Things Considered: Court Warns Police on Miranda Procedure
Fresh Air: Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach (Friday)
Fresh Air: Cabaret Singer Bobby Short

Stray Toasters

  • Catching up on four days’ worth of webcomic goodness…
  • The Rush concert is Wednesday. The 30th Anniversary tour. I want to go.
  • I’ll be happy (umm…”happier”) when the fridge gets here.
  • Slashdot Poll: Most Likely to Take Over the World?
  • KiteCam As described by Slashdot:

    Build Your Own KiteCam
    from the sacrifices-necessary-in-the-cause-of-Science dept.
    wally writes “Paul Mutton successfully managed to kill an expensive digital camera taking aerial photos using a kite, parcel tape and some bubble wrap. The geek explains the ups and downs (excuse the pun) of his attempt to take some aerial photographs with a friend using a Casio EX-Z3 digital camera attached to a kite in good ol’ Blue Peter style bubble wrap and parcel tape. Paul did however manage to take 2 or 3 pretty photos of Kent University before his precious camera speed to the ground at a speed with enough force to render it quite unusable. Out of bits left intact was the flash card and a 30 second clip leading up to the crash. Remember children: Don’t try this at home!”

  • Gatorade Frost Alpine Freeze
    (or as I tend to call it “Smurf Pee!”)

  • Also by way of Slashdot: Retro Gaming Gets Hot
    Well… DUH! This isn’t news. Take a look at my recent foray into playing Donkey Kong and Joust.

  • Fan reactions to previews of Constantine have been favorable. I may… may… have to give it a shot. Especially since there’s no way in Hell I’m seeing the Halle Berry debacle.
  • Steve Buscemi… as The Joker? That would be very interesting, indeed.
  • The Justice League Unlimited premiere has been moved forward to Saturday, 31 July 04 at 8:30 PM. As a lead-in, Starcrossed, the last episode of Justice League will air on Saturday, 24 July 04 at 7:30 PM.

I’m beat. Time for bed.

Pax.
Namaste.