short takes

Fun hack (but stay out of my house, you hear?): Man's apartment (and all its contents) covered in foil (link courtesy of siderea).

Today's winning entry in the "sad/true but at least funny" sweepstakes comes from grifyn.

"I so hope the people who run that site don't read their referer logs, or I am so going to hell" (q_skud_, owner of a domain the religious site owner probably wouldn't approve of).

It's discouraging to see the word "above" in a temperature forecast -- it reminds me that there was another possibility. This might be the best argument for Farenheit over Celsius. :-) (We haven't seen sub-zero temperatures yet this winter, but there's still time. Mind, I'd be happy to leave it as a theoretical construct.)

When the vet told me Baldur needs some dental work, she said they'd send me an estimate. The vet's office has never before sent me a written estimate for anything. They always just say "it'll cost $($amount)", and that's that. So this made me wonder just how hefty the price tag was going to be on this, if they were suddenly getting all formal on me. It came yesterday and is less than I plunked down for two cats' exams, vacines, and blood tests. That's a relief, but I'm still mystified by the process.