Viva Uzbekistan!

While I'm at it, congrats to Bakhodir Choriyev, who made my day last week by inspiring the headline Uzbek plots revolution from home in St. Louis in the paper. Yes, Mr. Choriyev is seeking to overthrow (peacefully, of course) the government in his homeland of Uzbekistan from a two-bedroom apartment near Grand and Chippewa in south St. Louis. Hey, there are worse places to start revolutions; if he needs a break from plotting, then Ted Drewes is right down the road, offering a tasty treat for him and all three of his US-based cohorts. Yes, his Uzbek Solidarity Party boasts a total of four members in the United States. Best of luck to them.

Speaking of fine St. Louis cuisine, a big congratulations to Super Smokers BBQ, which has (finally) risen from the ashes of poor management and reopened for business.

Also on the theme of "Good luck with that", congrats to the lovely city of Guadalajara, Mexico, on designing what may be the strangest and least practical library of all time.
Not much else is going on at work. It's quiet, almost too quiet, and last time that happened the building had been evacuated by a fire alarm that can't be heard from my office (how comforting is that?) I should probably go find a coworker now.

One final shout out before I go: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Stephen Colbert is a great man.