Saturday night fever

[slipjig3]

1) Came home from work early, thanks to the plague I up and caught. Misery abounds, but at least it's now abounding in my living room with comforting beverages.

2) I suppose missing Blades and Blarney (the local SCA event held today) due to work was marginally better than missing it due to illness. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

3) And now for the purely mercenary portion of the post: the latest issue of Games Magazine is available on newsstands now, with a little something by me inside. Purchase! Enjoy! [/shameless plug]

4) The other day I was arguing with a man who needed Directory Assistance to look up the number for Cox Communications, but insisted on talking himself around in circles for a few minutes. Exasperated, I finally yelled, "Sir, did you or did you not just say you were looking for Cox?!" Sadl;y, I didn't catch it until Colleen nearly fell out of her chair laughing behind me.

5) Between finding out that the Pentangle's five original members reunited and played recently to accept a lifetime achievement award, and finding out that Fairport Convention will be performing Liege and Lief in its entirety at this year's Cropedy with the original album band lineup (minus Sandy Denny, of course), I am in full-out Brit folk-rock fanboy squee mode. Highly unbecoming, but dammit, I don't much care.

Comments

Re: Brit folk-rock stuff

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Actually, I had heard of them, but hadn't heard much of their stuff, if any. Thank you for the link! I'm very much liking. *goes off to listen some more*

Re: Brit folk-rock stuff

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Ooo, just got to the Tull covers.... *squee!*

Re: Daaaaamn......

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

*headdesk, weeping*

Actually, if you listen to Fairport's self-titled debut, she's not that far off the mark; "Don't Worry, Ma, It's Only Witchcraft" could almost be a lost track off of Surrealistic Pillow. Of course, that's also pre-Sandy, so....

Re: Daaaaamn......

[rafaela.livejournal.com]

Oh, hell no.

[malefica-v.livejournal.com]

Please to note today's "Foxtrot" for crossword geekness.
http://community.livejournal.com/comic_foxtrot/177374.html?

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

*gigglefits* I'm actually quite impressed: aside from the two-letter entries, which was pretty much necessary due to its size, the puzzle obeys standard U.S. crossword conventions: symmetry, no unchecked letters, etc. To do that and maintain a theme throughout all entries? Nice. (And a Will Shortz reference!)

I just reread the paragraph I just typed. Omigod, am I a dork.

"Sir, did you or did you NOT just say you were looking for Cox?!"

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd been there to hear this, but a friend and co-worker vouched for it:

In the Fraud Department where I once worked, we had ways of clearing an account for use after a fraud investigation, often involving conference calls between us, the customer, and the bank to confirm the customer's info. This customer's bank was not available at the time, so ruddy redheaded co-worker Shauna asked who else could confirm his info. The customer said his wife. Shauna, very sweetly, said "Well, we could do a three-way with your wife."

After the call, someone pointed out to Shauna what she had said. And this ruddy redhead was suddenly ruddier.