We usually get a letter from the sheriff's office. It's scary to look them up on the internet, too--the mugshots are usually pretty damn freaky, not to mention the details of their convicted crimes.

Cashmere, the fact that you have a "usually" for this situation does not make me happy. Yikes.

And on a totally unrelated note, yay for the impending arrival of Princess Tickybox!

California has a website for all that stuff.

Wasn't this the plot of Batman Forever? And Jim Carrey was using it as a tool of EVIL?

Sounds familiar. But I'm in the "Jim Carrey himself is a tool of evil" camp.

Really? I'm in the "Jim Carrey himself is a TOOL" camp.

Hey! There's a solar eclipse today! Not anywhere near total for most of us, but still...

I'm in the "Jim Carrey himself is a TOOL" camp.

I've heard the 2 camps have a cooperation agreement. Visitors' privileges at each others' clubs and the like.

Hey! There's a solar eclipse today! Not anywhere near total for most of us, but still...

I don't know about other places, but we in Chicago are too far north to see any of it. (i.e. the moon won't cover the sun at all.) The further south you go, the more eclipse you'll see.

At this point, the moon is too far away from the Earth for there to be a total eclipse. Although earlier, it was briefly total over the Pacific or something.

It's some kind of wacky hybrid eclipse that you can only fully appreciate from, like Tahiti. But I get around 25% coverage, which is worth poking a hole on a piece of cardboard for.

I get around 25% coverage, which is worth poking a hole on a piece of cardboard for.

A sponge-worthy eclipse, you mean?

It's some kind of wacky hybrid eclipse that you can only fully appreciate from, like Tahiti. But I get around 25% coverage, which is worth poking a hole on a piece of cardboard for.

Clearly, you have the wrong priorities. booking express flight to Tahiti.

I don't know what kind of sponges you're using, ita, but that doesn't sound right.