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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's body will return to his Neverland Ranch on Thursday morning for a public viewing on Friday, CNN has learned.

Hmm, I have the day off on Friday...

So the fall I took in the race on Sunday I think managed to pull my external oblique muscle. At least, that's what I've self-diagnosed.

I know it's an odd muscle to pull while running... but does anyone have any experience with such an injury? How long will I be affected? Is it possible to run with it? How long should I put up with it before I consult a doctor?

OMG the "V" remake trailer is up!



I loved that miniseries as a kid. Looks like it'll be better this time. :-)

I just found out that Daylight Saving time starts this weekend... I had no idea, thought it was in late March.

I'm running a race on Sunday morning too... blah... means I have to get by with one less hour of sleep.

Last night I was walking Topher around the block before sleeping, and I noticed a red flashing light in the sky. I looked and realized it must have been a plane, but really, really high up. Then, I noticed another flashing light going parallel to the first one, maybe a couple of miles away from it. And between the two, there were two more planes, but without flashing lights (I could just barely see them, as they were only dimly lit and just a tiny gray dot in the night sky)

I'm assuming they were military; I don't know any other reason why four planes (only the two outside ones with red flashers) would be flying alongside each other like that. But it still struck me as odd.

In other news, my legs are pretty much fully recovered from the marathon... no more lingering stiffness or anything. I swam at the gym last night, first time in probably a year. Didn't get very far, though, mostly because my eyes were getting irritated.

Yes, I remember this commercial, because I'm old. The commercial was weird, but the cereal that it advertises was really good!



There was Fruity Freakies too, which was also yummy. I used to have one of the Freakies refrigerator magnets. I think most of my friends list is way too young, but anyone else remember this stuff?

Back in late 1993, I was an extra in a few movies and TV shows. I was unemployed, and it was easy, food was provided, and it paid slightly higher than minimum wage. Oh, and it was fun, too. I was barely visible in most of the stuff I did, though.

I just found youtube videos of a couple of things I was in. The first, Family Matters was probably also my most visible. I'm wearing a red shirt in the first locker room scene, then at the end of the clip there's another locker room scene that I'm also in:



Anyway, I was pretty lame in it; I can't really act. I always cringe when I see this clip.


This one, from the sitcom Wings, was not one where I was particularly visible, but I'm wearing the pink shirt in the first scene... first sitting at the counter flipping through a magazine, then you can see walk out of the scene with a backpack:




I'm also in the stadium in this one, but you can't see me:




EDITED TO ADD:
Oh, I also found another thing I was in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFiNIePOIMc (this one doesn't allow embedding, and you have to sit through commercials. Blah.)

I'm in there wearing a faded dark green shirt, very briefly in the background, at around 8:17 and 9:27. There's a longer shot of me starting at 28:38 (and also, when the camera is looking down at the characters sitting on the stairs, my feet are one of 2 or 3 sets of feet that walk by... we just walked in circles during that shot)... and finally, I'm sitting at the counter at 31:51.

I just found this photo that I took years ago, so I scanned it and sent it to http://www.failblog.org/

( click here for FAIL )

Think they'll post it?

I went to Costco the other night. And was horrified that the snack bar has discontinued their ice cream bars!!!

OMG they were soooo good... vanilla ice cream, hand-dipped to order in thick chocolate, and then covered in a ton of chopped toasted almonds. They were huge, only $1.50, and fantastic.

But, they're gone now. RIP, Costco ice cream bars. *sniff*

One of the funniest sitcom scenes ever:



Happy Thanksgiving!

(you can see the whole episode here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/322/wkrp-in-cincinnati-turkeys-away )

The Caster Family owns A-1 Self Storage, with 40 locations throughout California. Terry Caster is quoted in the San Diego Union Tribune as saying "without solid marriage you are going to have a sick society."

The Caster Family gave $693,000 to the Yes on Prop 8 campaign.

If anyone in Southern CA wishes to close their account with A-1 Self Storage and needs help moving their stuff out, I'm willing to help.

If you're willing to assist others in moving their business away from A-1 Self Storage, feel free to post this in your own journal.

So, one of the managers/co-owners of El Coyote restaurant (near West Hollywood) gave money to Yes on 8.

People, understandably angry, called for a boycott of the restaurant.

The manager in question decided to call a press conference/dialogue/something to smooth things over.

Apparently, it didn't go over so well...

http://la.eater.com/archives/2008/11/12/el_coyote_prop_8_press_conference_goes_horribly_awry.php

Anyway, I'm amused. Their food sucks anyway. (I've heard the margaritas are good though)

Yesterday, while grocery shopping, I bought 3 bags of Mother's Circus Animal cookies. It saddens me that they will probably be the last Circus Animal cookies I will ever have.

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272623200.shtml

...and I'm not even going to open them until after the Mud Run.

Today is my fourth anniversary of my LiveJournal.

In lieu of gifts, donate to No on Prop 8. :-)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- U.S. and Pakistani troops exchanged fire Thursday along the Pakistani-Afghan border minutes after the Pakistani military fired shots at two American helicopters that were providing cover for the troops, a U.S. military spokesman said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/pakistan.helicopters/index.html

...I really should take a leave of absence from my job so I can deal with this economic crisis we're having.

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I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.

I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe.

This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.

Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury Paulson

From http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-pitt18-2008sep18,0,4184100.story

Brad Pitt announced Wednesday that he's donating $100,000 to fight California's Proposition 8, a November ballot initiative that would eliminate same-sex couples' right to marry.

"Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8," the actor said in a statement.

Pitt's donation marks the largest thus far to the anti-Prop. 8 campaign by an A-list celebrity.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.



Just thought I'd pass this along. It's nothing an informed voter shouldn't already know. So pass it along to uninformed voters, if you feel like it.