Cheap thrills

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I get to drive by the World Series on my way home tonight!

And the funny thing is, I can't really stand sports.

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We're re-bidding our shifts here at work because they've had to adjust the staffing hours for better coverage, due to some new business.

[petulance] Unless I want to get up with the sun, I've been stuck with this sucky rotation that screws up my birthday month and March. Somebody with higher seniority already got the shift I'm working now. [virtually throws frangibles] [/petulance]

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I'm going to throw this a wee bit more open -- the Weird_Sisters Yahoo! Group is winding up to the second anniversary of its existence. As a sort of twisted parallel to NaNoWriMo, the Fic-A-Thon subject this year is:

Finish Jedi Boadicea's Opus!
It doesn't have to be pretty or brilliant, just done. Any takers? Come join the group or e-mail me to discuss details.

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Breathing is good.

Does anybody else think it's ironic/hilarious...

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...that South Korea's first publically-gay celebrity has Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive' on his answering machine?

But seriously folks... the BBC's 'The World' radio show has a nice (albeit fairly brief) phone interview with him. It's pretty brave to be a poster child.

[sarcasm] Support our troops! [/sarcasm]

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I just keep finding interesting little tidbits -- this time, courtesy of martinhesselius. Nice to see we're honouring our military dead at the highest levels:

Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins

Quoting one para:

...President Bush's opponents say he is trying to keep the spotlight off the fatalities in Iraq. "This administration manipulates information and takes great care to manage events, and sometimes that goes too far," said Joe Lockhart, who as White House press secretary joined President Bill Clinton at several ceremonies for returning remains. "For them to sit there and make a political decision because this hurts them politically -- I'm outraged."...

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