Did I whine about it’s being International Desk Tuesday yet? No? Well, whiiiiiiiiine. Also, it’s apparently Small Hotel Group Tuesday – I’ve booked 3 small groups already (hotel groups are somewhat labor-intensive on the front end, then maintenance until they happen). Feh. And I think I have my eval today. I think I need to have this put off. David is home today, wish I were too.
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In today’s Salt Lake Trib:Sniffles, sneeze? Blame those trees. Oh, joy. David and I both suffer from allergies. And in fact, I always get a sinus infection when I go to Utah in the winter, and often get sinus headaches when I go other times of the year – a combination of the dry, polluted air and local pollens, probably. My mom is really allergic to cottonwood pollen, she’s probably suffering now. I’ve just warned Da Hub that we’d better pack all the allergy junk we’ve got (fortunately, we’ve both got prescription nasal antihistamines in addition to regular presription pills…
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A few of my favorite things from the previously mentioned 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army 113. There is absolutely no need to emulate the people from ‘Full Monty’ every time I hear the song “Hot Stuff”. 129. The Microsoft ® ‘Dancing Paperclip’ is not authorized to countermand any orders. 131. No dancing in the turret. This especially applies in conjunction with rule #113. 142. ‘Calvin-Ball’ is not authorized PT.
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Al Franken, Seriously Need to read later – long, long article takes a while to load.
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Avalanche Company: The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army Somewhere, I hope Spc Skippy is happy and loved and getting plenty of magic beans… (note, this link works, the one from Accordion Guy didn’t for some reason). Another link to checkout later: MemeStreams.
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Later today we’re getting together with Steve to see “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” with Steve… and boy, this website is truly bizarre, because it looks and sounds so “normal.” What else can you expect, with the same writer as “Being John Malkovich?”
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Today’s Get Fuzzy laid me out helpless on the floor… just go there and look at it and tell me that Bucky’s ear jammed up against the phone isn’t the funniest thing you’ve seen all day. And for the record, “Tricky Woo” was the name of Mrs. Pumphrey’s overfed, overindulged Peke in the “All Creatures Great And Small” books. Darby Conley’s playing homage to a different kind of funny animal story with the name. And she was a he, for the record. The other thing he was well known for, besides being horribly fat and out of condition, was for…
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Well, half of one. We started cleaning out the basement (AKA “The Black Hole o’ Computers), which was getting to look too much like the “before” segment on shows like “Clean Sweep” or “The Life Laundry“. And it’s a lot better, because before it was an utter tip, and now it just looks like… something less than an utter tip. But it’s better. We’ve thrown out (or are donating or selling) a lot of stuff we haven’t used in years. I’ll even be tossing out a big box full of home-made videos of favorite shows of the past… representing years…
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Yahoo! News – Church Jury Acquits Gay Methodist Pastor Put me in the “rejoicing” camp.
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Yahoo! News – Dems see a rising star in Illinois Senate candidate Barack Obama has got all kinds of people talking. My mom-in-law really likes him – she’s always really well informed about local politics so her opinion carries a lot of weight (and not just because she looks really cute wearing her “Anybody but Bush” pin at parties). The weird thing is – I saw Obama, very briefly, on TV a few days before the primary, and thought “Whoa. Presidential.” At least his credentials seem to back up the incredible image and charisma he seems to project – which…