The Eye of Kris

I am home sick today. Not as in sick of being away from home, or sick of being at home, but at home being sick. I got up this morning at 6 AM and took a shower, but by the time it was done I could barely stand up. I was feeling sick in my stomach and a little weak. So, I went back to bed. A couple hours later I grabbed my laptop and e-mailed my boss to tell him I would not be in today.

Shortly thereafter, things went terribly wrong at work, and I was called in to a conference call about a problem with an application which was upgraded this weekend, and was not working properly. For whatever reason, the lead developer on that application is on vacation all week (starting the day after a major upgrade - who approved that?). It didn't take long to get it figured out, though, and I was able to relax after that.

I really haven't done much else, except to watch an old James Bond movie. AMC is running all of the James Bond films this month, and I've been recording them on my computer. I don't remember ever seeing any of the pre-Brosnan films (I've seen parts of them, but not a whole movie). Naturally, I started with the first movie and plan to watch them in order. It's been really funny to see the old Sean Connery movies because I wasn't familiar with him back then (What am I saying? I wasn't alive back then!) and I only really know him as an older, bearded guy in movies like The Hunt for Red October and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (even those are more than 15 years old).

Owen is currently watching The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, also recorded on the computer, and that one is cracking me up because I know almost every line! I don't ever remember watching this movie, but I think we had a book with an audio tape or possibly a record, and the audio from it is identical. I think it was an edited-down version, though, because there are a few scenes that I don't recall, but some of those are mostly visual, so of course they wouldn't be included in an audio recording.

The Digital Rebel XT has come down as low as $739 at Dell.com (with some coupons and deals they have running "for a limited time"), and it's very tempting. If I was more certain of my job situation, I might pull the trigger on that one. We'll see. That price is only good on the silver model, which must not be as popular because it's $50 cheaper than the black version. I think I slightly prefer the black, but could certainly live with the silver. After all, you can't see the color of the camera in the pictures you take with it.