I don't doubt there is a case and he did not pull it out of his ass. However...expert witness? Hello? He should know a little about the testimony thing by now, he makes crapzillions on it. Homicide detectives work hundreds of murders a year for a lot less money and they can't do that. There was a case like that in AYOKS...seasoned detective talking particulars in court, blah de blah.Something strikes the prosecutor wrong. Detective says "Oh, I'm sorry. Wrong murder." Oops. Instant mistrial and bunky retires in a patrol car in the Western District. Don't you hate it when that happens?

When I found out my friend here in town was pregnant I immediately reached to make sure my Ortho Evra patch was firmly in place. It's too soon for me.

Later this year, maybe. Or, uh, not.

Where, instead of exclaiming "Eureka!", you exclaim "Oh, SHIT!"?

More of an Oz-ian, "Huh."

Meara-ing to start, I mean, continue the day...

totally off the beaten track

Every time I read this I read it as "totally off the beat bh en track". I had to do a double take.

I want to go thrift store shopping.

OMG that sounds awesome right about now. Sometimes I can find the coolest clothes at the thrift store or salvation army

vw paid off her car

Congratulations!

Is there a word for Buffista addiction?

I think the term "Buffista" speaks for itself.

Congratulations on the tatoo, Kristin.

That's a beautiful symbol. I've thought about getting a tattoo many times but I haven't found a picture/symbol that I liked enough to get it permanently affixed to my body.

Okay, I had a dream last night that one of you was pregnant.

Not it.

Hello, Bells, and welcome!

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Nope, I got nothin'. The insomnia fairy did *not* visit last night, but that just means I got enough sleep to realize how horribly sleep-deprived I really am. There was a brief flurry of very wet snow by where I work, which means when it's tme for me to head for the bus tonight, it will be all icy and slippery, oh yay. I still would like a nap, some hot cocoa, and to be taken thrift store shopping. And then perhaps another nap, and a really good meal, and then lounge around drinking absinthe. I do *not* want to be at work, staring at tech help topics.

I've thought about getting a tattoo many times but I haven't found a picture/symbol that I liked enough to get it permanently affixed to my body.

I'm going to get a tattoo over my surgery scar (that picture's about a year old, so I'm sure the scar is faded even more now) some time this spring.

I used to think I wanted a tattoo right over the scar, to obscure it, but it's faded so well, I'm starting to think I'd rather get something decorative on the sides of the scar, like the Man Ray cello scrolls.

But I'm open to suggestions, please, because I haven't decided on a design yet.

Okay, I had a dream last night that one of you was pregnant.

Not me, either, for the record.

Cindy, I don't know how to process Andrea Yates, either -- I have a similar pile in my head. This is why I like to say fiction is often so much better than life.

But I'm open to suggestions, please, because I haven't decided on a design yet.

I think you should get some form of tiny wings, because little angel or devil wings on either side of the scar would be very cool. Tho' I do like the Man Ray cello scrolls.

I love the cello scrolls. I also love the idea of flames or crackles of energy coming out of the tat. The wings idea rocks, as well.

I used to think I wanted a tattoo right over the scar

I wish I had a scanner or a link to the picture, but I have a postcard of a nude woman holding her arms wide and grinning at the sky, with a beautiful dragon tattoo over her mastectomy scar. The most empowering fucking picture I have ever seen.

Oh, and unless the Goddess of Chaos has decided to massively piss off one of her faithful, I'm not It (preggers) either. No, wait. Because of last week I *know* I'm not. I didn't go through those cramps for nuthin.