B.C. Follies

So, it turns out that today's recycled B.C. (expected because the strip is in "greatest hits" mode) had been recycled once before.

Yeah, Hart wasn't exactly on his A game during the final years.

Assorted Friday-morning stuff

1. Am not feeling all that well. Not sure if it's an infection, an illness, or possibly the result of the new restaurant we tried for Thai Thursday yesterday (Treetop, for those familiar with Waltham; they somehow confused "basil pork, extra hot" with "red curry chicken, with no kick whatsoever;" granted, I can (and did) still eat red curry chicken, but I've now got reason to not trust that place). I've got a relatively critical early afternoon meeting, which is the only reason I'm not heading home now.

2. Spent a nice evening with the family and lbitw. We grabbed dinner at Not Your Average Joe's and then hung out at the house. mgrasso and ultra_lilac joined us later, and there was much laughter.

3. Over in KOL (on my fifth HCO run), I've finally hit level 11. Go me!

4. In case anyone doubted that racist whackjobs exist up north, our own small town has one. Ralphie Filicchia can also be found (via a quick Google search), he can be found defending Patrick Buchanan, bragging that he and his spawn are homophobes, and self-publishing rants against any notion that Christianity could be a religion of love.

5. Which is only to note that Watertown Town Councillor Marilyn Devaney, who makes the news enough to be a West-of-Boston celebrity, is not the only local crank.


6. Explaining Quantum Mechanics to a Dog. 'nuff said. (Ganked from Making Light).

7. Fellow Emory University Academic Team/Spoke alum Trip Payne (who graduated six months before my freshman year) has launched Triple Play Puzzles. The site's already got a ton of good puzzles (including cryptics and other crosswords) as well as some damned good links.

8. If I ever spend $300 on my cats, it'll be on this. Seriously: The reviews for it do make it sound a hell of a lot better than the crappy "self-cleaning" ones I see at the local stores. But $300's a lot to spend, even for a robot.

9. Thanks to work hell and being sick, there haven't been any reviews since Monday. In fact, the review I started on Tuesday is still at about 400 words. Yeah, it's that sort of week. I'm hoping to at least get that review up today (making me seven days behind), and then use a gradual series of weekend reviews to catch up.

10. As noted by Robyn_ma, Tammy Faye Messner has stopped her cancer treatment, and seems not long for this world. Ass-scum "Christians" like the putz I describe at #4 could learn wonders about Christianity from a woman who gives interviews like this one.

Will now go attempt not to throw up or faint until I make it through the meeting.