@Snood: I hate when that happens! Last weekend was actually the poppy peak, but I didn't know that until this week. BTW- I love your username/avatar.

I wanted to go see the poppies today, but with the light the way it is, I'd need to be there right now for the good pictures. Which could have happened if I left when I was ready, but I'm waiting on a friend. And I'd like to be angry at her, but the truth is that she told me when I called this morning that she wanted…

I would like happy stories to make me optimistic about my prospects. Anyone who had a fear of intimacy, but somehow met someone and is now in a happy, healthy relationship? 'Cause I've been alone for (mumble) years now, and I would prefer to not think I have to call myself a hag and give up on human companionship…

@Thus Spake KATE!: [www.televisionwithoutpity.com]

@Selwyn for now: I had to call the bank once to dispute an overdraft charge, and the CSR started making fun of my recent purchases: Trader Joe's and Blockbuster. Yes, it was Valentine's Day and I bought myself dinner and flowers and rented a movie. Asshole. (Not you, obvs.) I don't even like my bank having this info.

@Adah: No, it was that the answer to every problem comes from the clitoris.

This is just like when people complained that the South Park Movie wasn't appropriate for kids, when the point of the movie was that you shouldn't take your kids to R-rated movies, even if they star characters your kids love to watch on TV.

@Gnatalby: I had a bus driver tell us we had to behave or we'd get the "ultimate punishment." She meant we wouldn't get to ride the bus anymore, but it took me years to figure out they wouldn't really kill us for how we acted on the bus.

@Blueberry26: Oh, go back and find the broom one. I think it was just last Friday in Tweet Beat. There's also a really awesome picture of a girl in a bikini who looks like she's flying on a broom. He seemed to think it was an insult, but the general consensus here was "neat!"

I'm having trouble sleeping, so I am going to write this and then go to bed. I apologize in advance for the length.

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Yeah, I have had this conversation more than once:

I have an image in my head of Scott Baio carrying around a little notebook to make a list of all the people he's going to pray for today. And at night, he kneels down next to his bed and dutifully checks off each one as he gossips to God about how they need extra love to understand the error of doubting his ways.

@PrettyB is like Whoa: I use them in everything. Well, I have sturdier ones for my sneakers. But every other pair of shoes I own has one of these stuck on them. Even my flip-flops. You really can't see them when the shoe is on, so no one can tell. And even though the little ones are kind of flat, and make you think…

@lilyHaze: When I stopped being able to find SNEAKERS with arch support, I gave up. Now I buy arch supports in bulk. These for flats:

@rixatrix: Can I pay you just for the flowers and list? Because I could really use a list like that. And I love flowers.

@lacyjags: That struck me too, but it's a very common mistake. What Jenna meant was "schizoid," which is, lierally, "divided." My psychologist father pounded the difference into my head, but he has limited control over everyone else's vocabularies. :)

@thevirginconnieswayle: Then you're dressing perfect! Why do you need advice?

Dammit, I am trying and trying and this picture won't load. So here's the link:

@dialing_footnoterphone: That was actually why I dragged myself out early this morning - Michael's sent out 30% off your entire purchase coupons and I used it to buy (in part) the chunky bamboo yarn I needed to finish my mother's birthday scarf. And actually, the conversation we started was about the bamboo yarn. It…

You know what's fun? Starting conversations about knitting with random people in the yarn section of the store.