I'll generally leave about five minutes after a machine is done, but if the laundry owner doesn't collect it by then, I see no problem with moving it. I wouldn't mind if someone moved mine.

While we're on the subject of laundry...chocolate frosting comes out of clothes--even in cold water. There was a moment when I was worried about the amount of actual cake going into the washer.

Huh. I did laundry tonight, too, and I let my clothes sit too long in the dryer after they were done, and someone took them out and set them on top. That never bothers me. I always feel apologetic for being late to retrieve them. Once, someone even folded my laundry, which was nice ONLY because it was my whites, which is just workout t-shirts and gym socks. No undies, nothing else. I couldn't care less if Attila the Hun folds my workout laundry. But strangers touching my undies? Shit, I'd have to wash them all over again.

Reminds me of the News of the Weird guy who tried to crucify himself - and only figured out the flaw in his plan once he'd nailed down the first hand.

Call me callous, but that never fails to make me laugh.

It's a beautiful mental image. I just picture the guy lying there, getting the second hand into position and then "Hey, wait just a....dang it all to hell."

If the washers are all full with finished laundry, I'll usually wait about ten or fifteen minutes and come back. If it's still there, I'll take it out.

I've folded people's stuff before, cause I sure don't care, but from earlier iterations of this conversation I've learned that it skeeves some people, so I don't anymore.

Stephen Colbert rocks the house again.

earlier iterations of this conversation

What are you implying, Brenda??

The amputation fetish is well-known enough that some doctors basically argue they might as well go ahead and do it, as the guys who are really determined about it either do botched home-made jobs of it, or they find skeevy semi-medical people to do the job for them with even worse results.

Andrea Dworkin is dead: [link]

Susie Bright manage give an eulogy that does not gloss over her flaws, but also remembers why Dworkin was still one of the great ones: [link]

In ballpark news, the Red Sox game is under way. In the introduction of the players, all the Yankees got booed as expected, except Mariano Rivera, who got cheered wildly for giving up the hits that let us win last week. He laughed about it, tipped his cap.

They cheered for Torre too, which was nice. Giving the ring to Johnny Pesky was a nice touch to the ceremony. It made me a bit teary how he thanked every player and asked for a hug.

Unintentionally sexual comic book art: [link]

(Though I've got my doubts on the "unintentional" bit for a lot of it....)