Then again...

By The Way, I have several much more important posts, but for now I'm not able to concentrate on work, much less this....


Yew Wand


The following wand has chosen YOU:
Yew; Demiguise Hair; 13 and 1/2 inches

-Associated with both death and rebirth
-Enhance magical and psychic abilities
-Especially suited to spells of transfiguration
-The user of this wand must be extremely careful of its innate, destructive workings
Which Magic Wand Are You Destined To Pick?

Sure, why not?!

Your Score: 12", Holly, Dragon

You scored 42 wisdom, 33 bravery, 21 emotional, and 16 martyrdom!

Holly is a powerful protective wood that good for use against evil, but it also represents dreams and fertility. Your dragon's heartstring core makes your wand very effective in hexes.

Link: The Harry Potter Wand Test written by sputnik845 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Hooray for Southpaws!

Today is our day!

Um, okay...

Your results:
You are Iron Man

Iron Man 90% Spider-Man 85% Supergirl 85% Wonder Woman 80% Green Lantern 80% Superman 65% Robin 65% The Flash 55% Batman 50% Hulk 50% Catwoman 45%

Inventor. Businessman. Genius.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

Oh yeah, I almost forgot!

In all of the wedding and Harry Potter and summer heat craziness I almost forgot.

I got promoted again, with another payraise.

Yay!

A Thought...

What would happen if you slipped Klatchian coffee into Professor Trelawney's tea?

First--would she know not to drink it?
Second--if she drank it, would she become a full-on Seer?
Third--would such a rift between the universe of Discworld and Hogwarts ever be mendable?
Fourth--would Professor Trelawney, having drunk said coffee, then be able to give more detail to supplement the disappointingly sparse epilogue to book 7?????

What a thought.

Welcome Samer!

We have recently welcomed a new member to our crazy team here at work, Samer. Samer seems a nice fellow, and he has the advantage of speaking Arabic, French and English fluently as well as being a Middle East/North Africa expert. Which is how he found his way to our little pocket of insanity.

Samer has Klatchian ancestry. I'm sure of it. He made the coffee today, see, and now I'm so sober I can see the future.

Need to buy melons, yes, melons would be useful.....

Plea For Rain...

This is a formal request to any critter out there who/which might have a bit of influence with the weather:

My friends lost Simon Templar, one of their llamas, last week due to parasites, which grow much more quickly during drought. They keep their llamas as companions, (and they also guard sheep flocks, go figure!) not livestock animals, so it was like losing a close friend.

Other friends, who own a vineyard, will probably have to cut 30% of their crop this year in order to get any harvest at all without overstressing (and therefore possibly killing) the vines.

They aren't the only ones: everyone in this area is suffering from this drought.

Please send us some good, soaking, gentle rains.

Thank you.

By all that's holy, have some sense!

These people must be wealthy. That's all I can figure. Why, otherwise, would you attempt to repopulate certain small countries all on your own, and how would you also have the freedom to school them in your probably crazy ways while you do it???

Now, I know I come from a large family, but there are large families and then there are people who like to imitate rabbits. Which are prey animals, and not really known for their cunning except when it comes to finding ways to steal from people's gardens. I'm just saying.

Urasov

Is an unfortunate last name. Even in Russia, where the derogatory term for one's backside is different, they might still snicker. They watch a lot of American movies over there....might as well be named Uranus.

Yay-we own the Moon!

This is the third in a series of posts on my friend's blog (to which I occasionally send articles, and which is actually translated and read around the world in several different languages, go fig!) on the ridiculousness of Russia's recent...globalization policy.

BTW-the blog is Eternal Remont, and there is a link to the right over there...

Spoiler...

Well, Obviously!

Harry Potter 7

Well, I clearly owe everyone a good long entry or two on the wedding and honeymoon, but for now other business...

No, This Isn't A Spoiler. I can't, I heaven't read the whole book yet. I could have gotten it on the honeymoon, but we were having far too much fun doing other stuff so I chose not to. That, and I'd preoredered it at one of those discounted prices at a store in Fairfax before I realized it would come out during our honeymoon. Sigh.

I must, however, point out one irony, and this is towards the beginning and not a major plot point, so don't worry: exactly one week after my own wedding out comes a book which features a wedding whose color scheme is purple, gold, and white.

For those who may not have attended our wedding or not been involved, I offer the following picture of Super Thin Husband Man and I:

Edited to add: Just for the record, while we had a fabulous photographer, this is one of the pictures my friends took. I have not received Kristen's pictures yet, though there is a teaser....