Which monkey are you? You know your mind and don't take any bull. At your heart you are cynical, sarcastic and unique… and prone to pessimism. Don't shut out other people. Don't drown out what you don't want to hear with your own talk. Listen.

Paging TiVo makes customers an offer they can't refuse On Wednesday night, the BBC transmitted Dossa and Joe, a drama with an unexpected twist. Owners of TiVo personal video recorders found that their boxes recorded the show whether they programmed it in or not — and now it's there, the recording can't be erased for about a week. Dubbed a “must see” by the BBC, the corporation arranged with TiVo to send the recording command to all registered boxes. They pick up programme information by modem over the Internet, and the command was embedded in the schedules.

So today at Central Market they had Vidalia onions. I adore Vidalia onions. A year or so ago, 's parents gave us a FryDaddy that we hadn't opened yet. We opened it tonight. Ohhhhhh…. onion rings w/ Vidalia onions. Then we tried to batter and fry some cheese chunks…. they didn't work out so well, but were still yummy. Then we sliced up a potato – mmmm…. best french fries I've had in an eon! I feel ill…. I'll pay for this, I'm sure.

Why am I awake?

News about Ender's Game: The Movie Since Ain't It Cool News is carrying the story, we're certainly not going to deny it here. The director of Ender's Game is Wolfgang Petersen. The studio that is developing it is Warner Brothers. OSC is really happy about both. The upshot is that all are agreed on a fairly detailed outline of a film that combines Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow in a way that will combine the most important elements of both. Together, the stories make one terrific film.