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First order of business after vacation: Catch up on the groups.

Second order of business: Nap.


I had a pleasant ten days in CO--even if there wasn't one bit of snow on that side of the Divide. My hometown was socked-in pretty much all week though.

I'm off to yet another snowy state in the middle of winter!

(What can I say; my vacations aren't that imaginative.)

*whoosh*

Last night, I dreamt I was a semi-famous scientist working on a facsimile of the Stargate. EvanX & Oninotaki were semi-famous scientists too. We three and about 17 others had been banished to an annex while our quarters were fumigated for some unexplained critters. Why that is pertinent I cannot say, but that's how the dream started.

I also rescued a transdimensional baked potato from...
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Tomorrow I head off across the vast industrial/agricultural confederation that is southern Ontario to visit my grandmother in Rochester, NY. Traveling djinns willing, I will make it in one piece without undue stress or strain at the borders. However, I am a White Man Driving a Bitchin' Caprice, so who knows.

Since this is a big trip, it's a given I upgraded a few things...
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Wagoner, you're a goddamn fool. TAKE THE PAY CUT, you stupid bastard. Better yet, clean out your desk. I haven't liked you since I worked for EDS. Mulally, keep your trap shut about "attracting top talent". If that were truly the case, why isn't Jim Press an overpaid blowhard like you? The man put in thirty years at Toyota. He must've been doing something right....
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Even though I have yet to finish Operation No Replacement for Displacement, my mind has already begun formulating yet another automotive project guaranteed to end in either heartbreak or insolvency. Yep, I want to convert my Great American Sedan (or its successor) to manual transmission. I blame a simmering loathing for slushboxes coupled with a steady diet over the past couple months of The...
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Valuable Life Lesson #128: Microwaving Bread:

Leaving one's bread in the microwave for too long can cause the bread to burn. This is especially true with the white dinner rolls that were in the 40%-off rack.

It's still edible though, just a bit hard.

Looks like I was snookered by rumors again.

Carry on.

Looks like the world won't be ending until Friday now. Oh goodie.

I still want to hang, draw, and quarter Nardelli, Quayle, and Feinberg.

In two days, we'll find out.

While the rest of the country works itself into a froth over the farcical election, I will be waiting for Cerberus to announce how they're going to fuck Chrysler over. The Germans were bad enough, but this is patently ridiculous. To paraphrase their utterances a bit more than a year ago, "We're in it for the long haul!" Bullshit....
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I don't care what the unwashed masses may think. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark is a fine cinematic gem.

So there.