this typo is always hysterical for me. when i was in Grade 5, we had a teacher encourage the students to bring in tough spelling words for pop quizzes. one day, this kid who was routinely near the bottom of our class of horrible, snot-nosed over-achievers suggested "public." nearly the whole class howled at the…

get a sling and leave it in the trunk - seriously, those things are the greatest. every time i see someone dragging around one of those horrific detachable carseat things i want to tell them life could be so much easier!

totally. especially if you don't have time for a boyfriend right now! he'll either ask YOU what's going on down the line (which is great, because then you'll KNOW and he'll handle the awkward part of the talk) or you'll just use up the 24-pack in convenient, works-with-your schedule fun times. win-win.

hmmm - it could be so many things, but maybe the answer is to be found somewhere in that last bit - what you said about "performance." i had a friend have similar experiences and we talked about the possibilities a lot when she was in the middle of it.

ha! i had no idea about those videos until now - thanks! the sea cucumber thing came into my life because i homeschool my kid, and she's pretty weird! (sadly, too young for Ze Frank - ah, well, time and unsupervised Googling will probably cure that.)

today i found out that certain species of sea cucumber can actually jettison organs when threatened by predators - it gives the predators something to chew on while the cucumber sidles away. so, it's practical AND apparently trendy!

well, my 5 y/o kid is totally obsessed with him, so YES... i think he officially qualifies.

yep - just be you for a bit. i bet it'll be awesome. the weight of the world can be a rotten thing, but you'll get back in the game when you've had a rest. and we're all here for you with the cats anytime.

so, so with you on all this.

Cougar Pillow Boots. They are back from the 80s and i just got a pair after my Sorels died (those are OK, but they get very cold when the lining wears down.) My feet are so, so warm and the boots are so pretty with their red lining.

yeah, i also really hate texts that begin with [Name,] followed by a carriage return and then something so passive-agressive you might not have the balls to write in a 3rd written warning to an employee. i had a friend like that - it wasn't awesome.

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Gastroenterology report? (i'm sorry!)

me too! i generally think about some clothes i'd like to get for fall, and build an idea around that. i'm going as The Doubtful Guest this year, so i got to get myself some sweet black jeans (i was wanting em anyway!) a wooly black turtleneck AND a stripey scarf - i already had the white chucks. fun, thrifty and warm…

hee!

ha - or a life of dark wizardry!

ha - she really is more than a little weird sometimes. if she wasn't 100% obsessed with HP in every respect, i'd probably be more worried - right now she's building Morfin's snake out of tape and string, painstakingly articulating every section and muttering, "hissy, hissy little snakey, slither on the floor." so…

maybe this is the magic formula? pretty much my entire dating history beyond High School existed in the realm of the "office romance," the workplaces in question varying from "the beach" to "the band" and then finally to a bona fide corporate environment (that one i married - pro tip: don't marry the ones who work at…

that is amazing! my kid's first crush was Lucius Malfoy and she made me print out (yes, goodbye, toner!) a 5x7 of Jason Isaacs to put in her room. it's still there - it's in a frame right next to a picture of our cat.

PREACH!
ps - awesome screen name.