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I can't wait until Jon and/or Stephen cover Hair-Trigger Cheney's version of skeet shooting.

Aiyiyi. How many times must a person be told we do not have an account for you, go sign up for one here?

I don't care how insistent you are, or how many different possible IDs you give me, THERE IS NO SUCH ACCOUNT.

Ayup, it's monday.

sara, don't you realize that if you keep asking the same question over and over again, you'll eventually get the answer you want?

Sophia, try Googling "royalty free images." You'll probably still have to pay a small facility fee (which is the tech cost of giving you the photos), but there won't be a license fee.

Right. You can buy a royalty-free CD of images, and use them forever -- the only drawback will be all the other people ont his planet who bought the same CD. Upfront investment for a lifetime of no permissions costs.

Your bosses need to be beaten, and then to be shown the court cases where law firms paid millon-dollar copyright fines for photocopying whole books and newsletters. That was just for internal use, but, million-dollar fines. It is a boss's job to know about that stuff, especially if she's in charge of publishing -- anything.

this weekend I did something to my body that has resulted in pain waaaay low in my back - like where the pelvis attaches - and down my right leg.

That sounds exactly what I had in college, which was in fact sciatica. I was advised to stop sitting on my duff so much, take Advil, and get used to being called "The Gimp."

Thanks Jessica!

sara, don't you realize that if you keep asking the same question over and over again, you'll eventually get the answer you want?

The customers I support, they will LEARN they are dealing with Ms. Stubbornass Contrarian, oh yes.

flea, like everyone else said, pain down your leg is almost always a sciatic nerve issue. It could just be that the back muscles around the origination point of the sciatic nerve could be all inflamed and therefore pinching the nerve. That's pretty common.

And, AFAIK, sciatic nerve pain is pretty common in pregnancy. But I think there are ways to alleviate it -- but for that, and given that you have an armadillo in your belly, I agree that it's a good idea to see a doctor.

AFAIK, sciatic nerve pain is pretty common in pregnancy

I had it all three times, and the second two it started a lot earlier than the first (which began when I pretty far along, and I assumed from the weight of the baby pressing on stuff). Definitely ask your doctor, though.

OK, I now honestly believe the person I am dealing with is dumber than dirt. How he's managed to acquire a PhD, no wait.... how he's managed to leave his house without a fatal domestic accident, eludes me.