same old story at work today, but with a twist. i did all the same stuff i did yesterday, but today i felt like a pair of weasels were fighting to the death in my innards all morning. i tried appeasing them with juice & soda crackers, but they were rebellious until finally subdued by the vinegar on the sandwich i had for lunch. i lost track of how many hours of comp time i had earned in the confusion, but in the absence of evidence to prove me wrong, i am declaring Operation: Holiday Pay over for now, which means i'll be at home screwing around tomorrow instead of at work screwing around... i mean working. this also means there is a strong possibility of my being in Chicago Sunday night & Monday although nothing is certain.

i am sorry i missed the chance to go see the anti-Bush protest in London. i have it on good authority that it was a pretty good time, even if you didn't give two shits about protesting anything. i was sort of hoping it might go down Seattle/WTO style. however, reports from the area indicate that the whole business was pretty good natured, on the whole. but that's just what i heard.

i got some checks yesterday, which is nice. i wanted to order the über-Patriot kind with the bald eagle and the flag in the background with a little stamp on the side in the shape of the Iwo Jima monument with the soldiers raising the flag and whatnot. then i could get a little personalized message on the side that said "these colors don't run" or some such thing. then i figured that no one who would get the joke would probably get a check from me. so instead i got the I-Banker Jr. model with little blue chevrons. what i didn't figure is that the bank would make a minor error and send me Jeffrey K. Miner's checks. so i have to send those checks back and see if i can't get some checks that have my real name on them.

that's all i've got. i'm going to have a beer and watch basketball.