Why are there so many (mostly dead) moths in the Health Sciences Center?

Seriously, just walking through the atrium I saw five. They’re all over the first and second floors (maybe higher, but I rarely go above the second floor.)

They weren’t here three weeks ago, then suddenly they’re all over the place. There was even a dead moth in my office last week.

Where on earth did they come from? I don’t remember seeing a plague of caterpillars previously. How did they get in the building? Is this part of some diabolical plan?

Happy World Sauntering Day!

Now go saunter.

For those who don’t get WVU E-News or the local paper:

CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC DELAYS

1) Construction to begin Monday on Willowdale sidewalk project
Work is set to begin Monday on the Willowdale sidewalk project, spearheaded by WVU’s Student Government Association (SGA). The project is expected to be completed by mid-August in time for the start of the fall semester. March-Westin was the successful bidder on the project, which will add a 5-foot-wide sidewalk along Willowdale Road, a popular walkway for students and Morgantown residents adjacent to Milan Puskar Stadium, Ruby Memorial Hospital and the WVU Health Sciences Center. When complete, the new paved area will connect to a city sidewalk leading downtown and will be lit as well as handicapped accessible. The public should expect Willowdale Road to be reduced to one lane for intermittent periods while crews are at work.

In the lab, the last group of computers face the wall, which means that you can’t see what’s on the monitors. As far as we’re concerned, anyone who sits at those computers is porn surfing, but there’s nothing we can do about it, since we can’t catch ’em at it.

Which brings me to today.

As I was walking back to my office (in the back of the lab) I noticed one of the creeps who always sits in the back of the lab.

Then I noticed that his keyboard tray was shaking.

I really hope he was just playing some action game, but I wasn’t about to look closer.

Michael: You win! You got all the mail!
Michelle: Really? What’d I get? Anything fun?
Michael: Lowe’s bill…Credit card bill… well, those are in my name, but you pay ’em, so they’re yours.
Michelle: Gee, thanks.
Michael: John Edwards… XM… USAA… Gardener’s catalog…
Michelle: Oooooooh! Gardener’s Catalog! I could spend some money there.
Michael: I didn’t say Gardener’s catalog. No Gardener’s catalog here. Nope.

Could be worse. Coulda also been Baker’s Catalog and a catalog from Sur la Table.

Steampunk Workshop including Steampunk Keyboard and Monitor.

Steam Punk Star Trek About 10 minutes, and long in places, but still amusing

Totally safe for work yet rather disturbing Robot Romance

xkcd webcomic I’ve been reading this regularly for awhile. Here’s a recent favorite

Girls with Slingshots webcomic, you really have to start at the beginning and work your way forward. Not for everyone.

ARRRRRRG. Fucking sweet potatoes. Cats are bad enough. I definitely don’t need a dog.

Pawsense I’d somehow managed to forget about this. Probably because both of my cats stay off our computers

Warning: Cat Vomit I keep meaning to order one of these signs.

100% off on Amazon Make sure you read the reviews.

Naturallycurly.com (This is a reminder for me to check here. If you’ve seen my hair you’ll understand.)

Culled from here and there and my memory.

Doctor: I’m prescribing you the 20mg tabs, but I’d like you to take 10mg for the first week. You can just cut the pills in half.

Pharmacist: Your prescription plan won’t pay for this medication in smaller than 40mg doses, so you’ll need to cut the pills in half to get a 20mg dose.

Perhaps I’m just paranoid, but it really seems like someone out there screwing around with me.

On the bright side, this medication only cost $4, and a pill cutter cost $4.50. So all in all it’s still $102 dollars cheaper than the last medicine.

Every time I check the weather (I love the animated radar), it looks as if the called for rain is not going to happen.

So I did my part to make it rain.

I just spent an hour watering my flowers.

Just how much of a geek is Michelle?
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