Of note

Went back to the hospital around 06 with a couple books and the Visor my dad requested. Afterwards (around 2000), mom, Shauna and I went to Uno in Manassas for dinner (damn good food, and the Uno Amber Ale was quite tasty), and then home.
In the ensuing three or four hours that Shauna was on the computer doing homework, I...
*drum roll*
Finished Lord of the Rings! I've been working on it since summer (received as a graduation present from Katia in May '01, started it some time later) and finally completed it.. currently skimming the appendices in the 7th volume for completeness. :)

Two hours later..

Caught up on LJ, posts and comments.

Sheesh.

Y'know that "Neiman-Marcus Cookie Recipe" email?

(If not, investigate--it makes damn good cookies :)

Courtesy of a friend of iamjanjan:

Not only is the story not true, it's generally considered to be
one of the oldest internet hoaxes in the wild, predates the web by years!
Here's the full story on it, with fairly good disproof:

http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap_detail.cfm?scrap_id=336

So, where do -you- fit in?

The Geek Heirarchy, from Brunching.com's Lore Sjøberg, a funny funny man. :)