you always tickle me, babe.

Recorded here. All you other males may now stand ... wilted.

And do you think they were thinking "My brother's borscht stand? ...

They were each and every one unsurprised by the expected transaction. Check me. I am not saying that Russo ladies have less scruples than African ladies...

OK, yes. I disagree. The Borscht Ladies were on a different agenda.

I doubt the agenda included being gang-raped, having their passports stolen, thier families beaten or killed if they escape... it ain't all that consentual.

I can not do this. I can not compare an African woman ripped away from all she has loved to a Borscht Lady who bought a ticket. I am weak in this way.

We need a Buffista holiday to celebrate the festival of Shrift.

Ahem. [link]

And yes, Shrift does need to GET OUT of Michigan. She knows I have a futon for her, and room in my garage for her stuff, if she wants to try the Bay Area.

I miss the Buffistas, especially today, which was just too boring for words. Remind me of this week the next time I work until midnight, okay? Deadlines aren't always a bad thing.

Here's a controversial article from the NY Times about the sex slave trade. It's pretty stomach turning.

[link]

For the second time in two weeks I came across a brown recluse spider in the open in my apartment. Tomorrow I'll have to find out whether the apartment complex management pays for an exterminator, or I do.

At least this time I was able to get a few pictures: [link]

Gud: I find myself trying to support arguments in a TV show versus arguments in The Times.

In The Wire, the Borscht Ladies were represented as being persons who "bought in."

(Robin: Yes. The real world differs from the world found on The Wire.)

For the record:

Slavery? Bad!

Sexual or otherwise? Bad!

OC: Dude. They killed Caleb. I liked Caleb in all his eviltude and his & Julie's disaster. Dude. Not happy about this.

And oh lord, the previews. Looks like ita (or was it Kat) gets to see her pretty chapel again.