"One day, not far from now, I'm gonna use this in a book."

Having now seen the amateur video of Monday's little aviation debacle over Downtown? Holy f**k. Holy.... And the first person to say anything related to "get over it, you're a bunch of whingers" as has been said in another forum, I will gleefully rip them a new one. Nevermind that the person who said that showed all the interpersonal skills and sensitivity of a block of concrete, that plane was Too. Damn. Close. Hell yes it's going to trigger memories, and unease is the least of the reactions those memories bring up. Never mind the fact that it was just plain dumb, dangerous, and did I say dumb? And so fkcuing avoidable with one simple announcement.

Anyway.

Woke up at 5am (after a dream in which I was able to do some good for charity by getting through a certain period of time without coughing-- swear to dog even my dreams are in on this germfest) not because of coughing (although there was that) but because my body wanted me to get up and get some essential chores done before the heat kicked in for the day. High of 91, supposedly. If anyone wants me today, I'll be in the shady spot on the sofa directly in the path of the a/c unit.

And, as some of you might have guessed by the topic header, this is your weekly dose of Castle Squee:

( behind the cut for the DVR crowd's sake )

Auctorial Flu update: Still meh. Still staying home. Starting to go a smidge stir-crazy.

Breaking News

submitted without comment:

-- Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party, multiple sources tell CNN.

I know she was speaking English, but I don't understand the words she was saying....

tv's on in the background this afternoon, some design show, and the homeowner is saying "well, I have these bookcases, I thought I needed them to fill the space, but I don't have anything to put on them or in them...

Bwa? Huh?

Please, honey, give 'em here. I neeeeeeeeeeed 'em!

Meanwhile, work done for the day, I have moved on to the hot bourbon toddy recipe, as was given to me several years ago by an evil friend. You have to be either just coming down with or in the recovery stages of for it to work, but oh it does indeed work...