he asked, IIRC, about whether or not she learned while she worked in intelligence about the existence of extraterrestrials. She said something like, "I can't talk about that, but I can tell you that the military is obsessed with it!"

Why is it that the combo of that and the current administration's "Why worry about tomorrow? Yee haw!" philosophy makes me feel uneasy?

Someone should give me one of these.

It only costs 3,990円.

It only costs 3,990?.

Is that a roundabout way of saying you've bought me one?

See now, bon bon's story makes me kind of like Condy. And I don't want to.

Quick! Look at the picture again.

Seriously, I don't need to hate the people to hate their policies. That's one of the elements of a lot of political discussions that bothers me, when I am in the mood to let it--the villification of the person.

Still? That's a scary-as-hell shot of Ms. Rice.

Jilli, I don't think I've seen that down in the Bay Area, but every mental picture I try to construct from your description makes me cringe. I'm terribly sorry for your sake, but I'm hoping it's a cult, and a Seattle-local one. I already spend too much time crying over the "belt across the squishiest part of the hips causing distressing bulges at the waist and pelvis" trend that shows no sign of dying out.

I heart Juliana!

Okay, y'all keep confusing me with your discussion of Julianna Margulies' outfit, as I keep doing a double-take.

Jilli, I cannot explain that trend to you, as I find it (and most cropped pants) an abomination.

JZ - it's not confined to Seattle, as I often see it here.

I will just be happy when the teenagers stop wearing tight low-rise pants. Because no one looks good with rolls coming over their pants and teenage girls should be encouraged to wear close that fit. Also, I wish they would embrace shirts to cover their stomachs.

I'm terribly sorry for your sake, but I'm hoping it's a cult, and a Seattle-local one.

It's so ... well, unflattering, for one, and kinda silly-looking in a not-terribly-fun way, either.

The product I'm working on this time around at MS has a higher percentage of *very* fashion-conscious women in the building, which means that I get even more startled looks than usual.

I wish they would embrace shirts to cover their stomachs.

I like shirts that don't cover the stomach. Maybe merely as self defense, since they tend to ride up on me higher than most mortal waistbands.

Also, I think the lower stomach is, in prime form, lovely, and in unprime form, no worse than most of an unprime body.

Is that a roundabout way of saying you've bought me one?

Maybe.

Or maybe I don't know how much a 円 is....