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According to Times, the French are up in arms over their government's attempt to take back a holiday to save some money to take care of old folx. However, people dealt with this decision in different ways:

France's national railway company, SNCF, ran 20 percent more trains than the usual number to help compensate for local transportation disruptions and to transport those who took a three-day weekend. But the railway is treating the day as a holiday for its employees, requiring its workers to make up the time by working 1 minute 52 seconds more each workday.

Nobody's making me work no extra 1:52. Sacre bleu!

In other news, a survey shows that purchasers of GM vehicles derive the most emotional satisfaction from their cars of all brands, just love them more on average. We are told further that this shows that GM does the best job developing products that really move people. Or maybe it just does the best job marketing to the vulnerable, to losers who get too worked up about their cars. That doesn't do haul their debt up outta junk status, but I suppose it must feel nice.

Graham made it through the evening feeding and reading period last night without vomiting. A relief. He had been working on a troubling streak, several times in the last week, the night before last for NO APPARENT REASON. He hadn't eaten anything he's allergic to. As a kid with allergies, he's unlikely to pick crap up off the floor and stick it in his mouth. We're a little freaked out.