Did you read the interview with Richard Dawkins in Salon today?

I gotta admit, I'm pretty much with Mr. Dawkins. That reminds me, I guess I need to read a few chapters in "The Purpose Driven Life" for my meeting this weekend. It's hard to get excited about reading a book when I reject the basic premise of the book.

Well, I could see clipping my mom's nails if asked. But a) she's my mother and b) she's in the middle of chemo, and can barely lift her hands, much less focus on her nails long enough to clip them. (And odds are dad will take care of it anyway.)

None of my bosses/managers/directors/glorious_leaders will be getting their nails clipped by me.

ETA:

It's hard to get excited about reading a book when I reject the basic premise of the book.

I dunno. I didn't exactly believe in Middle Earth, but I was happy to read it and watch the movie. But I bet your reading group wouldln't exactly like comments such as "James&Peter--OTP4evah!!!" and that was half the fun with the Tolkien stuff.

I think you should add a Jeffries Tube.

It's not really big enough for a Jeffries Tube or even a Gregories Tube. I am planning to cut a hatch in the roof though.

It really is hard to come up with something else unless broken arms are involved.

Well, the thing is that she thinks that we are buddies because we're both women (the person who previously had my job was male--actually, he's FTM transgendered, which kinda adds to the ridiculosity of her attitude towards him, but I digress...), so I get to hear way more than I ever wanted to know about her, uh, personal life. WHICH I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, ta ever so. But that's why she apparently thinks it's OK to ask me for help with her personal grooming, I guess.

I painted my ex-bosses nails once at work.

Ew, Kate. Agreeing on the squickiness of the request.

Are there bonus points for going through Hec's and tommyrot's lists and attributing to the tv series/movie from whence each item came? (Crazy Ivan! hee!)

Painting's less squicky and more fun/bonding. You don't end up with dead bits of the other person on or near you, unless you paint one another's nails very differently than I do.

But that's why she apparently thinks it's OK to ask me for help with her personal grooming, I guess.

Are you keeping the clippings to see if they keep growing?

I don't see why someone would even want another person to clip their nails unless they had Parkinson's or something—it should be quicker and safer to do it yourself than have anyone else do it for you.

Are you keeping the clippings to see if they keep growing?

Just watched S2 of The Sopranos, (from my library, natch). Apparently they are good for curses and such.