Developers are getting snippy at me because the customer isn't using the toold they developed for them. Um. This is my fault how? I'm outta this loop, kiddos.

BUT! I got to play with Merle H. Otter Kitten. Cute wee fierce kitten who can now rear up for attacks and do the pounce butt wiggle without falling over.

Lucky for the developers.

I hate the slide shows. Out of focus, too repetative, backwards, cheap, stupid....so many possibilities for me to nitpick.

Let the shunning begin.

::signs Teppy up on Shunster::

Mustang Sally's is OK? I'm sometimes in that area.

Let the shunning begin.

::signs Teppy up on Shunster::

Shunster banned me. Ironic, no?

Fantanas to death with oversized Fanta bottles.

DAMMIT! I just got their song out of my head. Curse you, wee Teppy!

I was singing it as I drifted off to sleep the other night, much to Tom's chagrin.

Actually, I like the all you can eat soup and salad at Olive Garden--their Pasta e Fagioli is not too bad (although I have had better), and the breadsticks are tasty. Living where I do (just south of the area of Chicagoland with the highest ratio of Italian restaurants), I can get much better entrees elsewhere.

Flip-flop flap at the White House. [link]

Olive Garden in Memphis has much better salads and bread than any of the real Italian restaurants. But you really notice the lack of authenticity in the pasta sauces and seafood—one step above Chef Boyardee.

The Fantanas are the only reason I don't complain about commercials every time I go to the theater.

I'm with those who rather enjoy Olive Garden but won't call it genuine Italian food.

It's a step up from my childhood experience with "Italian" food, which ran from Chef Boy-Ar-Dee to frozen pizza to homemade spaghetti and lasagna (with cottage cheese instead of ricotta).

Let the shunning begin.

I don't think there's anything shameful about that. It's been many years since I've eaten at Olive Garden, but I don't remember the food being all that bad.