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Fall: the time of year when all the parents in the office bring their children's new colds to work to share with the rest of us.

High school student who was beaten-up for wearing a shirt depicting a KKK lynching defends his shirt choice thusly:

"'I'm not racist or anything,' he said. 'It's just, some people I hate, some people I don't get along with. And black people just happen to be the ones because they think they're better than everyone else.'"

And this kid went on to graduate. Time to re-evaluate what it takes to get a diploma from Fleming Island High School?

More at Jacksonville.com. via The News Blog.

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MOSNEWS.COM says:

A meteorologist in Pocatello, Idaho, claims Japanese gangsters known as the Yakuza used KGB inventions to cause Hurricane Katrina, Wireless Flash reported Thursday.

Scott Stevens says after looking at NASA satellite photos of the hurricane, he's is convinced it was caused by electromagnetic generators from ground-based microwave transmitters.

Mm 'k.

The iPod starts the work week with...

1. Liz Phair - Nashville
2. Hector - She Said She Said. My first post-college band.
3. The Cure - The End of the World. Surprisingly un-bad. I'd given up on them a long time ago, but this is pleasantly acceptable.
4. Getz / Gilberto - Doralice. Mellow Brazillian jazz... ahh.
5. Sonic Youth - Tunic (Song For Karen)
6. Moby Grape - Indifference
7. Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
8. Cream - Sitting On Top Of The World
9. White Stripes - Blue Orchid
10. Fleetwood Mac - Watch Out. This is the old, pre-Buckingham/Nicks time, when they were a blues band, with Bob Welch up front.

I think this means the people in my office are going to talk about stupid fucking fantasy football, constantly, for the next four months.

One weekend at a party, we were talking with a friend of a friend, a runner, who had developed plantar fasciitis in both her feet: damage to the tendons and ligaments on the bottom of your foot, where they attach to your heel bone. She had it so bad, that even after after months of treatments, there were times that she literally could not walk.

So after that, I started wondering what was going on with my own foot. I had started feeling a little tenderness in my right heel. At first, I thought it was just a bruise; but when it didn't get any better after a couple of weeks, I started worrying. A quick trip to the doctorGoogle told me that I had the same thing as she did, though still less severe: constant tenderness at the front of the heel, soreness spreading over the entire bottom of the foot after long periods of inactivity (ex in the morning, or after a few hours sitting at a desk).

Treatment? Stretch, and don't run, for as long as it takes. Probably at least a month. Possibly two months. Possibly six months. Maybe more. So, that's the end of my running.

Now, I'm gonna be a mountain biker !

Tricksey loves to sit in the bathroom sinks. I thought this was a quaint quirk unique to our special precious kitty. But no. All cats love to sit in the sink. Our cat is merely typical. Sigh.