YES! Tommy gets a dingdong.

This made me laugh and laugh, b/c my mom and stepdad use the word "dingdong" to mean any sort of minor injury/bruise/thump on the head/boo-boo.

In their parlance, you don't want a dingdong.

Yay, vw!

Although, I was just doing some cleaning and came across something rather scary looking. I don't want to think about what it was...

If it was less than common, I'd say earwhig, silverfish or centi(milli?)pede.

Ants, roaches and misc. beetles aren't hard to ID.

Good luck with the interview, vw!

We went to the zoo. Just the North American/American Hollow side--I can't walk all the way across the place now. But O got to pet goats and sheep in the petting zoo barn and we saw buffalo, grizzly bears, pumas, bobcats and otters.

The boy is the proud, new owner of a small plastic giraffe, a zebra and a lion (which he keeps calling "cat").

I'm not listening to Katrina news and avoiding rageyness. We need a nap.

Also, go VW!

In their parlance, you don't want a dingdong.

In Lou Reed's parlance, a dingdong is something that one might suck on.

I miss O. He must be so big now.

whooo! For what?

Admin Assist for the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at school. This is the job description:

Organize recruitment information for prospective students for the program. This includes answering emails of students interested in the program and providing them with the necessary information; handle routine inquiries, mailings, and create packets (application, fact sheet and brochure); update the PWPPP student database using MS Access; update web E-Newsletter on Constant Contact; update the Center's website on Education; general fiilng, label making, photocopying; identify potential materials on professional development for women in politics & policy making: networking, public speakin, mentoring, etc,; locate prospecive speakers for the professional development workshops; indentify similar programs nationally and gather information on what kinds of internships/professional development activities they can offer (ie, other Centers for Women in Politics & Public Policy); understanding Web-base searches; coordinate logistics arrangements for meetings: book rooms with Campus Center, food orders; assist professors with logistics.

Sounds good, and pays well, so...

He must be so big now.

Huge. It feels like I'm holding a little kid instead of a baby. I'm such a sap.

Good to see you, Sean. How goes the battle?

Well, you know.... sometimes you're entrenched on a hill, with good archer and cavalry support, other times you turn around in the smoke and flak and get a war-axe to the crotch.

Lately it's been going okay. Just once I'd like to get a little plunder, though. Something to live off of in between campaigns.