Destruction…

…is going on outside my window.  So early in the evening, and already the firecrackers and rockets are exploding hither and yon.  I half expect one of them to burst into the shape of a great red dragon and come swooping in over the top of my little apartment.  I suppose I should resign myself [...]

The flying blue-green words…

…are kinda spooky, but the more I think about that PSA that Isabelle developed for OC:0702 the more I think the idea might have some merit.  As successful as OC’s been so far, I think the site would benefit even more from more people.
I asked her why she didn’t do a PSA for OC:0701 and [...]

Merry Christmas…

…from the land of corn. I mean it. I really hope you all have had a fantastic holiday.
It’s been nice up here, believe it or not, seeing the fam and Rutger and all.  Decided to stay another day or so.  No reason not to with the home office shut down (and it’s been good for [...]

Destiny…

…has given us (and by us I refer to everyone except Kennedy, apparently) a little more time on 0701.  They close up the New York office for the holidays so Kennedy told Christopher that he would review what we know about the case when everyone returns after the new year.  I really  don’t think the [...]

I had actually convinced myself…

…that 0701 was a prank.  And that the prankster had gotten bored.
I don’t think I wanted that to be the case, but I was pretty sure that it was.  Now it seems more likely that the sender just didn’t want to bring his letters to the front door.  We didn’t go into detail before when [...]

The size of a Honda Element…

…is how big the damn thing is supposed to be, since some of you have asked.
Looking back at the archives, I see that in years past giant catfish were invariably described as being the size of Volkswagon Beetles.  100% of the time.  As far as I can tell, this was the case even before 1932 [...]

Delirium…

…just about covers it. Between the not-too-much sleep, the spooky rituals, the leviathan catfish, the Kentucky space jelly, the mysterious letters, and the 8, count them 8, shopping days until Christmas…well, things start to seem a little “unreal”.
Since the “mysterious letters” hold a little more weight than most of the others (in my opinion, anyway), [...]

The Morton Salt girl just handed me…

…her umbrella.
Cripes! Two days of too much driving, too many brown cows, and two-ton catfish (yeah, that’s what I was doing in Chattanooga).  Then I come back to the possibility of OC:0702 leaping from the library to the streets of  Seniorville, USA.  We’ll see where that leads, but now it’s time to catchup on the [...]

Off to the wilds of…

…Chattanooga for a day or so.  Hopefully much closer to a day than to a so.
Unfortunately, it’s nothing that seems likely to be very interesting, but I know a couple people down there so maybe I’ll wrap up early and have a little time to visit (T.C. & Scotty, that’s you – so put the [...]

Morpheus…

…is standing over by the door, tapping his foot, and looking anxiously at his watch (which is a really nice Oyster Perpetual…)
Man, I am tired tonight. I think it must be the excitement of the last 24 hours. The folks over at OC refined what they had originally come up with on 0702 [...]

Incontheivable!…

…(and, yes, that word does mean that I think it means.)
Three days!  The crew at OC solved the cipher on 0702 in three freakin’ days.  This is so awesome.  I cannot wait to tell Christopher and Shannon about this.  I’ve got a few questions back out to the crew.  Hopefully, I’ll get their feedback soon [...]

And then there were two…

…open cases.
Goodness.  If this keeps up they’re gonna have to let me drop my  Kentucky Space Jelly case (nope, not kidding about that one either) and let me spend a little more time with OC.  Just posted OC #2 (actually OC:0702; that number sign I just typed has no meaning – although I was reminded [...]

I think I’ll jump…

…on AIM and GoogleTalk tonight for a little while.  I’ve been pretty good about my resolution to not waste 22.9 hours a day chatting and twittering and whatever other “ings” the kids are into now, but I wanted to put some fresh eyes on the big picture (as they say someplace where people get paid [...]

All I wanted to do today…

…was stare at that freakin’ MSG1, yet all I was able to do today was everything but. Lot’s of admin stuff and report writing and report re-writing.
Looked at that thing till my eyes bugged out last night, though, and I came to one (and only one) conclusion; the way everything is laid out, especially with [...]

It’s odd, but I never…

…had to write a business case in  graduate school.  Yet now that I am out in the real world of ghosts, fire-eyed hell hounds, and mysterious (possibly deranged) letter writers I find that it is a skill that I could really use.
Oh, what a nice peaceful day it has been.  Awoke bright and early to [...]