If you're still looking for it, have you tried Abebooks.com? They usually have great prices on older books.

I always do that too, schedule an extra day or two after she leaves. I need decompression/come down from the anxiety time.

Congratulations!

My mom came out to visit the weekend before Memorial Day and we had a great time! She was so nice!

Me too.

My annual review was this morning, and it is always surprisingly glowing (they still haven't found out about my AV Club habit or they don't care) and this one was with a new boss. It was even more glowing. I've somehow improved. I am celebrating with sushi.

I am! And we called it that too.

Similarly, in my hometown, we had a long running joke about Arthur Treacher's being strictly a money laundering business and if you walked in and ordered fish, they'd stare at you blankly.

I worked in a Border's after college, and it was one of my favorite jobs, not to mention one of my favorite stores. I miss it too.

There's a "please take one" rack at the entrance to the White House tour.

Burnt Offerings (1976)<- hell yeah! That's a fun movie. If nothing else, it's a kick watching Bette Davis and Oliver Reed get along so warmly.

The Irresponsible Cornrows is my new band name.

Yeah, I wish he were not far from Clinton, but sadly, he's pretty crap.

I am mildly weirded out by my governor appearing on talk shows and talking about pop stars. Like he's relevant or something. And he went to Rock On the Range? That also mildly weirds me out.

I laughed out loud at that. Well, Hannity, we agree on one thing after all!

Ha ha, yeah … God bless.

And you too, on both counts!

Garden Thread

That was sad. I did love reading where Johnson talked about going to her place to collaborate on the script, "sitting on her bed with her, surrounded by the modern art in her bedroom, TCM on the tv, a constant flow of Coca-Cola, Gary slobbering at her feet." That sounds totally enjoyable.

I can sympathize, I am focusing as hard as I can on being more positive in general, and the depression that's settled in this year has made that extremely hard.