Smoking and thanks
I'd like to thank fozbaca for his tips and how things look from the smoker's side of things. Unfortunately Kathryn tells me that she's given up on giving up, which is a shame -- a week and a half with no cigarettes is a very good start.

If Kathryn does decide to start again, I can feel safe in the knowledge that I won't put any deadlines in front of her. Kathryn's job, as a member of the Support team, is to put work in front of me. (I've been doing a good job of dodging it, though.)

Finance::Quote
Linas has greatly increased the traffic on the mailing list with some great ideas about historical quotes and non-http quotes. I've got lots of good things to be thinking about now. Linas even wants to do the web-page. I'm a happy boy.

Work
The company sponsored pizza, the employees purchased a huge amount of drinks, and a good time was had by all. I even played a little Counter-Strike, but quickly stopped because Windows is just so damn annoying. That and Natedawg is too good and keeps whipping my butt.

Monday is a public holiday (yay!), and Tuesday Dan is due back.

Diplomacy
My goodness, due to popular demand we're going to start a third play-by-e-mail Diplomacy game here at work. It's amazing how much people are getting into it. Sometimes I think Ben speaks the truth when he says that I've destroyed productivity with my silly strategy games.