A Simple Way To Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work

The UPS-clobbered check is officially lost, sez my bank. Redeployment procedures initiated. At least the bank volunteered to reimburse me for any related fees I get stuck with.

I also learned the identity of the bottleneck that has been preventing ITA from paying my invoices in a timelier fashion. I bet they didn't know they were a bottleneck, so i just wrote them a polite email. Unfortunately for now I still have some severe cashflow issues even though my Accounts Receivable looks quite healthy. I'll be able to meet rent in January, but just barely. Can't pay a cent of debt yet. (Sorry, creditors.)

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I've started regularly visiting the bathroom on 5. You will recall this as the one with they keypad on the door, the source of much snide non-drama (it was too one-sided to be real drama) on the all-office mailing list. Well, I guess the powers that be silently surrendered to the will of the workers by the time I remembered the bathroom was there; the door's always been unlocked for me.

I go down there because the men's room on this floor is kind of a dump, and it's much nicer on 5. Probably because fewer people (or men, anyway) are willing to go down two flights of stairs to pee.

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Too many stomachache days lately. Had three in a row after a particularly self-abusive day (lots and lots of coffee + tibetan food) last weekend, then had a reprieve for a couple days, only to have a moderate ache start up while I was showering this morning and then sick around all day. I really want to know what's causing this. Unfortunately the health insurance people were really lame and never sent me anything, so I still have no doctor.

For two nights in a row I have had dreams about the Celebrated Micturating Automata of Prague. I think in both cases someone had chosen to send me a message through them, and I was frustrated because I couldn't understand it.