I read about the joy people have wearing flip-flops I begin to think I might have messed up my knee ridiculously. When I was much younger I injured it skiing, and it's been behaving very, very well lately, but I cannot wear flats without having to limp home. Flip-flops? I am in major pain, and I always seem to hurt…

Good to see I'm not the only one freakishly obsessed with that shade right now. I wore it yesterday.

@Lou: I didn't think I did generalize an entire agency. What I said pertained directly to said acquaintance (and was allegedly from his own mouth via people I trust) and might reflect on his bosses as well. Just chalk him up to being one of the people like that and trust me that he is out there.

@Samanthrax: Yep. A former law school acquaintance of mine now works for the VA and word through the gossip mill is that his job is to find ways to deny claims, pure and simple. It's wrong.

@JaniceLovejoy fromSA: Whiskey and popcorn: I swear my parents remodel to stay together. The downside is that their house is always in a state of flux - they've put on additions, built new outbuildings, remodeled the additions and the outbuildings, chopped the second floor off and added a new one, redone floors and…

It makes me squeamish when we try to put a number on an largely undefined and immeasurable quality (i.e. "intelligence") based upon the individual's ability to perform well on problems or tasks which are themselves based upon largely arbitrary predictors and in environmental conditions which are quite unlike…

I find that, in a pinch, all I really *need* make-up-wise, is either concealer or a light liquid foundation and lipstick. I've pale/transparent skin, so cover the circles under my eyes, blend out any imperfections, then apply a little lipstick to my lips and use it as blush as well (smudged in and often softened by…

@zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce: Only allowable if it's shortly followed by having her chained to a cliff where an eagle will swoop down daily to nom on her innards.

You know it's been a long, strange day when you're curiously attracted to the OMG!BRIGHT!PINK! Barbie Fiat.

Most mind-blowing quote thus far is:

I get to eat fast food once a month and you can be damned sure there aren't any salads on the list of items I get. Fries - certainly. And cheezburger, definitely. Often a chicken fry, too. I like to get my indulgent behavior over with all at one time.

@Hazel is moving back to WI on May 1: Same reason women do, I'd guess.

You know, for some reason when I see her I have to do a double-take to assure myself that she's not Cameron Diaz with dark hair. They have a very similar bone structure, I think.

@Ailatan: That's twice a normal-to-fast walking speed. And she is in her late 70's.

Dear Daily Mail,

There's a bit of dialogue from The West Wing between Josh and Donna - something like:

Ahhh, this excerpted story would make a hell of a lot more sense if they told us that there was a stone sculpture under the stucco one that shows fine wrinkles around her mouth and a bump in her nose.

@lollier888: Really? I sort-of wish I felt better afterward... it would make it seem more worth it, somehow.

Three times. Once after taking an inhaler that did not agree with me, once in a crowd at a friend's show, and once in front of a bigass law school classroom full of my classmates (due to medicine that made my blood pressure plummet). I fell gracefully every time, and thankfully never injured myself, but oh, the…

This man's logic is as error-ridden as his grammar. Why the bloody hell would anyone with half a brain pay attention to his specious arguments?