& they talk about it & do stuff even without their men's permission. go figure.

and they were right.

…and he is correct!

my cat ruff once caught 4 chickadees within 3 hours. i rescued them all & they flew away physically unharmed but probably traumatized. i know nothing about bird memory, perhaps they forgot all about it a few minutes later. it was the greatest day in ruff's life, though - he never stops talking about it.

you say pander, i say artistically stretch.

so am i!!!! hi!

i think women read that book differently from men.

did you put your cigarette out on the back of his hand?

thank goodness that didn't happen to me - i'd've spent the entire flight just staring at her with my mouth open afraid to speak & say something she thought was stupid.

i gave up eating chicken nuggets b/c (among other things) i keep hearing her word chickienobs when i look at them.

do we know that for sure? maybe she is…& should.

how neat is this?

yay yay yay!!!!!

i don't mean it's all about baby jeebus. i mean there are more things to the day of christmas - dinner, singing carols, playing with new toys & showing them off to the neighbors, etc etc. christmas isn't over at 9am when the presents have been opened. it might be ok if a kid said that line but not the mom who…

shhhhh…don't tell the kids!

Captain Spaulding: Put it in a box. Put it in a box and mark it, uh…"fragilly."

the one thing about the movie that always bothers me is that after the presents have been opened, the mother asks ralphie, "did you have a good christmas?" as though presents is all there is to christmas. goddess knows i'm not religious but that part bugs the hell out of me.

thanks for posting the sleater-kinney video. i turned off the sound & enjoyed the video. needed more bob, though.

that photo literally makes my skin crawl.

and it would be YUGE!!!!!