Into the flood again

Today was an exciting day at the book mines. We unexpectedly closed at 4:30, due to finally finding an engineer to state the obvious: our building is a deathtrap that longs to collapse into rubble. So now we're closed next week for fifth opinions and estimates, and depending on how bad the news is may be closed longer than that. So I get a well-timed weekend off, and next week I can either take a vacation or pick up hours at another store.

Whee!

Jesus wept

Get Carter (1971) is an excellent film on its own merits, but it becomes even more entertaining if you imagine it to be some alternate Hellblazer story. A different "Newcastle incident." Michael Caine can be my JC any day.

It also gets points for its anti-Bond chase scene, where in two middle-aged men run awkwardly and get winded.