how was the time away?

The time away was wonderful. Em learned to drink from a cup, give kisses (which she does open mouth and it's funny, especially when she does the third thing she learned) and stick her tongue out.

Cindy, why are we talking about your armpit hair?

Upstream someone (Deena, I think) told a story about a friend whose doctor insisted she shave with the grain, not against. It struck me I had no idea which way was with the grain, so I joked about it. Then t said something. Then Susan started talking about her stinky pits. It's a whole big thing.

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Here's the Jim Caple article on those replica old school famous player bats I got to touch at the M's event I attended the other week.

Yay Em kisses! I'm glad the trip was great and hope the chaos that tried to muscle in while you were gone settles down and behave itself. Okay, LA missed you, enough's enough.

Sometimes "tough love" works from child to parent as well as from parent to child.

I love this, Raq, and although the advice is for P-C, I'll try to keep it in mind when talking with my mom.

What is the message of this new medium? What does it mean when the University of Texas at Austin removes nearly all of the books from its undergraduate library to make room for coffee bars, computer terminals, and lounge chairs?

So, what do the Bitches think of book-free libraries?

I read a response to this from a librarian at UTAustin. She pointed out that they didn't get rid of any books, or at least not many, just shuffled them to one of the many other libraries that they have on campus. And there are still books at the undergraduate library, just not very many. What they had been noticing is that library usage had changed. It had come to the point where undergraduates were using the subject area library for their research, and that the books at the undergraduate library were not being used there. Indeed, the reason for the shift was more related to what Sparky said:

To give up the uniqueness of our collections and all end up with the same expensive databases makes me cry a little inside.

They found that they were spending a lot of money on duplicate copies of basic material for different libraries on the same campus. This way, they can focus on having more different books, rather than more copies of fewer titles. To me, this seems like a wise choice and a good thing. It is frustrating watching the news and various commentators picking the easy and sensational angle on it, though.

"You don't have to understand, I've got it taken care of," which is so my favorite thing I've said today.

I so love this, P-C. I've got to try to remember this for me.

Plus, I new you guys would be great for my ego. Thanks for all the hair compliments! I love it, and I'm glad so many other people do to.

Classical guitarist. IJS.

Y'all do know that "tonguing" is part of a trumpet player's technique, right? They even have sub-categories like Doodle Tonguing, Double Tonguing, Speed Tonguing and Softer Multiple Tonguing. You gotta be careful about overworking the embrochure though.

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Susan, I have good luck with Almay scentless gel. And this past week I've had ample chance to test it. When I ended up drenched in sweat last Wednesday everything except my armpits seemed to be dripping.

So, what do the Bitches think of book-free libraries?

Don't like it. They basically did that with the new San Francisco downtown library and it was a huge mistake. I mean, it's not entirely book free, but they cut down on the stacks by a huge number because it was all about information. They ruint it.

t taking lots of notes of AP/deo brands.

Whoa, whoa, wait.

I've been skimming over the book conversation because I didn't realize what it was about.

Book-free libraries?

What the hell? Do they realize that the word library comes from the word for "book"?