Saw a great "theater of the poor"-style production of Alice in Wonderland tonight with Suzanne. The five actors, who provided their own props and costumes, barely paused for breath. They clearly had even more fun than the audience. (And who wouldn't, with all the lusty physical comedy involved? Exactly as advertised: not recommended for children.)

I'm stuck at work today, helping our Linux guru upgrade our main server to Red Hat Linux 7.1 -- mostly by staying out of his way and answering questions when needed. (For those of you who don't already know: yes, that is how to help a guru. That, and keeping him well-supplied with caffeine products of his choice.) Yesterday's upgrade of a different server seemed to go fairly well. Too bad I had to wake up so early. On the other hand, I got to sleep at seven last night, which meant that when I finally couldn't go back to sleep anymore at around eight this morning, I was very well-rested. I finished reading a few books (and added reviews to my bookblog), packed a few more to take to the office, and got going. Now I'm listening to something called "Penis Polka" on WMNF. God bless indie radio.

Unisys apologizes for computer-related problems, but they forgot to apologize for patenting the GIF. Missed a spot!

Last night I went to a baseball game with a WORDS-L friend. I can't tell you about the game, since "By use of this ticket, the ticketholder agrees that: (a) he or she shall not transmit or aid in transmitting any information about the game to which it grants admission, including, but not limited to, any account, description, ... or other information concerning the game". But I can honestly say I've never before paid as much to park as I did for admission. That's enough to put me off corporate sports for another twenty years.

Roux the day: I had intended to cook a package of Spanish rice for lunch. I put 1 2/3 cups of water, a pat of butter and a squirt of ketchup into a pot and set it on the stove to heat up. Some time later, I heard an odd sound that reminded me I was in trouble. Sure enough, I got to the kitchen just in time to save the ketchup from being thoroughly sauteed in butter -- the water had boiled away. Another day in the life of a guy with ADD...