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Nicked from vree:

Leave one memory of you and me together. It doesn't matter if I know you a
little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, post this in your blog and see how
many people leave a memory about you.

more podcasting, etc.

No, not smut this time: MuggleNet's MuggleCast for die hard Harry Potter fans. Yes, they have spoiler warnings :P

I've come into posession of a new knife. Actually, I got it some time ago, left at a party and the hostess seemed to think it belonged to me (??) No claimant showed up, so it's mine now.

It's a fantasy knife of some kind, a bit unwieldy to, er, wield, but damn, it looks cool - a lot like Firefly villain Niska's knife ("So, tortured extra, ever hear of Shan Yu?") in that one episode. Yes, I'm being a geek :P Anyway - makes an excellent scary prop :)

Finally slowing back down to normal a bit today, but still drinking the chamomile.

crying wolf

I found out about the tunnel closings earlier today from danicia's LJ. Seems it was another alleged terrorist threat, which again, turned out to be nothing (and am I the only one having problems getting to domestic links of this story? I pulled this one from The Australian :P)

It seems like since 2001 we've had quite a few local "scares" that didn't pan out - strange powders found in Metro stations that turn out to be dishwashing soap, tularemia that could be native, not planted, and more orange alerts than I care to count. Though the first time it happened my eyebrows raised a bit, I frankly don't pay attention to the "Report Suspicious Behavior" displays over the Beltway anymore.

Still, my own complacency probably should bother me, because it's likely that something will happen again, at some point, but my inner cynic just doesn't believe the hype.

Local folks: do you or anyone you know actually pay attention to these alerts - apart from when they might affect your commute?

Non-local folks: does the DC/Baltimore metro area really seem much scarier since 9/11?