Today's Academic URL, Number 1...

...combines with George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words...scroll down to What Cannot Be Said On My Posting
. George Carlin grew up on Morningside Heights too...perhaps he used to sneak into Barnard at night.

Today's Annals of Petty Crime URL

Seems like Lincoln, Nebraska isn't a very safe place. And this guy is only about halfway to the record!

Today's Academic URL, Number 2...

...reveals that going to college in Florida can leave you chasing more than paper...or being chased, rather.

Today's Darwin Award runner-up URL

He's a runner-up only that he failed to remove himself from the gene pool after trying this stunt.

Sometimes you just bang your head against the wall...

I like to listen to some of my favourite US-based music stations occasionally over the 'net. I tried today to listen to WNUA, Chicago and KKSF, San Francisco, and found that they have blocked overseas computers from listening due to "copyright restrictions". This really sucks. As the BBC does it too (blocks non-UK addresses from listening/watching online) I suppose tit-for-tat, but jeez, Louise.

I'm feeling better today

For the last few days I've been feeling decidedly sub-par. I had muscle aching, was very listless, had a slight cough (but nothing much), and difficulty sleeping (which could be a side effect of that dratted beta blocker). I was so listless that I could hardly move out of the chair, and had little or no appetite. I actually watched daytime TV.

Today I was a little better, so I went to the supermarket after dinner to get a few things and some cash. I bumped into one of the owners of my gym. After we abused each other (we have a friendly banter that seems quite vicious, but is actually playful), he asked me why I hadn't been to the gym this week. I told him what I'd been suffering from, and he said, "Ah, that's what's been going around. One of the staff is so ill he had to stay home all week."

So now I know what I had: "The Thing That's Going Around".

I hope to return to the gym tomorrow.