about “sim city 4”: You can … even import your own characters from The Sims. … However, it does lead to a hysterical bug: apparently the creators of Sim City didn’t talk with the team creating The Sims Unleashed, so I was able to import my pet dog. To my surprise, Rover got himself a house and a job, and I watched — awestruck — as he drove a beat-up blue Volkswagen to work. Where does a dog work in SimCity? Flipping burgers at a greasy spoon, it turned out. It’s a good thing I didn’t budget any money for health inspectors.

bedtime for me now… tomorrow i’ll be going to school (if i’m feeling well enough, i guess, but i expect to be a lot better tomorrow…)