And there I was....

Scoping out my current favorite band and noticing that they were going to be playing at The Masquerade in Atlanta. Now, the show in Hotlanta happens to be near the last few regularly scheduled days of our outage. I had previously told Suzanne that I didn't intend to miss out on any of my overtime days. So....

When I came home last night, I suggested that I might miss out on a couple of my OT days to go see the show. By the way, I highly recommend VNV Nation if you have any interest at all in electronic dance music and have a chance to go see them. Suzanne brought up my previous statement. Hey, things change! I've seen VNV twice before and loved their show each time. If I can swing it (and my job will let me take the time off), it looks like I'm going to see them again. I'm stoked!

Some other faves (at least from MySpace):

Sarah Brightman
Lords of Acid
Pride and Fall
Covenant
Claire Voyant

I'm sure that I am omitting some excellent bands. Sorry!

What a day......

On our current schedule, my off day is Monday. I accomplished a little bit, but generally I just loafed around and took relaxation to an extreme. My ritual for Mondays has come to include an hour long soak in our jet tub. For some reason, it had been YEARS since I actually soaked in a bathtub. So refreshing...

Almost makes me forget about griping about the status quo in DC...

But while I'm talking about that...

Here's something useful and not actually ranting. The State Department publishes a weekly report on the status of things in Iraq. We have done some great things there and I surely hope things get better for them after over three decades of brutal repression. Any way, if you're so inclined, check out the "Iraq Weekly Status Report".

Two other links of interest if you enjoy governmental affairs (as I do):

Browse Daily Issues of the Congressional Record for the 110th Congress

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Main Page

Well, it's time to prepare for the start of another six day stretch, so I'm outta here. Peace!