Sometimes in this world you have to have a sense of humor about things or you’ll cry, and sometimes I forget that. Hence last night’s post … but I think I’m better today.

I found myself with an unexpected day off today. The Governor closed all state of Texas agencies in a day of remembrance for Gerald Ford – one of the rare occasions when the University of Texas is considered a state agency (others include budget cuts, the need for layoffs, etc.). Times when we’re not considered a state agency usually include all of those weird holidays that everyone else gets off but we don’t (San Jacinto Day, Texas Independence Day, etc).

They did a crap job of announcing it – we got an e-mail yesterday, but I can think of several people that I work with who don’t check their e-mail at home, so I’m wondering how many people showed up at the office today not knowing that we had the day off. Stuff that makes you go “hmmmm.”

So, instead of going to work, I went to Costco and bought lots of household cleaning products (this not being really connected to any of the above) and a copy of Little Miss Sunshine, which they had on sale. Now I’m on my eleven-teenth load of laundry and marvelling at how large the living room is without a Christmas tree in it (and wondering how it is that every year the stuff never seems to fit back into the same box it came out of).

In other news:

A plane crashed in Indonesia yesterday, and after detailed reports saying that the plane had been found and that there were survivors, “senior officials” have announced that they were wrong and that they haven’t found the plane after all.

Speaking of needing a sense of humor — it’s one thing to say that you think you know where the plane is and then come back and say you were wrong, but it’s another thing entirely to say you’ve found the plane, come up with specific numbers of survivors and fatalities and then turn around and say you were wrong. Something weird is going on there … too bad Mulder and Scully aren’t around anymore.

In other weird news. Wikipedia inadvertantly shut off the ability of everyone in the country of Qatar to edit the site anonymously. I’ll bet this is some sort of weird vendetta against Qatar for defying English grammar by not placing a “u” in their name. Once internet access is available on airplanes, fliers on Qantas Airways better be careful, that’s all I’m saying.

And, back in “bang your head against the wall” territory, the Massachusetts legislature has voted to allow a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage (which is currently legal there) to move forward. One step forward, two steps back … right into dog poo.

Remember to keep smiling.

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