I love the logic of biology

Two days ago, I was using the imperfect method of calculating postage for packages by getting on my (electronic) scale with the package, then resetting it and getting on without and assigning the difference to the package (because, honestly, anything under the weight of a small child is not going to turn the scale on). At the time, I noticed with annoyance that I had put on two pounds from my week-previous weight of X (and, yes, I always weigh myself in the same way at the same time of day, usually once a week). So an annoying X+2.

Today, I had to move the scale (the cats move it around sometimes), and just for laughs checked again. X-2. Yes, there are always random fluctuations depending on all sorts of variables, and when X is as high as it is in my case, a coupe of percent margin of error adds up to a couple of pounds (so, really, any weight gain/loss under two digits is kind of in the "poll's margin of error" :-)

But, really? Four pounds in two days? :-) *rolleyes* WhatEVER.

and let us just take a moment to savour...

Ticket to Gold Cup Double header: $40

Parking: $15

Two cups of Guinness, actually well poured: $15

Seeing 20,000 rabid Honduran fans shut their pieholes and sulk home after their team gets hammered by the US 'odds and sods' side: priceless

Actually, the other truly satisfying incident was seeing one totally out of control US fan scream and rant at the rest of the US supporters for singing in Spanish ("This is AMERICA! AMERICA!" Bwuh? Yeah, so? Lots of Americans speak Spanish) and be so unpleasant that the stewards asked him to leave, and when he wouldn't, a couple of Metro Police "escorted" him from the stands in a full nelson, because he tried to push *them*. Idiot.

Shouting (the good kind), singing, clapping, cheering, baloons, beer showers, smoke bombs...I don't want to sit in the supporters' section every match, but for national team fixtures, it feels good.

redactrice, Nicole the Ticket Mistress asked after you and was very glad to hear you're coming back to DC for a while; she didn't even ask if you'd come and work in the (new, fancy) ticket booth--I think she's just glad you'll be back in town.