Random

- Cleaned my downstairs floors today. I mean really cleaned. Stripped the laminate wood with a vinegar/water mix and then went over it with a laminate polish. Looks pretty good, and you can hardly smell the vinegar.

- I was out at Target today and it was freaking INSANE. I mean, I know it's a weekend, but I've rarely seen it that busy. Everyone, buy stock in Target and Pepperidge Farm.

- I started thinking today about decorating for Christmas. I also need to pick up some wrapping paper, bows, etc.

- We have a frost warning for tonight. Brr!

- Next week is conference week. Good: We get out an hour early! Bad: It's supposed to rain at least a couple of days.

- Holy crap the birds in my backyard are noisy.

- I just realized what Avatar reminds me of: Fern Gully! With Smurfs! Only with more, ya know, evil humans. Except are they really human if they're in the military?

- Jake Tapper blogs about Obama's embarrassing bow to Emperor Akhito of Japan:

"The bow as he performed did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms....The last thing the Japanese want or need is a weak looking American president and, again, in all ways, he unintentionally played that part.

Oy.

I'm watching the Neverwhere miniseries, since I just read the novel by Neil Gaiman.

Yeeesh. I'd forgotten how... British British TV is.

ETA: If this was made in 1996, why does everything look so... 80s-ish?