Wait, what were they arrested for? They're in boxer shorts! Naked, I could see an arrest, but in clothes that are more decent than 1970s sport shorts?

Creating a nuisance I think.

Which is funny since stopping a train and taking it out of service is DEFFINATELY a nuisance, but not one created by them.

And they have to do it in winter because in summer nobody would even notice. So utterly not obscene in any way.

{{{Aimée}}} and Grrrr, and seconding everyone else who said go ahead and write the letter about the tatting shuttle. Beloved family member's belonging, would mean a lot to you -- the Ladies' Aid people may well turn out to be not only not resentful, but genuinely happy to reunite you with the shuttle.

Poor one-eyed Erin, stumbling around half-blind with c-notes shooting out her ass.

MG, the color and cut look just terrific on you.

Very trivial hivemind question for haircoloristas: I'm bored and annoyed by mine, mousy brown with whitening temples that are not at all taking to the crunchy nontoxic dye I've switched to. It worked fine the first time I tried it, but the last couple of times my hair has just shrugged and ignored it. Any suggestions for something that'll turn brownish (and whitish) hair plummy/deep auburn/cherry Coke-ish without being a completely toxic chemical soup? Should I start playing with Manic Panic?

Nora, I think Tom is wise and your second draft says what you want from them without going into more detail than you want to reveal.

JZ, I've been giving my poor fried hair a break with the L'Oreal color mousses. The cherry red is pretty and bright; they have a cherry coke color, too.

Not sure if it will cover grey, but it's also cheaper than Feria, etc.; only $4.99 in MO.

Nora, your original version sounds fine to me, but if (as is likely) I'm overshare-y and Tom is right about the need to CYA, the revised version is excellent.

{{Aimee}}

Nora, I think both versions work, too.

This is me, doing a drive by post to make you all jealous until this afternoon when I'll have some more time to post for real:

I have an smonster at my apartment!

I have an smonster at my apartment!

jealousjealousjealous

if (as is likely) I'm overshare-y and Tom is right about the need to CYA, the revised version is excellent.

Yeah, I think my preference for the second isn't so much that I'm convinced that you really need to CYA in this kind of situation, as the fact that I tend to be the opposite of overshare-y and even kind of "why the fuck do you need to know this, anyway?" So the "I'm coming in to talk long-term plans" emphasis of the second feels like it would be comfortable to me than the "here's what I don't like about my current job" of the first.

This is, of course, not everyone's read on these things.

We don't have a smonster, but Leif is convinced there are monsters living in the storage room.

So he WANTS to go in there, right?

It could be like a seminar for him, or a master class.

They could be recruiters, "that chocolate chip cookie recipe shows some reeeeeeel promise, kid"

You'll have agents sniffing around making all sorts of promises within the week, all the best teams trying to sign him...

Well, he wants to go into the storage room to explore, but he's afraid of the monsters so he doesn't. He's terrified of monsters and clowns.