Today is March 4th – but apparently in Roman times this date would have been referred to as the IV Nones of March. The 15th, infamously, is the Ides. The 7th is (this was new to me) the Nones. And the 4th (this was somehow even newer to me) is the IV Nones. See – I learned something new today, and you probably just did as well. If that was old news to you, well… you get a Gold Star. Either way, head on over to this infoplease article on the Ides of March – you’re bound to learn something new. And isn’t that what killing time on the intarweb is all about? Okay, maybe sometimes?

Me, I also learned that the only way to actually blog anything, ever is to *literally* move the line that reads “Blog.” to the top of your to-do list. Ignore the internal howls of protest. That other thing can wait a few minutes. Then again, I told Kevin I’d meet him for a beer in a little bit, so maybe that other thing really can’t wait that long – but hey, I’m here and I’ve actually typed something, haven’t I?

In other news, Emylene has recently taken up knitting. We watched half (that’s a long movie!) of The Aviator today, and she knit the whole time – except when she purled. She even joined a “knitting gang” – the Soma Stitchers. I don’t know if this means they cruise around in (knitted) biker jackets with “Soma Stitchers” stitched (forgive me) on the back, but I hope she doesn’t fall in with the rough knitting crowd… They carry these wicked long needles, ya know?

Oh, and in my last post, I did say I’d post links to some burning man pics. I take “better late than never” to heart. So here, many months too late, and not like anyone cared in the first place, are some very cool “Burning Man Photo” links that I’ve known and loved. There are obviously many more, but these are just a few I’d tell someone to start with. Oh, and please note that some Burning Man images are *not* what some people would consider “work-safe”.

• The “Official” Burning Man Image Gallery
• Our art car (“Wallace”), captured in said Gallery
• Burning Man 2005 The Comic Book – an *awesome* Flash-based gallery
• burningcam.com – good enough to be mentioned by BoingBoing
• Burning Man photos by Tristan Savatier (aka loupiote) – a nice flickr gallery (NOT work-safe)
• All flickr images tagged with “burningman” – definitely NOT (necessarily) work-safe
• Hips – a photo-book by Patrick Roddie
  

In other news, Em and I are getting married on July 1st at The Carlu. If you’re reading this, and think we’ll forget to invite you, well… who knows? We might. Emylene’s real sharp, but me, well – I’ve got a head like a ping-pong ball. Drop me a line and remind me. We haven’t actually sent out (paper) invitations just yet.

And finally, I just noticed that I made heavier use of italics in this post than at any. other. time. in my life. Don’t know why – just did. I’m usually far fonder of using *stars* for emphasis (yes, I know they’re not “stars”), but not tonight it seems. Weird.

Wow – it’s 19:40 already! I’d better get going, before Kevin heads out without me. Ciao.