My Life...

My birthday was pretty awesome. I went to Bartley's Burgers after work with some coworkers, some of my fellow Oliners were able to show up as well.

Yesterday, it rained and I lost my umbrella (I waited for the train to turn around (one stop away) and got on again in the hopes of finding it, but that was a complete waste of time). It seems that my umbrellas last an average of one rainstorm before breaking or being lost.

Yesterday, I got absorbed in my work and stayed really late, so I didn't go dancing. Today, I overslept my alarm. Things are going well, though.

And my toe is much better.

... and the News

Unfortunately, that last post isn't all that's been on my mind lately. The news has been rather depressing (and/or alarming):

On Monday, a woman was crushed by a three-ton piece of falling concrete in one of the Big Dig road tunnels. Investigators have since found that the tunnel is totally falling apart.

Yesterday, 174 people were killed and 464 injured in a series of bomb attacks on trains in Mumbai.

Today, Israel attacked Lebanon in retaliation for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah guerrillas (backed by Iran). Israel struck hundreds of targets (including the Beirut airport). They've mobilized their reserves in preparation for an attack, and claimed that the terrorists plan to move their hostages to Iran. Sploid has an excellent summary of these events (complete with tinfoil-hattery), cheerily titled World War III.

The price of oil is currently $79.99 a barrel (it hit a peak of $78.35 today).