Assembled in the USA from 100% Chinese parts.

9:06am: PSA: You have just over a week left to file.
I posted back in December (http://r-ness.livejournal.com/289690.html) about the class action settlement for cardholders of Visa, MasterCard, or Diners Club cards who had foreign transactions between February 1, 1996 and November 8, 2006.

The filing deadline is May 30, 2008. So, if you haven't already done so, dig out the form they sent you and file.

5:28pm: If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip

In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip
(1986)

7:05pm: Heads up, people. (Wesleyan Reunion/Commencement)
(thanks to hca, jila, cerridwynn, silk_roses, vejesus, mahjhongg, and belfrynotes)

From http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsrel/announcements/commencement.html:

On Sunday, May 25, 2008, United States Senator Barack Obama will deliver the Commencement Address at the 176th Commencement Ceremony at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Senator Obama is honored to speak on behalf of United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who was previously scheduled to deliver the address.

"Ted and I talked about me filling in for him at Wesleyan University earlier this week. Considering what he's done for me and for our country, there's nothing I wouldn't do for him. So I'm looking forward to standing in his place on Sunday even though I know I won't be able to fill his shoes," Senator Obama said.

I'm guessing it'll be particularly important to grab a place on Foss Hill this year.

8:43pm: Word to the wise:
If you start flinging poo at the other monkeys, you should not be surprised when they fling it back at you.

9:57pm: "She lived on the Hellmouth, I lived in Baghdad"
For my friends who are Buffy fans, from Monday's Morning Edition on NPR:

(listen at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90584068)
Vampire Slayer Buffy Saves Iraq Reporter's Soul
by Jamie Tarabay

Morning Edition, May 19, 2008 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer saved the world and the sanity of NPR's Jamie Tarabay while she was in Baghdad. Tarabay explores why she needed the slayer during her time in Iraq.

(spoilers, if you care)

Thanks to in_parentheses!

11:32pm: Quote for the night.
He's a playa...and he loses. --hellpossum