See this list of honored teachers in 1992?

Huh, nobody’s highlighted as winning in the Social Studies category. Wonder why that is…

Oh. Yes, this could explain it… (h/t DailyKos)

Windsor Star, November 14:

Border delays not likely here for emergency crews

….Ambulances are the emergency vehicles that pass through most frequently, said Chief Ron Smith, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Detroit. Windsor hospitals often send patients in urgent need of surgery that can’t be provided here to Detroit, instead of sending them to London.

“We would like a list of who is on the (vehicle) so we know who is in there. But we are doing everything we can to ensure ensure emergency responders not held up,” he said.

Times Colonist (Victoria), November 17:

U.S. Customs delays ambulance at border

….Rick Laporte, 49 — who twice had been brought back to life with defibrillators — was being rushed across the border when a U.S. border guard ignored protocol at the Detroit portion of the tunnel and forced the ambulance — with siren and lights flashing — to pull over….

Chief Ron Smith of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Detroit could not be reached yesterday.

Thanks-I-think go to fark.com.

I’m rather perturbed that Betty Crocker has stopped putting microwave instructions on some of their Hamburger Helper boxes. It makes it a bit more difficult at dinner time, ya know?

Or, not.

Last night, I was too distracted at home to do the work I needed to do, so I decided that what I needed was a little time away from the net connection. I packed up my laptop and headed over to the Brewer Tim Horton’s, where I settled in at midnight with a coffee and a couple of Boston Cream doughnuts.

After about an hour of studying the code behind WordPress, which was not what I was supposed to be working on, I finally got into the groove, updating the database and completing my first pass through the app’s Setup Wizard. The nearly-empty restaurant was ideal for work: the only distraction was the Musak, easily countered with a little filk. I broke for breakfast around 5:00, when the breakfast sandwiches came on the menu, and continued until just after 6.

As I was getting ready to head home and wake up the schoolgirls (or at least, the one who wasn’t running a temp), the owner came over to my table. I was pleased to see him, as I had chatted with him in the past about such things as WiFi and possibly getting a job and training up through the ranks to management.

“I understand you’ve been here quite a while.”

“Yes, I had some work that I couldn’t get done at home.” (or something to that effect)

“Well, I don’t want this place becoming a hangout, so don’t do it again.”

Excuse me?

I’m sitting here with my laptop, with evidence on the table of multiple trips to the counter, and you’re complaining about me being productive? Do you not understand the concept of “coffee shop”???????

“Fine. I’ll be happy to take my business elsewhere in the future. All of it.” He walked away.

After the gentleman behind the counter made the mistake of wishing me a good day, and getting the short form of this rant, I left, never to return.

Ael stayed home from school today, thanks to some lingering queasiness from last night (too much lactose, I think). I decided that muffins would be good for breakfast, so after I dropped Erin off at school, I walked over to Paradis.

I was pleasantly surprised to spot Krusteaz muffins on the shelf. It’s hardly rare to see Seattle companies (besides Starbucks, of course) on the shelves around here, but they’re nice to find anyway. :-) It was over $2: the Betty Crocker muffins were .89. Easy choice, right?

Wrong.

After looking again at the price tags, I noticed that the unit price for the Krustez muffins was actually lower than the Betty Crocker ones. Checking back of the boxes, I found that the Krusteaz mix made 12 muffins, while the Betty Crocker mix made…

Five.

Anybody here have a muffin tin with 5 cups? Raise your hands, please. Go ahead, I’ll wait….

Diane Duane points to an article about how we’re defending against the wrong terrorist threat. Fortunately, the terrorists are also not using the right terrorist threat…