Thanks, brenda. I have consumed yogurt. It tasted fine, but yeah, texture-wise, not my favorite.

Kate! I have to e-mail you back! I will do that this weekend, but the short answer is: YAY! And more or less wide open except for Friday night.

Woot! We probably won't be up for much on Friday night anyway; I'm guessing we'll stop somewhere along the way for dinner and then just head to the hotel when we get into Cincinnati. But yay for seeing you sometime Saturday or Sunday!

I was just flipping through my browser windows and came upon this and could not work out why I would have clicked on that.

You don't even KNOW -- I have a friend who is getting that link RIGHT NOW.

t edit And...done.

JZ, thanks so much, but thanks to the tax refund, I just went to Home Despot and spent $140 on wrenches, screw-drivers, socket wrenches, a hammer, a rubber mallet, and a toolbox. That'll do me for now, I hope.

I did get the cheapass tools: I am not so much of a handy person that I need the really good stuff.

I am mildly surprised that the thieves took the toolchest but not the mountain bike. Not that I mind!

D wants to know -- anyone caught the show The Fades on BBC 3? Good? Fun? Don't bother?

My friend's reply to ita's link:

That is the most fantastic thing I've seen in my ENTIRE LIFE!

I feel like my day is complete now.

I feel like my day is complete now.

I am so glad that my random browsing (and getting rather startled!) has contributed to the delight of a complete stranger. Because...seriously, WTF???

I love that you knew precisely who needed to see that, BTW.

I love that you knew precisely who needed to see that, BTW.

His FB userpic is a horse head very much like the one in that link, that he found at an antique mall. Plus he's just weird in all the best ways, so that link was made for him.

I don't generally like check-out people getting chatty, not because I object to small talk with strangers (not getting much chance to hang with friends in person makes that little bit of friendly contact nice) but because all too often I'm behind someone who thinks they've made a new best friend and won't move their ass out of my way once they've paid for their stuff.

On the flip side, at the one place I really would like to chat a bit—my local comic shop where the clerk is someone I've been friends with for over a decade—I'm invariably talked over by some other customer gifted with the social graces of Sheldon Cooper.

Timelies all!

Getting aches in random places.(Sometimes the shoulders, sometimes the legs, etc.) Meh.

Reason #439 I love my boss: this is the e-mail she sent after I worked with someone in Regulatory to pretty up a safety report we needed to send out.

Awesome! Thanks, [Document Guy]! You are a magician.

Sunil, you are the magician's apprentice.