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To my spanish speaking friends out there...

In English, the "#" key on the phone is generally accepted to be "the pound key" even though it's real name is "octothorpe". Does that key have a generally accepted name in Spanish?

Thanks

EDIT:

Also, the "*" is usually called "the star key". Is that estrella in spanish, or is there a generally more accepted term when it refers to the telphone keypad?

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I've been working too hard.

On the good side, I had an excellent red snapper tonight, over purple rice, with just a light drizzle of a mild cream sauce. The snapper could have been spiced up a bit, maybe a touch of cayenne, a pinch of cumin...but it was still excellent with a simple salt and pepper pan-fry.

Lightning is flickering on the horizon. I thought we'd get the Alabama storm that shook things up over there this afternoon, but it's been quiet.

But still, I've been working too hard. My last few trips to Florida...they've been vacations of a sort, but I've also been working. Both with a client down there, and my folks, who have just moved into a new office (entrepreneurism, perhaps, is genetic) and I have helped them with phone systems, networks, computer equipment, etc. So, my Florida trips of late have been of the "working vacation" type. As in, work all day, fish all evening. Better than what I get here in ATL, but I'm thinking I need a serious, get-away-from-it-all kinda vacation soon.

The Keys, perhaps.

This weekend, I have nothing planned. No work, no trips, no agenda. It should be lovely.