Picked up a fresh new copy of my favoritest notebook today. Wirebound, color-coded, graph paper. http://bit.ly/mN4aBh It's filled with potential.

From the NSA style guide: "accent marks ... (U) Since most of our
word-processing systems cannot make accent marks, type the word without the
mark(ei/REL): emigre, attache."
http://www.governmentattic.org/4docs/NSA-SIGINT...

My oven doesn't have a temperature display so I assume that the time it takes to preheat is the same amount of time it takes me to catch up on subjot/twittter/reader/email/etc.

Looked up the NATO phonetic alphabet. Oscar is pronounced OSS-CAH and Victor is VIK-TAH. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alph...

Are autographs still a thing or do the kids ask celebs for a picture these days? I wonder how sales of character autograph books at Disney World are doing. I guess book signings are still happening.

Yesterday's mail: An ad encouraging me to get my degree from a local college and a fundraising letter from the college where I got my degree. When will paper mail ad campaigns also have access to my facebook data?

wtf, I have to pay $12 to get new checks that I will barely use over the next years? wtf, I'm upset about spending $12 for (I'm guessing) 10 years of use?

I filled out a check the other day for the first time in ages and having to focus on handwriting that closely was pretty difficult. I dated it wrong, so I get to practice again today. My checks have the address for a place we lived in 4 moves ago.