Oh, I neglected to mention that a bunch of Buffistas kicked in to get us a super deluxe car-seat and also a Baby Bjorn. Either that or just the pictures of said items.

So many thanks to DXM, Betsy, msbelle, Kristin, ND, vw, Ginger, Corwood, Emily, Jilli, Ple, Deb, Teppy, Maria, Sue, Tina, Juliana and Lee for that.

Also we got many fun individual items from people like Sail and Sparky. P-Cow brought us Moral Compasses for the baby: What Would A Pirate Do ("Maroon a Scallywag") and What Would A Ninja Do ("Unleash Fury") spinners. You will be shocked to hear that somebody brought us baby clothes covered in the A's logo.

Lee gave us Pooh based fun stuff, and of course, organized everything with JZ's friend Lisa and Suzi. Many many thanks to them.

I'm eating some of Deb's cinnamon cake now. Mmmmm.

I'm watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I'm all choked up.

Damn that Emily. She'd never let me watch this. But, she's not here to stop me, so I can't turn it off.

Lee gave us Pooh based fun stuff, and of course, organized everything with JZ's friend Lisa and Suzi. Many many thanks to them.

That was from the people listed as well.

P-Cow took a bunch of pictures which he'll be sending to me.

There are 44 pictures on their way to you right now. ETA is 18 minutes, 35 seconds, according to YSI. I would say about a fourth of them are really nice. Okay, maybe a fifth.

Howdy, buffistas!

I went to the Indiana State Fair yesterday. It was fun, but I ate and ate and ate wayyyy too much bad stuff (all of this was split with my friend Farrah though): corn dog, ear of corn, apple cider slushie, duck bratwurst, cup of milk, deep fried chocolate covered strawberries (with whipped cream), an elephant ear, another ear of corn, another cup of milk, and then the kicker: deep fried battered hohos on a stick.

Then we went to the movies to see Snakes on a Plane and had soda and popcorn.

Then we stopped at Steak n Shake for shakes.

Is it any wonder I've felt like puking all day?

Also, my computer HATES me. Right now it's refusing to believe I have an AirPort card. Which...I've had it for two and a half years. WTF?

Hec, send me your address. I can't find where I last put it. I need to send sprog stuff.

I did have fun kicking people. I went in to fight external licensees taking their blue belt test. Always fun, because they're tired from a day of having their asses whupped, and you're relatively fresh.

My auras are very simple. I get a line of white on the very outside edge of my vision, and a ball of white light runs up and down that. It's just like what happened after I lightly detached a retina a gazillion years ago, so I thought that was what happened despite not having been hit in the eye.

I soon tied it to migraines instead, but I've been having migraines for almost thirty years now, and the auras just showed up a few months ago.

You guys with the occlusion of vision--egads. I'm so glad (knocking wood) that mine produces not much more than stimulus to whip my head around to catch the flicker--if I haven't realised what it is yet.

My mother used to go blind from her migraines. Then she found that she could stave off a migraine as it was starting by laughing. Unfortunately, getting a migraine isn't very funny. I have many memories of being out somewhere with her and my younger siblings and having her grab my wrist and demand "Tell me a joke! Say something funny!"

As you might guess, "say something funny right now or your mother will go blind" has a tendency to make you freeze right up. Funny songs were our salvation, since they could be re-used more often than jokes for some reason.

Eventually she figured out how to get the same effect on her own, without any laughing out loud or group sing-a-longs of "If I had a million dollars". I won't say that I miss it, but I enjoy the memories of people's reactions.

I'm glad the shower went well. How is JZ feeling? Is there any indication that she is going to be given a reprieve from bedrest soon?

Ugh. DSL has completely died. Thank goodness for being able to steal wireless from the neighbors.

We're having lots of thunder, lightening and rain here right now, which is totally freaking Toto out. Guess I'm not going to bed right now, as I won't sleep with him shaking and whining in fear. Poor guy. I used to read up on what I could do about his fear, but everything said he'd grow out of it. Eight years...I don't think he's gonna grow out of it.

As you might guess, "say something funny right now or your mother will go blind" has a tendency to make you freeze right up.