On a Monday afternoon . . . .

1. Yeah, so it's May in Massahusetts. I see a weather warning icon, I expect a thuderstorm, and I get:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY
FOR SMALL PORTIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COUNTIES OF ESSEX.
PLYMOUTH...BRISTOL AND DUKES.

2. There are some who see parallels between Vietnam and Iraq and some who do not. But the Boston Globe reached back to the Romans yesterday to compare Iraq and The Battle of Teutoburg Wald

3. Very, very dangerous book-related website.

4. And from nicolaa5 a cat-related time suck

I am sorry for being Linky McLinky Pants.

5. It's funny, a close friend and I disagree on a particular restaurant. I love "In a Pickle" on Main Street in Waltham, and she loathes it. She says, "Liam loves that place for the very reasons I hate it. It has a big-screen TV that is always tuned to sports, greasy food and waitresses who are just too young and cute." I dunno, alethea_eastrid and evilnicola seem to appreciate it. Yes, yendi, this is the place.

More from a Monday . . .

1. I just made alethea_eastrid happy. I did *not* sing to her. She did, however, nix the idea of me asking eveglass to write a dirty filk about us for Pennsic as a wedding present.

2. Arrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh. I need to decide whether to go to Pennsylvania to visit my mom this weekend or whether to go to Panteria. Arrrrgggghhhhh. Can someone write me a note for Mom?

3. Oh, did you kow that the Post Office did more than just raise the first-class rate to 41 cents? They changed the rules. The 8x10 manila envelopes used to go at a first-class rate, which would mean the average one, with four sheets of people would be 57 cents. They have a new, separate, rate, and now they go for 97 cents.

4. I learn things from my kids. Today, we were watching "Letters Home from Vietnam," and one of the kids brought me his iPod so I could hear a current hip-hop song about Vietnam. It's called Uncommon Valor (A Vietnam Story) and is by a Philadelphia-based group called. Jedi Mind Tricks.

Brutal lyrics, and it's waaaaay over the top, but sounds a lot like the songs of that era, then talks about Agent Orange. This lyrics are not safe for work or school. ;)

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