Noleli's Away Messages

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

In bed.
Around.
Birmingham.
I don't like Birmingham.
Class was canceled this evening.

Monday, October 30, 2006

I mean lunch.

OK, bed.
Making dinner.
Doing stuff not at my computer.
Good for me.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

I have this strange urge to go on a road trip.
Made money this morning.

Breakfast, shower, then off to the FCB concert.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Kicking the computer habit by reading Shakespeare or something sweet like that.
Nothing says Saturday night like good old Mac 'n' Cheese.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

I found my passport.

Corporate America needs to institute late-start Thursdays.
I found my passport.
Looking for my passport.
At work bonding with my iPod.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

My parents are downstairs watching the baseball game.
Silly adults.
My parents are downstairs watching the baseball game.
Sill adults.
Downstairs having dinner.
Being healthy.
Work, of course.

Monday, October 23, 2006

I am presently being amused by the fact that, "who you were---are" rhymes with "pop-u-lur---lar".
Sukkah wood.
Work.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Going to sleep mad early tonight.
Dining downstairs.
Bat mitzvah at Adat Shalom this morning, then going to East Lansing for an AES thing.
I don't know....
Ponderin'....

Friday, October 20, 2006

I have three extra tickets to the Motor City Blues & Boogie Woogie festival for Saturday night. Anyone want to come?
Last day of the bloody fund drive.

Work....

Thursday, October 19, 2006

El awesome-o.
Penultimate day.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Yesterday was Tuesday. Tomorrow will be Thursday. Weird.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Getting almost enough sleep, maybe.

I couldn't use a new iPod even if I wanted to: my computer is too old to have USB2. I guess the iPod will have to wait till I get a new computer.
Getting almost enough sleep, maybe.
When the ship runs out of ocean
And the vessel runs aground
Land's where we know the boat is found
Wow, people go to sleep really late.

Monday, October 16, 2006

My iTunes library contains 3891 songs.
Sadly, my iPod only holds 2444 of them.
My iTunes library contains
The days go by slowly; the weeks quickly. The months quicker still.
Work.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

My mom is watching baseball.
I'm going to sleep.
Taking down the sukkah.

Friday, October 13, 2006

Thinking about going to the first half of the NF homecoming game tonight.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

I really need to go to sleep early tonight.
I should really put together a winter wardrobe.
Breakfast.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Sleeping.
I love my iPod.
I love NPR.

I'm at work.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Going to bed.
Easier than going to sleep.
Reading.
Dinner, reading, etc.
Practice...on the mat.
Crazy...and planning my escape!

Monday, October 09, 2006

Sleep.

Confused about, well, everything.
"I made futures, but not nows...."

Rant continues to be available in the away message blog.
Sleep.

Confused about, well, everything.

Rant continues to be available in the away message blog.
A bit of a rant:

For all the talk about preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and protecting "the homeland", this administration (and congress---hint, hint: vote!) has done an incredibly poor job.

How many years ago now was it that the "Axis of Evil" was named: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. Anyone in their right mind would have approached the problem thus: first, prioritize these countries by the danger that they pose, then develop a plan to deal with them in order from most to least dangerous, and finally implement said plan.

So, step 1.
-Iraq: may or may not have WMD; may or may not even have a WMD program; may or may not have ties to terrorism
-Iran: definitely has a uranium enrichment program; definitely funds and arms Hezbollah
-North Korea: advanced nuclear program with enough plutonium for 6-10 nuclear bombs; now, they've conducted a successful nuclear test.

So, with this information at hand, how would you rank the threat posed by each of these countries? Seems pretty obvious to me that Iraq would not go at the top of the list.

Then there's step 2, planning to deal with them:
Planning. Once a target was chosen (for reasons other than what most of us would call "facts" and "reality"), a plan needed to have been draw up to not only accomplish a short-term goal, but a longer-term goal of a stable government that would not, as a recently-leaked National Intelligence Estimate has suggested, turn Iraq into a recruiting tool for terrorist organizations both because of its instability and the increased animosity toward the United States that it breeds.

As for step 3, some sort of plan was indeed put into action. Look where it's gotten us: a nuclear North Korea, a uranium-encriching, Hezbollah-sponsoring Iran, and a mess in Iraq in which nearly 3000 US soldiers have been killed, approximately 100 civilians are killed every day by sectarian violence, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.

That's all I got.
Stay tuned after 5pm for a rant.

Till then, I'm at work.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

I think I'll be sleeping inside tonight.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Soooka
Finally changing the turtle's water.
Really tired....

Thursday, October 05, 2006

The now-famous (sorry, article isn't up on JN's website yet) Liebman sukkah is partially decorated.
At work, of course.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Phase I was all it took this year.

Sleeping.
Sukkah building: phase I
At work. Again.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

T-storms are farther north, so I guess I'll go to sleep.
Giving the evening shower thing a try.
Dining. Because I can eat. Hurray.
Work.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Well that was quite the fast.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Taking care of stuff around the house.
A secret mission, of sorts.