And in a story so gruesome I felt it needed its own post, DH was stuck in a traffic jam while making his (late) way into work this morning. The traffic reporter came on KUOW and announced it was because of a jumper on the Ship Canal Bridge. A jumper who jumped, but missed the water and instead hit one of the streets alongside the canal.

Must stop imagining what it would be like to be driving down that street or work near where it happened.

Eeeek, Susan. That would be quite upsetting.

And vw, yay on the good psych news! You deserve it.

YAY, vw!!!

I'm finding the royalty discussion to be quite fun.

Speaking of Japanese culture, Confessions of a Grade School Role Model is an interesting look at being a gaijin in modern Japan.

Susan, how horrible about the jumper.

Yay Susan and yay vw!!!

IOGoodN: My mom and stepdad have offered to co-sign a loan when I buy a house in St. Louis.

Legally, Diana was a commoner; although the daughter of a Duke, she wasn't noble herself.

Earl, not Duke.

Susan, ewww!!!! (Well, yay on the bills, eww on the splat.)

We got stuck in traffic once for a really long time when someone fell or jumped off an overpass and onto I-5, where he was promptly hit by a car or two.

I remember feeling really awful for the poor people in the car.

Earl, not Duke.

Earwormed now.

Earl, not Duke.

Great. Now earwormed with "Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl, Earl, Earl."

Le big oops. Apologies to everybody for forcing Plei to earworm.

yay on the bills, eww on the splat

Yes, this.

Awww, Princess Aiko is adorable!

I don't get this male succession only thing -- it must be relatively recent because Japan has had some very important Empresses.