Yeah, Eileen's a lamp again. Her abdomen got all cut open this morning by some guy (I think he may have been a vet), so we have to put the collar around her again. It's hard for her to get used to it again (I wonder if she's thinking: Not this piece of crap again!), but she's an adapter.

Bon Voyage Jesse

My good friend Jesse is leaving for a teaching gig in Costa Rica. He's an incredible guy, and Madison is going to suck a bit more for his absence. But have fun, J, and keep us posted on the blog!

Assorted Unsorted

Guess who's into crosswords again?

You can tell a lot about a person just by looking at his/her desktop.. Like me, for instance. Oops, I mean me.

Ice Cube's latest album is superb -- he's back on some "When Will They Shoot?" type noise:

Recognize who's a hustler, George Dubya
He's the one that's sittin back, [bad word] ya
With a big [bad word] stuck in ya
I'm from a place where the [bad word] Terminator is the Governor

And he released it independently.

"What is a record company going to do for me that I can't do for myself? Nothing," he explained. ... "It's nothing they can offer me to have a major percent of my record. It's really all about ownership at this time...People are caught up in double, triple platinum. That's lovely, but what's double platinum if you not getting double-platinum money?

TPCQ: "If you don't own the master, then the master owns you."

TimeWaster™

Chain Reaction is a funny bit of Rube Goldberg flash, with Pee Wee music.

Today I'm listening to: Cube! ("They give us guns and drugs / Then wonder why in the [bad word] we thugs..")