I'm not vegetarian, I just don't eat meat.

I heard someone say the above with a perfectly serious voice. I grinned maniacally at my coffee cup but I didn't laugh out loud. That's control, that is. In fact, I experienced several wacky moments at lunch yesterday over at the Ladera espresso bar. That was one; another was a 50-ish, soignee woman advising the young, dreadlocked barista that left-handed people have their brain lobes exactly opposite from right-handed people. I was dying to hear how this would work but just then I had to give my order (double tall skinny cap) and I missed it. Boy, is it good to be home in California where any outlandish theory can be sustained for an inordinately long time. Sometimes I wonder what ever happened to Harriet, my former co-worker who gave up paralegal work to go into the export business, bringing back special sand from Indonesia for sand tray therapy.

Anyway, the latter part of my week was just fine (post-freakout about my job, for those tuning in late). True, there's still an inordinate amount of corporate travel being dumped on me but it's kind of the time of year. Everyone's got their Thanksgiving and Christmas plans made and so most of what's occuring is a bunch of last-minute business meetings before everyone takes four days off. I get four days off, too, which is pretty cool. We're getting four days off at Xmas and New Year's as well so I think I can cope with the next six weeks of corporate emergencies knowing I'll be getting a break.

A nice bit of web publicity came my way when Michelle Troutman of the Mining Company featured my page among other Mystery Science Theater 3000 web pages. Go have a look, especially at the sites maintained by Petrea and Jamie.

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