Weird stuff

• I can't retrieve my site statistics from Site Meter. I log in, I see the summary, I click to see more details, and {poooof} I'm back at a login streen. Too annoying



• I'm obsessing over ridiculous stuff. This is a bad sign. People, stop being stupid, ok? Let me get a decent night's sleep! [not meant for 99% of my actual readers, btw]



• Explain why makers of stuffed animals insist on using odd colors to make vaguely identifiable animals. Why, for instance, a green sparkly dog? On the other hand, my brilliant son 'bought' it last week with his game tokens. What does that say about him.



• I got absolutely nothing of substance done yesterday at work, but if I made a list of what I did do, it would be 10 lines long. "Fixed title on [this book]" "Passed along info [from Bloglines feed]" "Discussed inventory with so-and-so"



• It's July, right? Just checking. My sister, in an email to the whole family, asked my niece if someone was having a baby shower for her. The baby is due in JANUARY. Do we need to have things planned already?? My family is compulsive.



• Two people over the past week, both people who know something about health and nutrition, have suggested I eat oatmeal for breakfast. I'd take it as a sign if it didn't mean I'd throw up every morning. ;-)



• My hair is psychotic. Entertaining beyond measure, but psychotic.



• I have had a (usually sinus) headache for all or part of every day since last Friday. Allergy season has commenced, in earnest.



• My boss just came back from Italy. That's not weird, but I'm intensely (INTENSELY, do you hear, Travel Gods?!) envious so I'm mentioning it.



• I have friends with amenities. Not that I use the amenities, but they, apparently, have them. Who knew?



• Somehow, in spite of keeping a tight rein on the amount of clothing I own, my closets are always overflowing by the middle of the summer. Time to cull and take to Salvation Army (or someplace).



• "Interactive multimedia." Ya'll know what that means, right? {snort}



• Speaking of libraries: why would anyone bother to create a library website that doesn't include a link to the catalog? And if you are going to subdivide your programs and do a basic description, please be faintly creative. "Children's Programs -- programs for children" is...uh...stoopid! It doesn't improve your appearance if you then follow with a list of other programs delineated by age following the same pattern. How dumb do you think your customers are, anyway?



• It's mid-July. I'm wearing jeans to work because A) it's chilly and clammy outside, and B) it's colder and yet claustrophobic at work. The paper in the printers is sticking together.



• Airports have chapels. And museums. Why? Have you ever used either? Do you know how to find them? Does anyone on the staff know where these things are? Do they use them??



• The electric company is digging up the lines into the library for the 3rd or 4th time since we moved back into this building...in 2001. Not a great track record, boys.



• I get motion-sick if I play with the GameCube too long. What's that about??



• People. Just...people. They're weird. All of 'em. Frequently. Most of the time it's amusing, some of the time it's scary. But, given the right mindset, fun.