Cheese cheese, TextTwist, Petsmart, links

As evidenced in a radio commercial I heard earlier, 7-Eleven is clearly quite proud of their new taquito product with "Queso Cheese." 'nuff said.

I'm slowly being sucked into the addiction of TextTwist, but it'll be a while before I'm at the levels of pendragon (366K points in one several-hour session) or idoru (1.5mil points over one multi-day session.)

Last night I took Lucy to Petsmart to get something for every animal in the house--treats for her, shampoo for the dogs, background, heat lamp bulb, crickets, and superworms for the bearded dragon, background and fake vine for the crested gecko, and crickets for the tarantula--and discovered that having a macaw on your shoulder adds at least 15 minutes to the trip answering people's questions and admiration. Just one of those things, I guess. ;D

Immediate addendum: Paul, what the hell happened to your journal? I'm pretty sure it existed earlier today!

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From damienden: Unemployment Rate for Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists Reaches All-Time High in 2003. That's not a good sign.

*snrk* From a Support in-joke, but funny all the same: No, You Can't Have a Pony.

From vinz_klortho: The Dihydrogen Monoxide joke got taken seriously. Sad, yet funny.

From lanikei: Time May Be Up for Naps in Pre-K Class. That's right, these 4-year-olds must be driven to succeed! Start early! Start now! :P

The Serious and the Funny

Serious education rant by jude, in response to the article I posted earlier. Also, reaffirmation of my desire to read more Taylor Mali, which I have yet to get to.

Funny links from jazzfish:
Crazy, Random "Chris Rock" Thing: "Omigod! I have Chris Rock's old cell phone number!! But it's not that old, because people are still calling!!"

PMLA Alternative Source Citing: "'Hey Buddy, who the F*CK taught you how to drive?' [Large Delivery-Type Truck, Near Main and Chicago Streets; Evanston, IL: March 5, 1999.]"