Friday
Not a bad day. Not only was it Friday, but it was “Field Trip Day.” Brian (our resident technician) and I went to Ogden to meet Bryce and check out the Associated Food Stores’ warehouse and distribution center; we were looking at their inventory systems. Over 1.2 million cubic feet of space and they can track every item in there in real time. It was amazing and well worth the trip. Being away from work and getting paid for it didn’t hurt, either!

Song of the Day
Time to wrap up “Things That Go” Week. Today’s selection: Rocket Man by Elton John, from the CD “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

Stray Toasters

  • “Nice try” to for attempting to catch me in a musical miscue. She corrected me on yesterday’s SotD item Learning to Fly. I listed the Tom Petty version, of which she was apparently unaware; she had been thinking of the Pink Floyd version (which is a personal favorite, but not as obscure as the Petty one).
  • About 1/3 of the way to work, I realized that I had left my phone at home. I’m an admitted digital kid, But I found that I only missed having it twice. Of course, that doesn’t mean that I intend to leave it here tomorrow.
  • I’m watching Serial Experiments Lain on TechTV’s “Anime Unleashed.” It is… bizarre. Very much so. But, I guess that’s because I am watching the 12th of the 13 episodes or “layers.” I’ll have to rent the DVDs and watch it from the beginning. This is also making me want to watch Perfect Blue again.
  • I made it to the comic shop tonight, after two weeks of failed attempts. Finally.
  • A few nights ago, I mentioned that my other PC’s hard drive looked like it had kicked over. It seems that I was mistaken. Gladly mistaken.
  • It’s amazing how cute cats can be… especially when they are not attempting to climb onto the windowsill above the bed while you’re trying to sleep.
  • BWAHAHAHAH!!! Paul Shaffer was singing a James Brown song when the show came back from a commercial. He left his keyboard and walked over to a stand-alone mike and continued singing. In a patented James Brown move, he fell to his knees while singing. (Note: When James Brown did this, someone would come out from the wings of the stage, drape a cape over his shoulders and help him offstage.) Tonight, a man with a cape entered from stage left and put a cape on Paul’s shoulders. It was the “Number One Soul Brother,” “Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” that’s right: the Godfather of Soul himself: James Brown.

Tomorrow may be a short day at work. I’m not sure. I am sure, however, that I must take whatever measures are necessary to avoid ‘s extortion attempt.

Namaste.