a *normal* day

my mommy's contribution after we discussed the whole NM thing:
Note from the Consumer Awareness institute: As the predominant religion in the state of Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than its share of members Latter-day Saints (LDS) involved in MLM/network Marketing, both as participants and as founders and promoters of such programs. While not all MLM's based in Utah are LDS owned, it is assumed that the majority are controlled by Latter-day Saints. Whether or not that is the case, Utah provides a case study in who profits and who loses in MLM.

One contributor says that the best way to deal with these people is to give them $20 to make them go away – you treat it as buying peace and tell them you have now paid for your freedom from harassment.

not that it's not obvious where the memeplex comes from (and it seems my guess about the mormons wasn't a lonely fart in the wind), but if everyone would take a second to think of it all as Yet Another Religion then we can slot it all into the right place.

today was spent dealing with the arrogant prick who's been causing our section grief the last couple of weeks. at least it's been fun taking him to task, and i enjoyed spending my extra hours productively. i don't think he'd care if we took him down a notch, the big deal will be getting our commanders to notice his idiocy.

and the sushi lunch was filling and entertaining.

and now it's time to go out... the guy in charge of the shuttle to base has agreed to add a stop for me, so it should be less pressured in the morning (and easier to deal with my hangover).