Busy social schedule

• Monday: La Traviata with bunj.
• Tuesday: Observation of Monshu's weekly class
• Wednesday, 6:11 p.m. CST: Sexual congress with Monshu
• Thursday: Farewell to the Neighbourhood dinner with the Economist at Tarrasca's
• Friday-Monday: Packing weekend at Mom's in KC with bunj
• Monday night: Possible extraplenary lovemaking session with Monshu pending no vetos from permanent members of the Sexual Council of a revised resolution to be presented tonight
• Tuesday: Classification presentation at Monshu's weekly class
• Wednesday: Possibly lovemaking session with Monshu contingent on terms of approval of this week's Resolution IB10-U
• Thursday: Celebratory dinner for Lakshmi at Mysore Woodlands
• Friday: Nothing! Go me!

Volto Mario

"I wanted to be a Spanish banker--I loved the idea of making a lot of money and living a luxurious life in Madrid." --Mario Batali

About the weather

Christ on a stick, what miserable weather!

(Oops! Sorry tbearpsy!)

Buddha's bypass, what miserable weather! Rainy, windy, cold. Rain--that's how you can tell it's no longer winter. Good thing I have my black trenchcoat. When I wear it open and it sweeps behind me, I feel so kickass; when I have to button it up, I just feel big and shapeless.

Self, within eleven words

(Inspired by vianegativa's latest entry.)

"Is there any pudding left? Wait! My god--that's not pudding!"

Not for the last time, life imitates The Onion

Missing Bill of Rights copy recovered

And so it begins

I woke up about a half-hour ago, rinsed off, and went to the kitchen in search of ice cream. We'd left CNN on, muted, and, when I caught sight of the set, they were showing the same view of government buildings in Iraq. One thing was different, though: The caption at the bottom screaming STRIKE ON BAGHDAD. My reward for restoring the audio was a lot of chatter about anti-aircraft guns; the reporter on the scene said they hadn't heard or felt any detonations on the ground.

Then there was a boom and a flash of light.

Here, though, not there; a spring thunderstorm. Moments later, Ari Fleischer came on and announced that "The disarmament of Iraq has begun." This was immediately mangled in the mouths of one of the CNN reporters to "The liberation of Iraq has begun." Same difference, right? (He repeated it at least twice before another reporter gently corrected him.)

So now I'm waiting for Shrub to come on at 9:15 and tell us what the hell is going on. monshu is snoring and the heads on t.v. are talking about a "target of opportunity" struck by a cruise missile in Baghdad. I still hear thunderclaps, but more distant and drawn out.