People not like us:

...in January, Doug Anglin, 17, filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against Milton (Mass.) High School, which he said discriminates against boys by giving better grades to students who "sit down, follow orders, and listen to what (teachers and administrators) say." "Men," Anglin told a Boston Globe reporter, "naturally rebel against this." [Boston Globe, 1-26-06]

vw -- if you make less than $50,000 a year then you can file your taxes for free electronically. Last year I used Turbo Tax, but this year I found that HR Block was easier to understand.

Avoiding news. Ded from the cute.

Plei she is so beautiful. Still see both of you in her expressions. What a cutie. (reminds me that nature makes them so cute when they're babies to keep us from killing them when they're teens)

Sounds like the PCP is doing a good job keeping up with things and keeping in touch with you. It might be hard to know if the dilantin is working as it should while your body is recovering from the steroid horrors. (so totally without knowledge) The dilantin might work just fine again once your body rids itself of the steroids. Yeah, I know I am not an expert, but when other loved ones have had issues with bad medication reactions it has been a common practice to try and stabilize before changing stuff.

Kinda topicy. A good friend of mine takes dilantin (and a bunch of other stuff) and he and his wife were unable to conceive because of his meds. They said he had lazy sperm, and I wanna tell you we had fun joking about his stoned sperm. Anyway, they took his sperm and "washed" it then fertilized a few of her eggs, planted them and voila, they now have twins. One boy and one girl.

Science is mighty cool. She says at least she doesn't have to worry about birth control because no babies without either science or divine intervention.

Ok. Nails finally dried. Thank you so much, beth. It is just lovely. And your note made my day.

Lily is beyond cute.

which he said discriminates against boys by giving better grades to students who "sit down, follow orders, and listen to what (teachers and administrators) say." "Men," Anglin told a Boston Globe reporter, "naturally rebel against this."

Which is why the U.S. Armed Forces were female-only for many many years until Bobby Riggs stood up and liberated men from their shackles and allowed them to freely serve their country.

Bwah!

Weird. I mean, not entirely without merit -- on average, girls do have an easier time conforming to those expectations, and schools do reward that kind of behavior. But it's hardly Milton's fault, or something to be fixed through litigation.

I mean, really. Do Italians leave their babies in the car? Do the French, or the Swiss? Or anybody else but freaking USians?

No, but I know a lot of Europeans will go into a cafe to have coffee or whatever, and leave the kiddo sitting in a stroller outside--there was a whole thing about someone who did that in New York(?) and she was all "but we do it at home!"

Victoria! One of the reasons I was wanting a girl child. I would have named her Victoria. And called her Tori of course.

One of my friends in college was named Victoria. She went by Tori, because she hated "Vicky" and didn't want to go by Victoria due to the store. She'd heard too much about "oooh, what's your secret? HAHAH"

Ugh, I just got the "you're smothering me" speech

I think Eddie needs to be a lesbian. Two dates and a UHaul, anyone?

but that link to the chainmail skirt reminded me of a friend who makes chainmail jewelry

Wow, Maidengurl, her stuff is really pretty!!

I love how DETERMINED Plei's kiddo looks.

For Aimée and Jilli: Pricey but gorgeous.