Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.

Wash ,'War Stories'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Jul 18, 2005 4:36:37 pm PDT #940 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So funny, because, common sense dictates that if you are writing personal stuff, don't tell your employer about your blog. dumbass.

Dude, seriously. If you wouldn't tell the person the stuff in person, don't have them read it.


Cashmere - Jul 18, 2005 4:37:47 pm PDT #941 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

So funny, because, common sense dictates that if you are writing personal stuff, don't tell your employer about your blog. dumbass.

I just realized she told her employer, "I started a blog. I'll send you a link."

What. A. Moron.


Kat - Jul 18, 2005 4:56:00 pm PDT #942 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

It's a good day for Nanny news.

Seriously, yes. total moron.


Jesse - Jul 18, 2005 5:05:09 pm PDT #943 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Man, I WISH it were Jude Law's nanny.


Jesse - Jul 18, 2005 5:08:18 pm PDT #944 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So, what can you do about itchy bug bites? I have a zillion on my ankles, and they are DRIVING ME MAD. I think there was a skeeter or similar in my bedroom last night!! That ain't right. Unless it's a delayed reaction from the green-head flies on Saturday, but that would be even LESS right.


Kat - Jul 18, 2005 5:09:05 pm PDT #945 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Jesse, use Benadryl cream. That seems to make the itch go away for me.


Scrappy - Jul 18, 2005 5:09:36 pm PDT #946 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Scrappy - Jul 18, 2005 5:09:59 pm PDT #947 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Antihistamine and an cool Aveeno bath--or footbath in your case/


Topic!Cindy - Jul 18, 2005 5:11:23 pm PDT #948 of 10002
What is even happening?

Here's the Nanny's blog: [link]

Contrary to an essay published in the Style section of the NYTIMES, I am not a pill popping alcoholic who has promiscuous sex and cares nothing for the children for whom she works with. Nope. If you look carefully through my archives, instead you will find a young woman in her mid-twenties who decided to work as a nanny for a year while she prepared to enter the next phase of her professional life; namely the life of an academic pursuing a PhD in English Literature specifically focusing on the Late Victorian novel. But for those of you who dont want to comb through the archives, I will offer a refutation of the salacious, malicious, and really quite silly essay written by Ms. Olen.

Ms. Olen opens her essay with eye catching details designed to paint the picture of a prurient pill popper. She notes I mention biting my lovers, having sexual thoughts about Tucker Carlson, and taking sleeping pills. So, lets revisit those entries and see if they are really so titillating.
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Yes, I mention that I want to do "dirty dirty" things to Tucker Carlson. I dont offer details. So, I am assuming that Ms. Olen's imagination ran away with her and she decided that it was very sordid. But on a closer reading of this post you will find I use Tucker Carlson, a noted conservative pundidt, as an example of how opposites attract. How intellectual tensions between two people can actually fuel romantic desire. And then I do something really really deviant. I compare my crush on him to the romantic tensions in Jane Austen's famous Pride and Prejudice. Yep, my version of the erotic has more to do with long walks and serious conversations. Of course, Ms. Olen does not point that out in her essay. My interest in literature and how I weave it through more common daily reflections would probably detract from her intent to show me as an irresponsible party girl. But there it is, on the blog she so strenuously objects to.


Rio - Jul 18, 2005 5:12:52 pm PDT #949 of 10002
Are you ready to be strong?

I'm sorry but Jude Law is too tacky for words. Sienna Miller should dump him. She always seems like a nice person in interviews.