Thursday
Where to start? Where to start?

Well, let’s get this of the way right off the bat: As of 20:30 MST on Friday, 06 December 2002, I will no longer be employed by the United States Postal Service. After 8-and-a-half years, I’m calling it quits. (Well, actually, I called it quits last night before I left, but Friday is my last day.)

The new job opportunity has been looming for a few weeks, but it came into full view and got very in-my-face on Tuesday night. So, I made the obligatory calls to parental units for input; both of them were supportive. And, so…. I’m taking the plunge. I’m a little scared, but really looking forward to this.

Okay, that’s it for the “big news.” Back to your regularly scheduled LJ entry.

NPR/PRI Stories
Yes, after a brief hiatus, the public radio story links are back! They MAY be on hiatus for a while, as I transition into the new job next week, but we will cross that bridge when we get to it. For now, however, on with the show!
Talk of the Nation had a few interesting topics today: Profile of Saddam Hussein, “Weapons of Mass Destruction” (they also go into the history of the term, which is FAR older than I had thought), Charities and Charitable Donations, and

Fresh Air had interviews with Ayesha Imam (a Nigerian human rights activist), Steve Buscemi and a piece about the band The Lovin’ Spoonful.

All Things Considered had stories about: East Coast Blizzard Aftermath, South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond at 100 Years Old, New Information in the Boston Archdiocese Sex Scandal, and Exiled Afghan Art Exhibit in Houston

Song of the Day
Today’s songs come courtesy of the Fresh Air segment on The Lovin’ Spoonful (different link). They are: Daydream, Do You Believe in Magic? and Summer in the City.

Stray Toasters

  • Apparently, Jess just found out that there the U.S.S. Enterprise crashes (again) in the new movie. I just heard this from the living room: “Aw, man! They’re crashing the Enterpise again… *sigh*”
  • : Take a look at this.
  • A part of me wants to see the movie Drumline. It’s about the marching band at a fictitious southern university. Geeky? Maybe. But if you have ever seen the halftime show of a southern school (especially historically African-American institutions), then you know that they are something to see. And besides, Orlando Jones is in it, too. But, it opens next Friday… against Star Trek: Nemesis, which I also want to see.
  • A friend on IRC just posted this link. I’m not sure what to make of it. Part of me wants to laugh hysterically; part of me thinks, “I can kind’a see where this is coming from…”

Quotes of the Day
Quote #1 is an “encore presentation” of an old QotD from Dee that I used in an AIM conversation earlier tonight:

[22:21] : aaaaaaaand now it’s my turn
[22:21] ShadoRunr: Ouch.
[22:21] : yay
[22:22] ShadoRunr: In the words of my friend Dee: “Bend. Wince.”

Quote #2 (from the same conversation):

[22:48] : lol I HAVE POWERS BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATION!!
[22:48] ShadoRunr: Wow.
[22:48] : i can leap tall sofas in a single bound!
[22:48] : i’m faster than a speeding yorkshire terrier!
[22:48] : well…not really…
[22:49] : i’m faster than a speeding electric wheelchair!
[22:49] : look! up in the sky! it’s a bird! it’s a plane! it’s another bird!

Quote #3 (still the same conversation):

[23:14] : ya know
[23:14] : i usually don’t curse much
[23:15] : but when i talk to *name withheld* i turn into a pulp fiction character

I think that’s about enough for now.

Namaste.