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Hooray for long weekends; boo for nasty head colds.

Friday and Saturday evenings we went over to Kate's to watch Buffy and hang out with, among many others, [livejournal.com profile] badjeebus and [livejournal.com profile] thedragonweaver, who are in town for the weekend. I got a triple bingo on one episode, w00t, and I also typed in and uploaded all the player profiles for the new casual-gaming thingy we're putting together.

Went to the Botanic Gardens for picinicking and flower-looking yesterday with the Gamaches. The flowers making a big appearance were iris*, poppies, and peonies. The peonies were HYOOGE! I was reminded that I really like California poppies. It was pretty hot, but there were some clouds, so it wasn't awful. We got shakes from Good Times on the way home.

*I just looked this up, and apparently irises is the plural for multiple blossoms, but it's just plain iris for multiple plants. I suppose I still could have used either in this case...

Today is probably just going to be about cleaning up and going to bed early; Jerry has a summer job and has to leave at 6:30 in the morning starting tomorrow, so I get to start commuting by bus, which takes longer.
dr_tectonic: (eh?)
Some time ago, something happened to my browser at work, and now, whenever it encounters greek letters, instead of displaying them normally (that is, as greek letters), it displays them in some weird mystery alphabet. I went trolling through various webpages trying to identify it, but to no avail.

So I'm wondering: does anyone know what lanaguage this is? And for special bonus points, can you tell my why my browser (Firefox, running on linux) has decided that it likes this alphabet better than the normal Greek one, and how I might persuade it to change its mind back?

And if nobody can identify it, well, here, at least I can give you some entertainment: look at this wacky alphabet!

What is it??? )