Well, he thought Ikea would be bad for Somerville, so what do you expect.

Did he? I thought that proposal died before he took over. But if it's the case, then, cool, the IKEA died, so maybe his noise making will bring the T? And then the IKEA.

See, my sources (Tom) told me there was a whole foods in Swampsott but no TJ's. But maybe I misremember.

Steph, is there a point to that post other than taunting?

Thought not.

I have no aquarium today. No Lee. No SA. No hanging with Tep. Also no day off. (I'll pause here to let you wipe your tears.)

"That's SO cool! You HAVE to write about that and get it published!"

Hee. Good idea. Sometimes all you need to defeat fuckwad-ery is to shine the light of public attention on it....

Gee, I wonder what would happen if thousands of people emailed the webmaster, asking her to take your stuff down?

We have Whole Foods, but no Trader Joe's. I have been to TJ's once in CA and I want one here. I don't think FL is on their expansion list.

If it's any consolation, my nose was broken when I was in college, and as you all know I am almost unbelievably adorable. Like a fluffy kitten atop a cloud or maybe a puff of meringue.

Well that is about the most encouraging thing I could hear this morning. Because his nose just isn't right at the moment. I don't want it to look like LionBoy. But I'll be patient as the swelling goes down and try not to FREAK OUT about it. But I've gotten reports from Rio, Erinaceous, Alibelle and Dawn about their broken noses and they have all impressed me as very attractive human beings. So I'm hopeful. I don't mind if it's got a little Chris Isaak brokenness to it. I just don't want it smooshed across his face as it currently looks.

I am sure Emmett's adorableness is assured, Hec. (Or whatever more masculine virtue you want.) I'm glad to hear he's healing reasonably well.

Also, timelies.

I just don't want it smooshed across his face as it currently looks.

Adding to the chorus of "It will be all right" - a friend of mine got her nose broken in December. She did have to have surgery, but her nose came out fantabulous. (And no one - not even my dentist - can tell I now have plates on my cheekbone.)

Steph, is there a point to that post other than taunting?

Not really. Just felt like making people jealous.

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Just felt like making people jealous.

Tppppth. Also, insent to you and Lee.

Ooh, hey. I have no reason to think the author of this book is One of Us, but god damn, she should be. Contemporary romance that takes place entirely at a huge Ren Faire/jousting competition, where the heroine, who is an unemployed software engineer, spends her time boggling at what the bodice of her garb does to her cleavage, reluctantly learning to joust, running afoul of League of Wenches internal politics, and dragging around a 25 pound cat in devil horns named Moth, short for Behemoth. Funny as hell.