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If I were a work of art, I would be Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus.

I am a beautiful and alluring composition, not afraid to show off a good deal of bare flesh. People surround me and gaze at me with the adulation due a goddess and friendly breezes gently push me along my path in life.

Which work of art would you be? The Art Test

If I were a James Bond villain, I would be Oddjob.

I enjoy bowler hats, golf caddying, and killing people in hand-to-hand combat.

I am played by Harold Sakata in Goldfinger.

Who would you be? James Bond Villain Personality Test

I am a Lobster Telephone.

For nine potatoes have my multi-throttled keys subdued the nice leaves of strangers. Sprays of wild satin guacamole enters my document. I relish four mushroom deals with metal.

Do you bite the wax tadpole? The Utterly Surreal Test

It’s 2 o’clock, and so I’m trying to will it to be 5 o’clock, but apparently time doesn’t work like that or I haven’t got the superpowers to pull it off. Sometimes life is so unfair.

On Friday, I phoned AT&T to ask if I should expect some disruption in my cable modem service, given that Excite@Home had recently filed for bankruptcy and I had heard rumors that this might affect AT&T customers. When I finally got through to someone (and after the online help page to which I was initially referred refused to load), I was told no, of course not, don’t be silly. Excite’s just the homepage; AT&T provides the actual service. So I said thank you, sighed relief, and hung up. And Saturday morning (I think you can see where I’m going with this), I was suddenly without a cable modem connection. Complete disruption of service. Now AT&T was saying that of course there would be some trouble. Hadn’t we heard? Excite@Home had recently filed for bankruptcy. So it looks like I could be without an internet connection at home until maybe Thursday or later, while AT&T transitions its customers to the new network. I’m okay with that, and I’ve been assured that I’ll be credited two full days for each one that I am without service, but it’s a little annoying that I was given such patently false information when I first called. Ah well, life goes on.

Sunrise doesn’t last all morning

A cloudburst doesn’t last all day

Seems my love is up and has left you with no warning

It’s not always going to be this grey

All things must pass

All things must pass away

Sunset doesn’t last all evening

A mind can blow those clouds away

After all this, my love is up and must be leaving

It’s not always going to be this grey

All things must pass

All things must pass away

All things must pass

None of life’s strings can last

So, I must be on my way

And face another day

Now the darkness only stays the night-time

In the morning it will fade away

Daylight is good at arriving at the right time

It’s not always going to be this grey

All things must pass

All things must pass away

All things must pass

All things must pass away

— All Things Must Pass, George Harrison (1943-2001)