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Work is in the "minor suckage" situation this morning. Life is good, but pesky annoyances are occurr that make Princess Anne a little grumpety grumpy.

Of course, it didn't help that SOMEONE who said she was going to bed on time last night ended up not sleeping until 2am because she got absorbed in some West Wing episodes from the first season. It was the episodes involving Bartlett taking on the congress starting with nominating reformist FEC members, and beginning to take on the drugs issue (putting more money to treatment instead of punishment).

Good stuff. Red eyes.

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Ah, the day is over at last. 'Twasn't my most favorite of days, but the gym beckons, and that, my friends, is a good thing.

Of course, today's buzz in the news comes from Secretary of Education, Rod Paige:

Feb. 24, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Education Secretary Rod Paige says he chose poor words in calling the nation's largest teachers union a "terrorist organization," but he stands by his claim that the group uses "obstructionist scare tactics" in its fight over the nation's education law.

Paige told The Associated Press in an interview that he made the comment in jest.

"I was making what I now know was a bad joke; it was a poor choice of words," Paige said. "I was referencing the Washington-based organization in general, not teachers."


Way to go, Rod. Here's your sign.(Recall the "I'm Stupid" sign comedy sketch years back.) In what mode of reality do you want to call an organization that 2.7 million of our nations' educators a "terrorist organization"? Especially when the biggest peddler of scare tactics in this nation is the Homeland Security office.

Another recipient of the sign today goes to two women, disparaging some unknown third party for suggesting that while on a camping trip, they make burritos over say, hot dogs or hamburgers. She asked, with much disdain, "How do you make burritos when you're camping?"

If you can make hot dogs and hamburgers, you can make burritos. Hell, I've made salmon, rice and veggies in the great outdoors.

Analogies from Gilmore Girls

"Your mom makes the lead singer of the Joy Division seem like a Teletubby!"

(actually, that was just one analogy.)

This is why Futurama rules me:

Scene: a planet in distress. A little girl lies on the ground in front of her family.
"Look daddy! I'm hugging God! And if I hug God tight enough, maybe he'll save u--" *World, little girl and family go up in smoke.*

Scene: Bender finds God and talks with "it".
God: "When you do things right, people won't be sure you did anything at all."