Let’s just say that “Ginger Spice” is just a tad brighter than I expected… better living through chemicals, eh? In other news, I’ve been working on my site photo gallery. I was going to use Gallery, but I’ve been too lazy to install it. But yesterday I discovered that GoDaddy added a photo gallery (among other goodies) to hosting accounts. Whee! Setup was extremely painless, and I’ve already got my whole webshots album moved over. Still working on some captioning, but eh, that’s no problem. Next up is to move my old icky photo album into the new shiny one.…

You are <p> You’re nice and reliable, and a good friend to have in any situation. Make sure sure you’ve got something interesting inside though, you want to keep people coming back for more. Which HTML tag am I? at workingwith.me.uk

Once every 17 years… Take the Cicada Test!

I’m not exactly sure what this means, but the geek in me says “neatokeen!” MindMap

I think I just had a full blown anxiety attack or something. Today’s Tuesday; I’m supposed to go to my WW meeting, so I go with Rob to work and keep the car for the day. Last week was the first time we did this; today’s the second. This morning it started pouring before we left the house. I’ve never driven the Camaro in the rain, and Rob says it can be squirrelly. Actually, I haven’t driven the Camaro much at all. No real reason, it’s just that I usually drive, and my car is was more comfortable and practical.…

Lower-carb Coke on the way Coca-Cola Co. said Monday it will launch a soft-drink with half the carbohydrates of traditional colas this summer as the world’s largest soft-drink firm looks to capitalize on the low-carb diet craze.

Tigger’s up to no good!

Here’s a list of most of the words I was driven to look up while reading The Magus. Why am I posting it? Why else? Because it amuses me. cosh, page 17 quotidian, page 17 trammel, page 19 philhellene, page 45 caique, page 53 eponym, page 53 acroterion, page 60 amphora, page 106 kylix, page 106 ormolu, page 106 rhyton, page 106 mephitic, page 132 hieratic, page 139 batrachian, page 163 ferrule, page 164 fulsomely, page 165 paregoric, page 175 collation, page 180 peculating, page 180 algedonic, page 182 ortolan, page 183 immanent, page 244 exophthalmic, page 310 demotic, page…

Prison guards forbidden to wear protective gear EDMONTON — Corrections Canada won’t let guards at maximum security prisons wear stab-proof vests because it sends a confrontational “signal” to prisoners. “If you have that kind of presence symbolized by (a stab-proof vest), you’re sending a signal to the prisoner that you consider him to be a dangerous person,” said Tim Krause. “It interferes with what we call ‘dynamic security.’ We want staff to talk to prisoners, to see how they’re doing.” Last month, Sun Media reported a guard at the Edmonton Institution was threatened with disciplinary action several times by prison…