This is really, really not the way I would have chosen to get a day off work.

But, for the record and for anyone who's worried, I am indeed home and safe; my housemates
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It's International Blog Against Racism Week. I meant to mention that earlier, and have failed to; I have a post or two percolating, but since I haven't yet gotten the chance to sit down and hash them out, I wanted to mention it. I highly recommend checking out some of the posts linked from this explanation here. There's a lot of really hard, ( Read more... )

It's 94 degrees outside right now, says Weather Underground, and the humidity, while not as bad as it could be, is enough to make it even more miserable. This is one of the few days when I will gladly hole up in an air-conditioned room and be only grateful for it. Ordinarily I hate air conditioning -- the smell of it, the way it makes transitions ( Read more... )