Well, Ric got super sick, and I followed suit, though not as bad. He was sick from Thursday to today, and still isn't feeling good. He threw up and had a heavy fever for a few days. I was out sick yesterday with achy joints and a small cough. But I'm back today. I thought I was getting better, but then my nose decided to act up this afternoon, so it might be a few more days until I'm rid of it.

I spent most of the weekend at home, making sure Ric was okay. I got out of the house on Sunday to join Cyndi for a preview of Kung Fu Panda. We got to give our opinions, since the film is still a work in progress. Opinions to be revealed later on, when we're allowed to talk about it on blogs!

Since I was cooped up in the house, I watched a lot of movies and started boxing more things for the move. I've been cleaning a lot, too. Hey Wendy, did you ever find anything that successfully cleaned the grout in the bathroom? It's greyish to begin with, which makes it difficult to see if you've got it clean or not, and I've been scrubbing with Clorox without making much of an impact. Anyway, now that I've finished off the whole set of Thin Man movies, a Hitchcock, and a Victorian drama, I've had a very healthy dose of mystery movies.

Up this week: cleaning, packing, and closing escrow! I'm also going to the university's opera, The Merry Wives of Windsor, which should be great fun. Oh, and how could I forget - Lost returns on Thursday!

_yungfuktoi_: Going public: PLEASE READ AND REPOST

On Saturday morning Diz flew into Dubai airport and was detained at immigration. We kind of knew he would be profiled because he has long hair and looks oriental (they are very racists against Asians in Dubai, and ultra-conservative). He knew the score going in: prescription drugs are illegal, dress conservatively and detox for a week (even trace amounts of either illegal or prescription drugs in the urine are prosecuted as 'drug smuggling'. I'm not joking). They found melatonin on him, which he bought over the counter in the US. Legally, you can even buy it over the counter in Dubai. They arrested him, anyway.

Wow. That is insane. Dubai is quickly becoming one of the top tourist destinations in the world but I don't think I would ever go there with their current drug laws. If you can get arrested and thrown in prison for having melatonin, I don't consider that tourist friendly.


Hat tip to Warren Ellis

Flash Game of the Day

I posted this in 2005. Many people did. Yesterday it was on the front page of Digg. I guess the internet is pretty cyclical. It's only a matter of time before people rediscover those Yeti Sports games and that damned Elf Bowling.