Dolly

• I found the cure for my tragedy blues: watching the first new episode of season four of Doctor Who. I giggled like a schoolgirl all the way through. If you care to watch it before it is taken down for copyright infringement, it is here.
• So some moving dudes were hauling a bunch of furniture I didn't want out of my office the other day. They were putting this obelisk of a server rack onto a dolly that looked like a really low little table on wheels. I said to them, "Why is it called a dolly? Where in the world did that name come from?" The moving guy stopped and gave me a little lecture on the different types of dollys. A safe jack is for moving safes. A two-wheel dolly has a handle and is for all-purpose box-moving and general dolly needs. A stevedor is for moving file cabinets up and down stairs. And a short little table on wheels is just plain old "dolly". I took notes as he told me all this and swore to him that I was going to put it in my blog.