Thursday! October 9th! Be there! Unless you're Jewish, in which case I am currently accepting excuse notes. Now: BE INSPIRED BY THE HEROIC ANGLE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH!

OK, this here is the "shell and flame," branch insignia for the Ordnance Corps:



My boss is giggling like a teenager and saying that he's not going to tell me what they used to call it in the service (on account of me being a young lady and all). So. Anyone care to tell me in plain speech, or do I have to guess and futz around trying to get a direct answer?

GUYS GUYS GUYS sorry if everyone already knows about this but HOLY CRAP TURN ON NBC THERE IS A GUY FLYING HIS JETPACK ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL!! LINK!!


EDIT: ahahaha, OK, I see this guy Yves "Fusionman" Rossy and his crazy wing is old news. but I am still COMPLETELY ENTHUSED!!!! ALL CAPS!!!

I just wrote this really really long e-mail and it took me hours and it was beautiful and perfect and said everything I wanted it to say and then firefox crashed and now I'm going to go curl up in the corner and die. goodbye cruel world.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH that will teach me to get all brassy and compose things outside of Notepad WAAAAAAAAAAAH dammit

boo hoo

Ohhhh my goodness, just an hour and a half to go. Juuuuussssssst an hour and a half. One and a half hours. 90 minutes, give or take. Yup yup yup. OK. Can I get a "hell yes?"

Hell yes!

Thanks.

And this is what he e-mailed me this morning:

Subject: we have a winner
Message:
Jesus wept.
http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/roo/810251642.html

bahahahahaha

My lying eyes talk shit to me all the time about what things are. I know that the guy in your profile pic is at the computer, but whenever I see the little version, I always think it is a terrorist with a lunchtray in line at the terrorteria.

"COULD I GET SOME EXTRA POTATOES AU GRATIN? THANK YOU."

I like it very much.


Love,
Beth

OK, I don't know if it matters, but I'm using Firefox. And I was typing something into the Google search. And, you know how it drops down suggestions to finish your thought while you're typing? would you mind just typing this into your search thingie and telling me what its first suggestion is?

eli



I imagine it makes suggestions based on what people search for a lot with a given combination of letters (maybe also based on location?). If so, what I'm getting is pretty funny.

If you're not sure what I'm talking about, like, if I type in the search bar reeeeeally slowly, for "e" alone I get:

• ebay
• expedia
• espn
• easyjet
• ebay uk
• ebay.com
• euro 2008
• ebuddy
• exchange rates
• eastenders

for "el" I get:

• elmo
• elton brand
• elc
• ellen degeneres
• el tiempo
• electrolux
• el pais
• elvis presley
• ellis island
• elle

...or maybe it is the drinks, but so I wanted to say anyway before I forgot, so screw all y'all all the same if you give me the business, right?

right so I set that up great, I'm sure, but fine. go on then. har har.

BUT BUT anyway, it is neat, you two were right! I have only seen the water in the dark so far because we were awful late coming, but it is pretty good and also very big. and loud. and I kept saying WHAT'S THAT SMELL and he'd say it was the ocean and I'd say oh yeah I forgot but now I don't smell it, kind of like when the kids from the cities came down and smelled the cow poop that none of us could smell.

also, crabs are afraid of me I guess. I thought maybe I totally ruined this one crab's chance of gettin it on because he was all I'M RUNNIN and I was like I'M NOT HUNGRY I JUST WANNA LOOK AT YA but he was runnin. also there are so many stars here, like back home, and I have not felt like a homesickness in a long time and it is a little sad. also sand is HARD to walk on, and my shoes have a lot of sand and water now because sometimes close enough to see in the dark is too close for dry feet, I guess. but I stepped on no jellyfish. and that's all, and I'm going to bed, and I will be sorry later I'm sure but I just wanted to say it. so bye.

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bleep!</div>

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