I'm buried in genetics problems!

That's no way to refer to your friends and neighbors.

Well, when you put it like that... ew.

Hee. Yeah, it does sound almost as icky as it feels. I've got very dry skin and I keep hand cream in my purse at all times. Once you become aware of the feeling, it can darn near drive you nuts (or to tears, as the case may be.)

A big YAY for finishing of projects to Deena and also for Aimee's great new hair-do! Hoping that Ray comes through for La Tep and luck aimed toward Raq for the road trip.

My DH shaved his beard once after I'd gone to bed. I woke up and saw a stranger in the bedroom and screamed.

Too funny! In general, I'm not attracted to men with facial hair. There have been momentary exceptions but I usually end up getting squeamish when/if there's kissing involved. Well trimmed goatees aren't as bad as the overgrown mustache and beard, though.

I just won a $50 Amazon gift cert at work for a silly trivia game.

Woo hoo! You deserve it! And now for the important question... What'd ya use it on?

Someone save me! I'm buried in genetics problems!

What kind of saving, bug? Chat, literati, hot team of SWAT men?

Well trimmed goatees aren't as bad as the overgrown mustache and beard, though.

Well-trimmed anything is of the good.

In general, I'm not attracted to men with facial hair

I object to moustache hairs poking me in the nose.

My father had this love-affair thing with his moustache. He'd let it grow real long and then twirl the ends with moustache wax. To me, he just resembled the villian (memfault on name) from the Dudley Do-Right cartoon. Yuck.

Well-trimmed anything is of the good.

This. If we have to tend to things, so should they!

What kind of saving, bug? Chat, literati, hot team of SWAT men?

All of the above?

Well, to be honest, if I had a team of hot SWAT men at my disposable, I probably wouldn't share.

But, I can do the rest! Are you on Yahoo IM? I'll head that way...

Hi, all. Skipped and skimmed a whole bunch.

Aimee, that haircut looks great!

And the dictionary say "goy" is offensive. Is it "cracker" offensive, or N-word offensive?

Much closer to "cracker" offensive, I'd say. I'm trying to think about this -- there's a difference between when I'd use "goy" and when I'd use "gentile," and part of it is who's listening, but it's not just that. "Goy" has more connotations of "Well, what more can you expect from a goy?" while "gentile" is much more neutral -- just, a person who's not Jewish. (This is all just in English. In places where the language is more Yiddish-inflected to begin with, I'd use "goy" more often, and in Hebrew, "goy" isn't offensive at all.)

To me, he just resembled the villian (memfault on name) from the Dudley Do-Right cartoon. Yuck.

Snidely Whiplash.