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Hate seeing commercials at the movies? A Chicago attorney has filed a class-action lawsuit against the theater chains for breach of contract (i.e. not starting the movie at the advertised time). While I totally agree with this action, I think the example mentioned in the court documents is ridiculous. The movie started four minutes late. Four minutes! Heck, your watch could be off that much. In both England and Australia it’s common knowledge that you’ve got at least 15 minutes after the advertised start time before the movie actually begins playing. In fact, commercials are so prevalent here that I get more pissed off when a theater doesn’t have them. The Snook and I missed the first three minutes of Fellowship of the Ring because it started immediately while we were still out buying ice cream cones. I just want some consistency, you know? I remember when I lived in Germany they clearly advertised both the times when the ads would start and when the film would begin. That was nice.

First Alexander Graham Bell… and now Benjamin Franklin. Next you’ll be telling me Al Gore didn’t really invent the Internet!

Singapore is now offically SARS-free, which means my family should be slightly less anxious about us flying through there. On the news tonight they showed footage of the celebrations going on. It reminded me of the end of Return of the Jedi, where everybody’s celebrating the fall of the Empire. (In my geeky defense, it was just on last night so it’s not like I pulled that observation out of nowhere.)

Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell didn’t invent the telephone? I didn’t know that. Huh.

The Snook and I tried out a newish restaurant in our area tonight: Sling ‘N’ Satay. It’s supposed to be Singaporean cuisine. We weren’t expecting much, but it was fantastic. We had satay for an appetizer and then I had laksa and the Snook had fish. Yeah, the noodles were slightly naughty, but it was too good to pass up. I love being able to leave our house and walk ten minutes down the street to places like this.

Breaking News: Two stabbed in attempted hijack over Melbourne. The hijacker attacked them with “two small wooden stakes”. Great. So much for knitting on the 20-hour trip to Chicago.

My drugs came today! I took my first dose this morning but I haven’t noticed any immediate effects so far. Well, actually I noticed lots, but I’m 95% sure it’s just my imagination. I definitely felt warmer at work though, so that’s good. Just let me know if you notice me getting mental or anything. 🙂

A funny experiment that asks the question: “Does anybody ever look at credit card signatures?” The guy’s normal signature reminds me of my friend Kel’s, and the time we found a magazine in our dorm study lounge covered in her name. Apparently she used it to write on for practice. We still tease her about that. (Hi Kel!) Link courtesy of Kristen.

As avid CouchCam viewers are no doubt aware, I’ve been quilting my ass off here lately trying to get Kenya and Sal’s wedding present done in time for their nuptials next week. I’m happy to announce that the actual quilting stage is finally finished! Now I just have to finish the edges and embroider a message for them. With luck, I might have one or two fingers unbloodied to upload a picture for you when I’m done…