Missed SpongeBob yesterday after getting called in to work a 14-hour day, and missed it this morning because I couldn't wake up in time. Ah well. My boss was nice enough to tell me last night that I should sleep in today as long as I needed, and come to work when I felt like it... ah, bliss...
Here's another brainteaser, this one is a classic, so you all probably know the answer already. Arrange four "8"s using any mathematical symbols into an equation that equals 100. No tricks with this one, it's pretty straightforward, I think.
This is the fourth morning in a row (since I started counting) that I haven't eaten any hamster eggs for breakfast.
The Seattle Mariners have announced who the new manager is going to be, and it's *surprise!* someone I've never heard of. Since I follow only one team, I don't know a lot about most baseball people outside of the Mariner's organization. A quick peruse of the front page of The Seattle Times tells me that he is a former catcher and bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks. This guy has his work cut out for him, as Lou Pinella was well-loved in Seattle.
Of course, it doesn't help that the poor guy is being referred to as Melvin in news articles, and all I can think of is the cover to Mad #1 whenever I read that. "It's Melvin!" *sigh*
I found the editorial cartoon in today's Seattle Times to be very interesting:
The whole "war on terror" thing has just taken a turn for the worse, apparently. I'm just tired of it, and this cartoon pretty much captures that whole feeling.
Politics in Seattle just got interesting, according to this article in the Seattle Times. A secret note, apparent threats from the Mayor's office... tsk tsk. Somebody has been bad.
My current hometown football team has been making waves for once. After reading this article in the Times, I was just flabbergasted at their previous record. 22-68 for the ten years prior to the current coach's run, and 24-6 with the current coach. Not bad, coach!
That news made me go look up my old high school's football results for this year. 5-5, ouch.
And to end on a happy note, Paris is apparently has its share of people with a sense of humor. The Seattle Times reports that fake plaques have appeared in several spots in Paris, that commemorate various non-events. One says, "On April 17, 1967 — nothing happened here." I gotta put some of those up in Seattle.
