We recorded a new message for the machine this weekend: Hello? Hello? Oh, right, this is the answering machine. Beep!

My flat mate's pager beeps when someone leaves a message, and he can check messages remotely. When his pager beeped today, he called home and was briefly confused about why I hadn't picked up the phone for the caller who left a message.

• Currently drinking: Bigelow vanilla cherry black tea with honey and a drop of milk. It's a fine tea for dessert.
• Currently reading: A Slashdot article on security researchers slammed for discovering flaws in a campus ID system. Sigh.