the everyday adventures of sabrina

missives from the great beyond (2008-09-19)

19 September 2008 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

@smokes70 Yes! You are honor-bound to enjoy it twice as much as an ordinary person — to make up for those of us who don’t get to. :) #
Hobbit sent me http://tinyurl.com/3qo9oo to read because, as he says, clearly I need a man. Also, I am a Rebellious Witch Whore. #
The longer I am a sysadmin, the more and more I love find(1). #
@hubbit Yes, but in fairness, it’s only because this medium was made for you. #
Figuring a 20% wholesale discount, every American could have 7.8 boxes of bulk, unwrapped Smarties candies for the cost of the AIG bailout. #
That’s 210,186 individual delicious, nutritious Smarties candies per person for every man, woman, and especially child. #

18 September 2008 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

*whimper* Kids goofing off made me fall ice skating today. My poor knees are submitting a restraining order against returning. #
@smokes70 I know! So unfair. Want weekend NOW, not later. #
Amtrak’s site now reporting Mom’s train running about 5h late. So pretty much exactly as expected, honestly. #

17 September 2008 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

Damn. With the Fed bailing out AIG after all, my bet that the next takeover would be a dark horse no one foresaw is lost. #
<3 ice skating. So much fun I don’t even mind falling on my butt. #
@RevPirateDan Was it a better beer than what his own bar stocked? #
gmail works perfectly on the jesusfone on the first try. Work email? Not so much. #
poor wasy looks so despondant and defeated by the CTA this morning. #

16 September 2008 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

Holy Precipitous Dip in the Price of Oil, Batman! #
Ok…http://tinyurl.com/6l3blj is pretty entertaining. #
http://tinyurl.com/5kscfh tells me my Sarah Palin name is Pick Beef Palin. Mmmm, beef! #
There is literally no force on earth that could compel me to buy Touched By An Angel on DVD and watch it. #
Ice skating night tonight! Ice skating night tonight! Ice skating night tonight! Yaaaay, ice skating night tonight!! #
Have Jesusphone! Feel studly, and also pretty skeptical that it’ll go the next week without getting dropped and/or scratched. #
@chowbok Duly searched! #
Fucking brilliant: http://tinyurl.com/6jcgfq #

15 September 2008 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

@shadow Yeah, fun, innit? #
Crap. Ramadan started and I didn’t know. I ate my yummy-smelling lunch in front of Ramadan-observing coworker, so now I feel like a jerk. #
Hey, Tribune, you idiots: Don’t send alerts bleating about no-hitters in progress, you idiots. Don’t you know anything about baseball? #
Holy Mother of God, Tim Robbins is hot. http://tinyurl.com/5zkbrx #