My blogchum Bill recorded this little gem under the heading “Outsider” and “Art.” Like, WAY “outsider” “art” I particularly like the meowing part. DISCLAIMER: Music is not safe for work, unless your company policy does not prevent you from spitting coffee through your nose. Do not listen to this music while operating heavy machinery. Do not listen to this music while pregnant. Do not attempt to become pregnant while listening to this music. Good job, Bill! Well done! You’ve inspired me to do something regrettable and embarassing with music, too! Maybe we could encourage everyone to perform “Night and Day”…
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The sky outside is almost black, and there’s thunder and lightning going (very unusual for winter). We’ve got a winter storm warning for tonight, with snow, sleet, rain, ice, and all kinds of slidy badness. Tonight’s commute will be fun. Meantime, let the whining begin: “Can I leave eaaaarly? I’m wooooooried about the traaaaaafic.” And by the way, it’s just before 11am here.
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Something is definitely fishy around there. That lady that was here a few days ago came back. My monkeylady jabbered to her and gave her some of those paper things and then they looked at me and tried to get me to play. Well, I only did a little, I was thrown a little off my game by the presence of the other lady. However, I will soon have her under my paw. She will be mine. My monkeys went into one of the “No-no Riley” rooms last night and left the door open, and so I went in and…
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Two years ago, I was “angy” about a big mess that I got stuck with at work. Today, I was angy all over again. It’s that group again. The same one that is characterised by secretaries booking “their” people 6 months in advance, changing the personnel constantly, changing dates constantly, and the housing bureau is always about 6 or 7 change requests behind. This year, I thought I managed to stay ahead of the wave the whole time, as I’d had to send a number of faxes and emails to the bureau just to get changes done – and some…
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We get swag sometimes at work – usually it’s squeezy foam objects shaped like cows or hockey pucks or airplanes. Today, though, it was lobster pens. We’ve already got a bunch of Mickey pens, and star-shape pens, and heart pens, but a Boston hotel came in today with lobster pens. Not that exciting, I know, unless you happen to be a devotee of His Buttery Succulence, Lobster, the Lord of All Crustaceans. Either that, or you hang out at Fanatical Apathy. Via: Flickr Title: Lobster pens! By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 16 Feb ’06, 4.17am PST
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Reuters AlertNet – Record snowfall in northeast US strands travelers NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) – New Yorkers dug their way out of thigh-high record snowfall on Monday after the biggest snowstorm of the season canceled flights and delayed trains across the northeastern United States. The sun came out as people returned to work after relentless snow kept falling most of Sunday, sinking New York City into its deepest snow on record. The storm cut power to tens of thousands of homes and stranded many people who had gone away for the weekend. Yeah. I got called into the office…
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Katrina Report Spreads Blame Hurricane Katrina exposed the U.S. government’s failure to learn the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans and did not execute emergency plans or share information that would have saved lives, according to a blistering report by House investigators. A draft of the report, to be released publicly Wednesday, includes 90 findings of failures at all levels of government, according to a senior investigation staffer who requested anonymity because the document is not final. Titled “A Failure of Initiative,” it…
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A check of Technorati today revealed that lots of people were talking about something called “Smoking Dutch Cleanser.” Since I missed this reference the other day, I went looking for it. Turns out Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist, had something interesting tucked behind the New York Times’ “Orange Curtain” of premium content. Not to worry, I knew someone would make it their business to part that curtain so that all could enjoy the sensation of Nevada Thunder | Blog Archive | Smoking Dutch Cleanser Vice President Dick Cheney bitterly complains that national security leaks are endangering America. Unless, of course,…
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I wish we were doing this at Holy Moly: Chicago Tribune | Churches to mark Darwin’s birthday NEW YORK — Nearly 450 Christian churches around the country plan to celebrate the 197th birthday of Charles Darwin on Sunday with programs and sermons intended to emphasize that his theory of biological evolution is compatible with faith and that Christians have no need to choose between religion and science. “It’s to demonstrate, by Christian leaders and members of the clergy, that you don’t have to make that choice. You can have both,” said Michael Zimmerman, dean of the College of Letters and…
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Can I get a “Well…duh!”? Chicago Tribune | Former CIA official says Bush misled country to war WASHINGTON — The former CIA official charged with managing the U.S. government’s secret intelligence assessments on Iraq says the Bush administration chose war first and then misleadingly used raw data to assemble a public case for its decision to invade. Paul Pillar, who was the CIA’s national intelligence officer for the Middle East and South Asia from 2000 to 2005, said the Bush administration also played on the nation’s fears in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, falsely linking Al Qaeda to…