• Ever go to sleep virtuously sober but wake up so dehydrated you might as well be hung over? #fb #
• The mysterious massive “blob” moving through the Arctic Ocean is actually an algae bloom.? #
• RT @mistressmatisse: Vanity Fair puts an editor’s red pen on Palin’s speech.? #
• Rain is predicted for at least the next 10 days. There go half my vacation plans. #fb #
• Cat: want treats. Me: the vet said you needed a diet. Cat: WANT. TREATS. NOW. Me: yeesh. Here ya go. Cat: mew. thank you. (I’m so whipped) #
• RT @calapine: “The Wickerman Festival doesn’t have a human sacrifice inside its burning wickerman.” Ta for that Beeb! <– LOL #

• Pam from True Blood meets Edward Cullen. Humor ensues #fb #
• Jimmy Carter FTW #fb #
• My subconscious is bored and apparently thinks I’m playing scrabble. It’s been switching letters around so I read the wrong words. #
• RT @MargoEve: Bushwin’s Law – The first person to mention 9/11 in a debate loses. See Godwin’s law. #
• If you’re asking if something made out of paper is biodegradable; you may not fully understand the term, or possibly the science involved. #
• A mysterious glob of unknown (biological) material up to 12 miles long has appeared off Alaska’s northern coast.? #fb #
• Most folks don’t know that Alan Bean is also a painter. It’s a point of family pride – he’s a /very/ distant cousin? #fb #
• RT @cleolinda: RT @cinematical: Discuss: The Golden Age of 80′s Fantasy <– my childhood, all right there. #
• I love the the 2nd amendment, but we should ensure that people w/guns are at least as educated, safe, and insured as people w/cars, yes? #
• 3:00 AM jackhammers do not make for a restful night. Stupid road construction. #
• Young sounding voice on phone does not always = young person. I’m not an intern and I don’t scare like one. #fb #
• I may not always agree with everything I hear on NPR, but this steaming load of horseshit is beyond the pale.? #
• And this is why I will never get a Kindle? #

Netflix has Broken Arrow on instaview, and I’m remembering how much I love it.

• You have Travolta after his career picked up, but before he tipped over and went bugfuck nuts. *Right* before, actually. His performance is stylized, but I (just) still buy that he’s playing a character, not just some louder version of himself.
• You have Christian Slater after he grew past his baby face, was still young enough to be sexy, but before he turned into a clone of Jack Nicholson.
• His chemistry with Samantha Mathis is almost as good as it was in Pump Up The Volume.
• “What does a suspicious truck look like?” Oh, the innocence of the time, when reporting suspicious activity was only something wackaloons did.
• They’re worried about leaks coming from the hobbyist press. No internet, no bloggers, no ability to arrest folks on the grounds of national security. Seems like such a simple time.
• Also, humvees were only something you saw in the military.
• And Hale’s from Trenton, which always makes me smile.
• The soundtrack really kicks ass. It was my default for long distance driving in college, and my first intro to Hans Zimmer. (King of the bombast though he may be sometimes.)
• The cell phones are so big!
• Endangered dirt!
• Shooting at nukes is bad. :)
• Out thinking the bad guy is good, but you should really wait until *after* you’ve pulled your save before telling him, y’know?
• It’s an action movie, yeah, but the real plot is a cat and mouse / move and countermove game between Deakins and Hale. The rest is just nifty set dressing.
• Though if you view the movie though slash goggles, it’s one very big, messy break up fight.
• No, really. The soundtrack is just that damn good.
• Hale really does like smashing bad guy’s faces into things.
• And the end credits. Yup, one hell of a fun, macho movie.

Me: *working*
Power Surge: *happens*
Fire Alarm: *Goes off*
Me: WAAGH!!?

Me: *Dials Boss*
Boss: Yes?
Me: WHAT IS THIS?!
Boss: Be right down.

Boss: *fixes fire alarm*
Me: That’s much nicer. We’re not actually on fire, right?
Boss: No, everything’s ok.
Me: Cool.
Boss: Calls alarm company, others.

Fire tuck: *arrives*
Me: Uh, boss?
Boss: I’m on this.
Me: Cool.
Boss: *talks to nice firemen*
Fire truck: *departs*

In conclusion, the NFD’s response time is not too bad, fire alarms are very loud, and power surges lead to nothing good.

• Resident Evil 4 Arriving in Late 2010 #
• Leafed though some of the Angel comics at the bookstore today. Had no idea things got that damn depressing. #fb #
• Maybe telling Will about the Phantom sequel was an ill-considered move… #fb #
• If the apostles were geeks #
• Having thoughts about mass outpourings of grief for public figures being linked to our cultural inability to deal with death and dying. #fb #
• Dongle dependent social site. Interesting. Currently marketed at tween girls, but could have a number of applications.? #
• Did twitter increase the number of API calls it’ll allow per hour? #
• My last student loan has been paid off!! (It only took ten years) #fb #
• Good to know that I can go from 0 to out the door in 13 minutes, but still would have preferred not to learn this by oversleeping. #fb #
• Why does my phone only ring when I have other things I need to be doing? #
• I don’t care if they’re ending development, I’m still going to be using HomeSite as long as I possibly can.? #
• Friday afternoons change everything #
• RT @cleolinda: “I am not a hero for turning you on, and neither is John Barrowman”? #