After a eulogistic paragraph on each of the good and decent offspring who stayed in the area, there was a final cryptic sentence: "The (Lastnames) also have one other son, who no longer lives in Minnesota."

You have a Jaye-like blurb!

Health~ma to your dad, Susan.

Thanks, Cindy. I just realized that I had no idea. I think of them as being everywhere, but every place I know the policy on doesn't have them.

I'm giving up. Where is there a place to hide until the car talk disappears?

Any thread you prefer. All topics eventually come to an end... until they are revived.

All topics eventually come to an end... until they are revived.

What was that? A spork, you say? I always use one to eat my muffuletta.

I use my spork to disemvowel gerunds.

We just refinanced our house.

We are $670,000 in debt.

So this is...good? Bad? Probably long-term good, right? t /obviously not a homeowner

I would KILL for a '98, although I am fond of our good car, a '91 Infiniti.

This shameless whoring for car-pity would be a little more effective if I didn't know your BF was driving a brand new car every week. So the Mercedes ride was sweet, you said?

So this is...good? Bad? Probably long-term good, right?

This is NoCal. I am spending amounts of money that even a Manhattan resident would agree are insane for a very, very pleasant '60s ranch.

I mean... there ought to be cabana boys. GOLD-PLATED cabana boys. And a cabana.

Yes, the new car every week is awesome, which is what we have this month! We've had one week or so a month for the last three months--if we can keep that amount of reviews up it will be suh-weet.

OOOh fun, Robin!