Ah, "Needless Markup."(I say it that way because the first time I ever went it was with my drag queen attendant and he called it that.) So now it is Needless Markup forever for me.

I could use you too, if Emily is willing to let you go.

Depends. Do you live someplace warm? Are there nice people? Will you keep her in better than the style to which she is accustomed? Are there babies? I gotta look out for the v-ster.

I normally go to Nordstrom for bras, but I'm going to wait until I get to my goal weight, as a way of telling myself that I really am sticking to the diet this time.* Until I get to where I want to be, jeans are coming from Costco and Value Village, and bras come from places where they're under $50 a pop.

*Despite the fact my lunch today was a chicken bacon club, fries, and non-diet soda from Kidd Valley. Um. So I have cravings sometimes.

Hmm. DH did a little investigating, and it sounds like one of the vacancies is actually a brand new position, but that there has indeed been much shuffling, probably at least partially motivated by FB avoidance.

And now I want a chicken club. I am way too suggestible.

~ma for your dad, Brenda.

-t has a new tag. She has displayed it numerous times today, so there is no need for her to freak out.

JZ has a new tag. This may be the third tag in as many days.

beathen has a new tag. It almost slipped by me, because it's about the same length as her previous one, and it still has the Serenity countdown.

Erika has a new tag. Another Otis Redding lyric.

Can I write my thesis on people's tags? That would be way more fun. Although MinK and MiRPs are fun. Just say it: MiRP!

Oh, crap, I haven't expanded the tetramerization paragraph yet. Bollocks. I will never sleep again.

Brenda, if you're not happy with the answers you get about your Dad, I have a friend who manages a practice that just does knee and hip replacements, and she might have some ideas.

I am going through a software tutorial. You would think that they would say somewhere, like on the box or the website, that the movies will only run at a specific resolution. No, you have to call. This is after I did the stuff they did recommend, like reloading Quicktime. Aaargh.

I'm so sorry about your car, Maria. Were you hit hard enough to be sore today?

And vw rules. Three down and one to go! She could come here and make my breakfast and tell me to work. It's usually warm here. It's very pretty in the spring. There are no babies, though.

I have no coffeemaker suggestions because my main coffeemaker is a Black & Decker undercounter model that has lived a freakishly long time. (Knocks wood.) It has a timer, which was a wonderful feature when I actually had to leave the house to work.

~ma to Brenda's dad and Connie & Connie's DH

It's actually the next line from the same song, which I believe is called "That's How Strong My Love Is", and a Dateless Wonder like me should not punish herself this way, but I've been waking up with it often lately. I thought it was beautiful and sad. Kind of like life.Score! I checked the cover and my recall was right. In my next life, I'm challenging Hecubus. I think, if I were going to pick an epitaph, it would be the line I previously tagged, not that I want the Big Tagline in the Sky anytime soon.

I luuurve Nordstrom's

ooh me too! But I had no idea they do bra alterations!!! That is so rad! Maybe only in some stores though? I feel like the bra salesladies would have already told me about.

Susan -- I only wear LB bras. I like them and I don't care for them like I should and they last.

Get on their mailing list too, I think you have to sign up via their website, but they send out coupons and "gift cheques" on a regular basis. The gift cheque is $25 off an order of $75 or more or $50 off an order of $125 or more. Then they usually have 5 coupons for $5 off various items (bras, shirts, pants). It's a good deal, plus if you use them when they are giving out Real Women Dollars you get a $25 coupon for every $50 you spend. During Real Women Days you get $25 off for every $50 you spend. And most stores will let you buy clearance stuff even though it says it's not valid on clearance (you just can't buy ALL clearance items).