Then he asks me, basically, when I'm going to stop smoking and lose weight, prefaced with, "I don't want to be offensive." Such a charmer.

That's one of those phrases that always indicates that the phrase/question/sentence that immediately follows WILL be offensive. Much like "I'm not a racist, BUT...."

The bob needs a clue.

I love that picture of Emmett. He looks so grown up and charming.

He does. Also, so much like Hec all of a sudden -- not like older pictures, which Hec always insists look like he looked as a little kid, but like Hec himself.

Every time somebody says that I wanna say "Well, don't then.' but offline I'm gutless.

I start classes tonight too... I'm nervous. I just hope the transportation issue works out OK, that I find my classes, and can buy my books, get back to North Station in time to catch the 8pm train, and... ugh.

Ooof. Good luck on that - the gap between 8 and 9:30 is a killer that's been making me not hang in the city for certain things lately (and I just can't deal with the buses anymore, though at least the 450 is a shorter trip and avoids the more hellish parts of Lynn).

Why? I do not understand the hate for this song, because I quite enjoy it.

For me there's both the "it's so generic it's worse than a bad song" thing and the meta of the fact that Jefferson Airplane did a lot of good stuff back in the day and even Jefferson Starship had some songs I don't mind. Starship was Grace Slick singing bad hair metal and, as such, means the 60s aren't just dead - it's been sold for parts on the black market.

Not that I'm all that big a romantic (or worse, Romantic) about the 60s, but Grace Slick was the woman who (due to the private school she attended) got invited to a Tricia Nixon tea party and decided to take Abbie Hoffman so they slip some acid into Tricky Dick's tea. Needless to say, they didn't get in the door.

Steph, you'll like this. He told me of a radical new weight loss plan. I should skip breakfast. A friend of his is doing this and lost 25 pounds in 4 months.

I like "I'd do anything for love..." but not as an artistic achievement. New tag for Jon Stewart's Bitches. Deena, man, who has not squeezed out people, right?

I should skip breakfast. A friend of his is doing this and lost 25 pounds in 4 months.

Yeah, that sounds like he's looking out for your health.

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Steph, you'll like this. He told me of a radical new weight loss plan. I should skip breakfast.

Skipping breakfast is one of the WORST things a person can do to try to lose weight, because it fucks with your metabolism HARD.

Oh bob, THE bob, the clue bell tolls for thee.

I think all doctors ahould ask their patients every time they come in when they are going to quit smoking. Yeah, I know it's annoying as hell and mostly makes the smoker feel stubborn and angry, but it IS a health issue. My dad smoked three packs a day for 54 years and didn't quit after his first heart attack. Not until his last doctor, who was a real bitch about it and kept after him and kept trying stuff like the patch (didn't work) and the gum (didn't work) and hypnosis (didn't work), finally, Zyban (yay!), did he finally quit. He lived five years longer than they expected only because she WAS so inexorable about it.

I should skip breakfast.

WHAT?!? That's just crazy talk.

heads off for oatmeal