Pesto means "crushed" in Italian

Turns out that Trader Joe's tomato, pesto and broccoli pizzas are really really good. I'd planned to eat only half, but it's quite all gone. Mmm.

I need to wake up early to testify, but as usual I'm not getting sleepy any earlier, so here I write. I just sent out an email to the Scottish class band, telling them what tunes we're going to play; I'm particularly pleased with my set for The Silver Hamer, which ends with a version of Maxwell's Silver Hammer I adapted into a strathspey. Heh. It's hard to maintain enthusiasm, though, since I don't know if we'll have any melody players; I feel like I'm spitting into the wind sometimes.

Anyway, I should attempt sleep. 'Til later....

Wheels of Justice

The trial has been adjourned for two weeks, to give the victim more recovery time. (He is apparently out of the hospital, but still unable to sit up.) I only learned this after waiting in the courthouse hallway for an hour. It was, I think, the worst-designed public building I've ever been in: a single cramped, fluorescent-lit hall stretched the full length of the building, with courtrooms and offices branching from one side like leaves from a fern, and information desks at either end. There were very few signs, outside or inside, which made it difficult to get around, particularly since (for instance) Courtroom 6 was adjacent to Courtroom 1. And I get to go back in two weeks. *sigh* Everyone was apologetic, at least, which I appreciated.

Kendra kindly drove me twenty minutes to the courthouse, then drove down again to pick me up while I waited outside in the cold, eating dry KFC chicken strips at a picnic table.

On the plus side, today I received spam from "Centipedes A. Lamentable." That's really too good a name to pass up.

Also, these pictures of the Batmobile from Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins have actually given me some hope that we will soon see a Batman movie that doesn't suck. (Christopher Nolan is Memento-guy, so my hopes were already rather high. Also, Ra's Al Ghul and the Scarecrow—yes indeed.)

Song Meme

From god_of_belac:

Choose a band/or artist and answer only in song TITLES by that band:: Elvis Costello

Are you female or male:: Miracle Man
Describe yourself:: I Wanna Be Loved
How do some people feel about you:: My Science Fiction Twin
How do you feel about yourself:: Just About Glad
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend:: Lovable
Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend:: They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
Describe where you want to be:: London's Brilliant Parade
Describe what you want to be:: Just Another Mystery
Describe how you live:: Everyday I Write the Book
Describe how you love:: Too Far Gone
Share a few words of wisdom:: The Birds Will Still Be Singing


iTunes makes this very easy. This exercise really points up how cynical Elvis C. is, though; nearly every song has the opposite message from what I'm using their titles to say here.