If I seem short, it's not you.  I am in the middle of a negotiation of a price point w/ some S.E. Asian biz dudes who want to dot every I w/ a purple dot, but not a black or blue one, and to cross every T from right to left, and not left to right.  No excuses, I guess.  It's in the title, right?  Civil Beat.  (oxymoronic if you ask me, but that's all the voices in my head saying that)  They think I am inputting data from the conversation, like taking notes in school.  I'm actually typing during certain parts of the conversation (like now) to try and throw their train of thought off target.  So just now I typed that last sentence twice, by typing it and backspacing loudly, then retyping it faster so they think I'm following along w/ the conversation.  Fun times.