I live in a neighborhood with a lot of trees - part of why we wanted to be here. however, the trees lineing the street are Gum trees. seedpods are evil death ball. and limbs fall of randomly. and they don't die. WE had large branches fall into the driveway. and they were over powerlines.( or maybe cable). Anyway it took the city a Year to do something about the trees. They trimmed more than I expected, however they did do a good job. I think the city plan is to keep the tress where ever possible, but to make sure the trees don't do any damage that the city could be held responsible for. Oddly reasonable and sensable.

Pitch~ma to Honored Hecubus. Much book-sellage!

PM, I know. People can be irrational. Are. Often. More often than not, I guess. We tend to trip up on odd things, too, like trees. Or spotted owls, or shoes. It would be nice, though, if as you said, the things that impede could be removed or amended, and the ones that don't be left alone.

Beverly, "The Libertine" is about Lord Rochester (Depp), with Charles II played by John Malkovich.

And we recently had a little situation where one of the embassies wanted to chop down an old tree and the neighborhood rallied around to save it. I think they're still trying to negotiate something to keep everyone more or less happy.

Just got an email from Dh about an old friend that just had a baby. While I don't wish her harm, I do think that I would rather not know anything about her. and I don't want to hear about her haveing children. Esp. scince when I last knew her, I wouldn't have trusted her to feed my cat. ( but if DH hadn't told me , it wouldn't be right either)

Oh beth, I hope your friend has gained a few clues in the intervening time.

Todd, I know. It was just "33 and his nose falls off" that made me think of the wee little puppet man.

Stephanie, is Ellie feeling any better today?

Sort of. I think her cold/ear infection is better but she's suffering some secondary effects of the antibiotics. One thing just keeps leading to another. I sort of just want to scream...or wave a magic wand.

eta: If I could, I would just breastfeed her forever. Anytime anything else gets introduced into her system, chaos ensues.

You just need a break, Stephanie. Things keep piling on, and it's hard to see the end of it. Poor little Ellie. I hope she feels better soon.

The Libertine is Puppet Angel?

Or Michael Jackson.

Do any knitters hang here, or are they strictly Natterers?

I think Minearverse is the default crafting thread.

And good luck with the pitch, Hec!

Why am I feeling kinda ooky? Flu shot? I was just telling my mother that feeling bad after a flu shot was all psychosomatic. Did I psych myself into feeling bad?! I've got to start vacationing tomorrow! I don't wanna be sick! I'm going to try to stop thinking about it.

Poor little Ellie.

It's stupid and irrational, but I feel like I broke her. She's actually acting fine, but she was *better* before all this started up. It all started with the rice cereal back on Nov. 5th.