Well, I've been meaning to post more lately. I compose posts (about nothing in particular, really) in my head, but they never make it to the computer. You'd think between Sally (my mp3 player that will voice record), my Palm, my work pc, or even actual paper I'd be able to jot something down. But no, it's all in my head and I always get dist… ooh, look, shiny! So now, it's 11pm, I feel human again (the flu SUCKS this year) and though I really should be in bed now I'll do this post. My birthday was fantastic. My…

I love my job.

Gilmore is asking just how much citizens are giving up when they hand their driver's licenses to a third party, in this case an airline, where it is put into a database they cannot see, to meet a law that, as it turns out, they are not allowed to read. Gilmore will show ID for an international flight because he doesn't expect to set the rules for other nations. “I will show a passport to travel internationally. I'm not willing to show a passport to travel in my own country,” Gilmore said. “I used to laugh at countries that had…

If you can afford to send out unsolicited personalized sticker mailing labels, notepads, etc., then I can't really trust that my money will go to support the cause, now can I? Kthxbye.

I'm not dead yet! Just almost. Wow – Rob and I both got clobbered by the flu last week. He stayed home from work Tuesday, and I ended up coming home midday Wednesday. We've both spent the time since then taking nyquil, sleeping, coughing, and moaning. Today was the first day I've felt halfway human, and I'm not entirely sure it'll stick. Hopefully we'll both be able to go to work tomorrow. Heh – judging from work email, half the office got knocked out. It's not MY fault, I went home as soon as I felt sick. More later, I've…

Banned books list ganked from , ones I have read in bold: #1 The Bible #2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain #3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes #4 The Koran (a translation) #5 Arabian Nights #6 Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain #7 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift #8 Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer #9 Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne #10 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman #11 The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli #12 Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe #13 Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank #14 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert #15 Oliver Twist by…