Sue, once you are done with msbelle's poptarts and ice cream, I think you should bring me sushi.

Perkins the cat has decided that he needs to be in my lap, despite the laptop that is already there.

the tv stopped. I have no entertainment. WHINE!

Poor msbelle.

Sue, once you are done with msbelle's poptarts and ice cream, I think you should bring me sushi.

Anyone else? What kind of baked good would you like, ita?

I just saw Larry Mullen Jr. on CBS and he was looking old. His picture in the attic must have been ruined.

I think you should bring me sushi.

I had mountains of sushi for dinner last night, at the Thai place we went to with SA when you were here. So. Yummy.

And then I got my geek on in a BIG way with the cutiehead waiter who almost always waits on us. He's a writer, and somehow that came up, and he said, all offhand, "Well, Warren Ellis is my favorite writer, so...."

And I jumped in with "Warren ELLIS?!? *Transmetropolitan*?!?"

And so cutiehead waiter and I geeked out about comics and made my best friend laugh and laugh at my geekishness. I asked cutiehead waiter if he reads any DC right now, and said that I'm a huge Batman fangirl right now, and he said "Batman! Batman is my favorite! Ask me what my apartment is nicknamed!" Dutifully, I asked, and he informed me that his apartment is the Batcave, because it doesn't get direct light, like, ever. And his best friend's apartment is the Fortress of Solitude.

I resisted the urge to ask if they were manly lovers like Supes and Bats.

To sum up: sushi, YUM.

Also: I officially am more entertained by Kitty Halftime than Puppy Gametime. Especially the two cats who keep looking into the water bowl, all perplexed, like there should be a bleeding fish there, or something.

kitty half time ins on pause -- because I had to go find my cat and wake him up - he thought he was annoyed - but then asked for more pets and purrs.

I am beading beading beading. my sholders hurt - but for a good reason.

{{[Trudy}} you and your family have been in my thoughts all day.

SA, and anybody else with residual icky odors mixed with bleach odors in enclosed plastic-walled spaces like fridges or coolers--vanilla extract is your friend. After you've eliminated the source of the smell and washed with soap, water and bleach, and possibly a solution of baking soda in water, make a pad of a dry folded paper towel and put about a quarter to a half-teaspoon of vanilla extract on it, and wipe down all surfaces with it. Don't dilute the vanilla; use a fresh folded towel and more vanilla if necessary. It will magically remove all other odors, and after a few days won't even retain much vanilla odor.

I dunno why it works, but it does. It also works on coolers that were put away clean but possibly damp, and now smell a little musty. Wash 'em out, wipe 'em down with vanilla and they're ready for use again.

This tidbit brought to you by knowledge gained in rescuing many redolent coolers and a number of neglected fridges.

I resisted the urge to ask if they were manly lovers like Supes and Bats.

I'd so pay you dollars to do this.

I have been here (here being MY OFFICE) since 9:30, and I have reviewed every frelling chapter of this document, and fixed all the footers and reorganized all the distance conversions (nautical miles; miles; kilometers), and fixed some references, and ate a turkey sandwich.

I really don't feel like I should be obliged to come to work tomorrow, too.

But I think I will go to TJ's on the way home and buy sushi and TJ-brand scotch and beer. And maybe those fantastic ginger cookies...

That's gross, Consuela. I hope you get to go home soon.

Between Consuela and Teppy, I feel I shall have to go get sushi tonight.

I bet there won't be a cutiehead waiter with a manly lover though.