11/6/07
Message 259803 on *sconebutters (#213):
Date:    Sun Nov 4 22:05:38 2007 PST
From:    Jayturkey (#105276)
To:      *sconebutters (#213)

Message 3922 expired from *current-events (#38578):
Date:    Thu Oct 23 11:32:52 1997 PDT
From:    spivak (#105570)
To:       *current-events (#38578)

Coroner's Report: John Denver had sunshine on shoulders at time of crash. Monterey, Ca.--According to a Monterey County coroner's report released Monday, singer John Denver had a shoulder-sunshine level of .27--more than two times the legal limit--at the time of his fatal airplane crash into Monterey Bay on Oct. 12. "Our autopsy discovered a substantial quantity of sunshine on and around Mr. Denver's shoulders, more than enough to make him high," Monterey County chief coroner Richard Bozell said. "It is my opinion that it would be difficult for even the most experienced pilot to safely operate an aircraft while high on that much sunshine." Denver, who battled sunshine addiction throughout his career, was 53.

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I am touched and amused by this repost from LambdaMOO.

Fuck, I can't remember if I uploaded the 11/5/07 entry the other night.

I'm not surprised since Monday morning I panicked a bit. First I thought I didn't set my clock back an hour per the return of wholesome standard time. A minute later I thought "OHSHI- I set my clock forward an hour!"

Adding to my disorientation was the fact that sunlight was streaming down the stairway through the window of the laundry room and the door's window. This phenomenon is expected around the equinoxes and we're halfway to the winter solstice.

Once I was out the door I saw that the neighbor across the street was doing her morning routine. She was kind enough to let me know that it was about seven thirtyish which meant I was definitely on-time. So I drove around the block, went back in the apartment, filled Spot's water dish and went to work.

I really, really hate calendar math. Mostly because it's not uniformly decimal by nature. Anyway here's my rough countdown schedule until I resign from Usury, Inc.. Anyway I think it's accurate compared to my in-head calculations made at the ass-end of my workday on Monday.

• 11/16/07 - 180 days left
• 1/1/08 - 134 days left
• 2/4/08 - 100 days left
• 3/25/08 - 50 days left
• 4/19/08 - 25 days left
• 4/29/08 - two weeks to go
• 5/6/08 - one week to go
• 5/13/08 - Pay off car, submit resignation letter

The starred items are most likely incorrect by my reckoning.

• 11/16/07 - 180 days left
• 1/1/08 * - 135 days left
• 2/6/08 * - 100 days left
• 3/27/08 * - 50 days left
• 4/21/08 * - 25 days left
• 4/29/08 - two weeks to go
• 5/6/08 - one week to go
• 5/13/08 - Pay off car, submit resignation letter

Part of me wants to photocopy the page from Season of Mists where Lucifer says "Nobody has to stay anywhere forever" after he evicted everyone from Hell and it's going about locking it up before giving it to Morpheus and submit that with my resignation letter.

A part of me says I should leave a copy of Douglas Adams's fourth book "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish".

Meh, I think I'll just surreptitiously leave it in one of my drawers so it can be discovered later on.

I'm unsure if this would be considered unwise and may taint the experience of potential employers trying to verify that Adrian Sterling did indeed work for Usury, Inc..

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