Seventeen stories of stupidity

From this morning's BBC Online, comes this story out of MPLS:

An American man has survived after falling 17 floors from the window of a hotel in the US city of Minneapolis.

Joshua Hanson, 29, landed on a roof awning and suffered multiple broken bones with some internal injuries, but is expected to recover.

Mr Hanson crashed through the floor-to-ceiling window at the end of a corridor after returning to the Hyatt Regency after a night of drinking.

Hyatt says they're investigating how this could happen (and they should be...since it's a really bad idea to have easily-broken windows on the 17th floor).

I wonder how drunk this guy was.

I also wonder if sobriety will be his middle name for a good while to come.

Seventeen stories of stupidity

From this morning's BBC Online, comes this story out of MPLS:

An American man has survived after falling 17 floors from the window of a hotel in the US city of Minneapolis.

Joshua Hanson, 29, landed on a roof awning and suffered multiple broken bones with some internal injuries, but is expected to recover.

Mr Hanson crashed through the floor-to-ceiling window at the end of a corridor after returning to the Hyatt Regency after a night of drinking.

Hyatt says they're investigating how this could happen (and they should be...since it's a really bad idea to have easily-broken windows on the 17th floor).

I wonder how drunk this guy was.

I also wonder if sobriety will be his middle name for a good while to come.

Note to my catty friends

Pet owners live healthier lives, notes a study by a psychologist in Belfast.

But before my friends feel too smug, it's dog owners who get the "lion's share" of those benefits:

However, her research suggested that dog ownership produced more positive influence than cat ownership.

As well as lower blood pressure and cholesterol, she said dog-owners suffered fewer minor ailments and serious medical problems.

There was also the suggestion that dogs could aid recovery from serious illnesses such as heart attacks, and act as 'early warning' to detect an approaching epileptic seizure.

It should be noted that cat owners don't take their pets out for as many "walkies," but any pet ownership (taken in moderation) has the potential to help people feel needed and less alone.

Note to my catty friends

Pet owners live healthier lives, notes a study by a psychologist in Belfast.

But before my friends feel too smug, it's dog owners who get the "lion's share" of those benefits:

However, her research suggested that dog ownership produced more positive influence than cat ownership.

As well as lower blood pressure and cholesterol, she said dog-owners suffered fewer minor ailments and serious medical problems.

There was also the suggestion that dogs could aid recovery from serious illnesses such as heart attacks, and act as 'early warning' to detect an approaching epileptic seizure.

It should be noted that cat owners don't take their pets out for as many "walkies," but any pet ownership (taken in moderation) has the potential to help people feel needed and less alone.

Well, I wonder what it will say in the morning?

Thanks to filkerdave, I found out what kind of fae[ry] I am.

Kind of scary.

What type of Fae are you?

Wonder if I should tell Mike?

Well, I wonder what it will say in the morning?

Thanks to filkerdave, I found out what kind of fae[ry] I am.

Kind of scary.

What type of Fae are you?

Wonder if I should tell Mike?

NESFA Other Meeting

Every couple of weeks, NESFA has a meeting. Some of these are "Business Meetings," which are more formal types of meetings (with voting and agendas and so forth); some of them are "Other Meetings."

Other Meetings are gatherings at a NESFA member's house, excuses to nibble and chatter the day away. Today, the OM was at our house.

When we first started hosting OMs, we started to lengthen them by offering dinner to folks. At warm weather meetings, it's not uncommon for a host to open a grill and people to stay a bit longer. We tend to also offer dinner to the folks who stick around in the cold weather, too.

Well, it got cold. And I wanted comfort food. So yesterday we went to Harrows, which (according to the Phantom Gourmet) has the best chicken pot-pies in New England.

Usually, we'll cook for folks...you know, make it ourselves? But they forgave us because the pot pies were so darned good. With or without veggies, they're simply wonderful.

So we have some leftovers for Tuesday. Tomorrow? Oh. King crab tomorrow. :-)

NESFA Other Meeting

Every couple of weeks, NESFA has a meeting. Some of these are "Business Meetings," which are more formal types of meetings (with voting and agendas and so forth); some of them are "Other Meetings."

Other Meetings are gatherings at a NESFA member's house, excuses to nibble and chatter the day away. Today, the OM was at our house.

When we first started hosting OMs, we started to lengthen them by offering dinner to folks. At warm weather meetings, it's not uncommon for a host to open a grill and people to stay a bit longer. We tend to also offer dinner to the folks who stick around in the cold weather, too.

Well, it got cold. And I wanted comfort food. So yesterday we went to Harrows, which (according to the Phantom Gourmet) has the best chicken pot-pies in New England.

Usually, we'll cook for folks...you know, make it ourselves? But they forgave us because the pot pies were so darned good. With or without veggies, they're simply wonderful.

So we have some leftovers for Tuesday. Tomorrow? Oh. King crab tomorrow. :-)

Take it off your stack & put it on mine, please

Sometimes, when it's been a particularly rich harvest at Amazon.com, I'll have a stack of books to read. Right now, it's a phantom stack, because I don't actually own the books that are screaming "read me next!" (Fortunately, Amazon's sending me some RSN.)

Now, I find out from autopope that writers have "to write" stacks, just like readers have "to read" stacks.

But their stacks, alas, never seem to shrink at the rate mine do.

Perhaps I should read more slowly?

Take it off your stack & put it on mine, please

Sometimes, when it's been a particularly rich harvest at Amazon.com, I'll have a stack of books to read. Right now, it's a phantom stack, because I don't actually own the books that are screaming "read me next!" (Fortunately, Amazon's sending me some RSN.)

Now, I find out from autopope that writers have "to write" stacks, just like readers have "to read" stacks.

But their stacks, alas, never seem to shrink at the rate mine do.

Perhaps I should read more slowly?