I'm not sure why aldermanic candidates have their addresses printed on the ballots, but I learned from that that one of my candidates, "Junebug," is homeless. I'm not sure how to feel about that. I was voting for the incumbent anyway.

The treehuggingpeacenik approves: Australia bans incandescent bulbs.

I went home early yesterday because of the snow, thinking, "I can finish up a couple of emails at home." I ended up working until 9:30pm. So much for my snow day. At least I had a cat cuddled up next to me to keep me warm.

I can't talk about anything that's bothering me at the moment, even in code, without running the risk (albeit a very small risk) of losing my job. So I will just be quiet. :)

A few random and disjointed items:

1. I just received a Peyton Manning jersey in the mail. :) Its origin was a mystery, but one that was quickly solved via phone call to my mom. My always-surprising father was the sender. If Peyton pulls off the win on Sunday, I'm wearing it to work Monday.
   
2. I had to take the kitties to the vet yesterday for booster shots. Keep in mind that I have no car, so going to the vet involves carrying the kitties half a mile in the frigid cold. Luckily Matthew was home in time to help, but it was still a pretty miserable experience walking there. After a brief but expensive appointment (in which I learned that Smokey and the Bandit are *exactly* the same weight--9.11 pounds) the kind vet offered us a ride home. My faith in humanity is restored.
3. A character on House last night had been a comparative religions major at Northwestern. Beyond the extreme unlikeliness of a random person having majored in religion at NU (the year I graduated, I was the only person majoring in just religion, and the others would have described themselves first with their second majors, i.e., psychology or economics), this girl did not in any way strike me as either a Northwestern student nor a religion major. She had very obviously East Coast sensibilities that seemed untempered by a stint in the Midwest, and more importantly, she was clinging to a faith in God , and obviously a Christian God, that is rare, if not completely unknown, amongst religious studies scholars in non-religious universities.