There was a big story on the front page of the L.A. Times today about how much the Greenland ice sheet has been receding.



Good timing.

"In every square inch of Las Vegas, you will find a casino."

Yes, it's time to play "Spam Subject Line or Sufjan Stevens Song Title?" Answers in the comments section.

1. Your Money, Night Sparrow
2. You Are the Rake
3. He Woke Me Up Again
4. Sempron November Rigs Going
5. Holy Holy, Etc.
6. The Newest Every Man Wishes It
7. Beauty Is Just a Light Switch Away
8. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
9. Prickle Enjoyable
10. I'll Never Get Off This Planet
11. Year of the Boar
12. Dear Mr. Supercomputer

The menu for the commissary on the Burbank campus where my job is now located. I wonder if they have a meal plan. I wonder if I can get my parents to pay for it.

On my way to work this morning, my iPod started playing the theme from "CHiPs" just as I was exiting the freeway.

Today's the second-to-last day I have to commute via freeway, because the office is moving over the weekend, cutting my miles traveled by two-thirds (and, most likely, my commute time by the same fraction).