Could that ship in SF be a pirate ship?? Could it be a sign of the FSM?? Could it be that He has touched SF with his Noodly Appendage? (Which SF would love, I'm sure; I know I would!)

Stephanie, congrats!

{{Trudy}}

And, because it took me 2 days to catch up,

{{{Theodosia}}} so sorry about your car, makes my car "trouble" possitively minor.

Oh! and about the MI-5 question, they've never showed us, but I always wondered about that, too.

Looking at concepts that have been hijacked in our current culture, (it) explores in what positive sense every Christian should claim the title of fundamentalist, using the (teaching)s Jesus impressed upon His disciples.

Sounds nifty.

Hope you feel better, Lee, and that all goes smoothly, Robin.

From Public Agenda's site on Katrina:

Most Americans are rightly focused on the relief effort, but already the debate over those broader questions is falling into the familiar political partisanship that bedevils so much public debate. We think those predictable responses are a disservice to the complex issues raised by this disaster and will do little to help the nation solve them in the long run. The situation calls for a different approach and we're asking our users to help us find it.

I thought that some folks here might want to express an opinion with them.

edited because I apparently am physically unable to correctly format a section copied from email.

I should have taken an ice cream break. Conversation when I went to drop off messages and pick up stuff at krav:

Him: You've lost weight.
Me: Yes.
Him: Your clothes are hanging off you.
Me, tightly: Yes.
Him: That must have been like ten pounds!
Me, tighter: Yes.
Him: Why are you looking at me like I told you you weighed 300lbs?

So there'll be ice cream for/with dinner.

Poor ita (I mean that sincerely.) It's really disconcerting when your body suddenly changes. I've gone through several rearrangements that just confound me. When I lost a bunch of weight due to severe illness and a growth spurt, it seemed like nothing worked right. Not clothes, not movement.

You know what? I'm really hating my job now. I've hated it in the past, sure, but had gotten to where I could at least see some point to it. Now? I just...don't. Part I think is missing my officemate. Part is the fallout from that. I'm feeling pretty useless, and pretty much cast aside. Managers keep coming by to "check" on me, and that's just making it seem more futile. They check, but whenever I've lobbied to take on new work, I'm told how someone else volunteered or been otherwise shoved off (because I was fucking GONE the first 3 days after the official layoffs.) I kinda want to train backup and walk. But I don't know what to walk to. Sigh.

Whine whine whine.

Back from yoga. I feel both energized and relaxed, which I suppose is the point.

I think ita and I need to do an exchange. I'll show how to eat a lot, she can give me some of her drive to exercise.

NEW JOB NEW JOB!!

But you know that's my answer for everything. At least in my head.

So, I'm watching the OC, and I have two questions:

1) How come I never get a happy/romantic montage. I want a montage!!!

2) What's up with shady Jeri Ryan? Shay-dee.

BOGALUSA, La. – Before we leave Bogalusa, an update on how FEMA is dealing with hurricane refugees at Red Cross shelters.

As noted here two days ago, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to ask evacuees to call (800) 621-3362 or browse to www.fema.gov to start the process of filing a claim for disaster assistance was greeted with disbelief by most relief workers we talked to, who noted that most of these people don’t have ready access to telephones.

It turns out, according to a Red Cross worker here, the response is even a bigger Catch-22 than I realized.

It turns out, according to the worker, who like the other aid workers spoke on condition of anonymity, that the call to the FEMA number does not open a claim; it results in a package containing the claim form being mailed to the address of the evacuee.

Since the evacuee is in a shelter, mail service has been suspended in many of the hardest hit areas and some of the homes are likely still under water, it seems clear that those claim forms won’t be mailed back any time soon.

Jesse, re #2

Kirsten will be assimilated.