Afraid I don't know major surgical hospitals anywhere, really, but I think New York magazine does that kind of listicle on a yearly basis. Nymag.com.

Am I crazy or does the following paragraph sound like a real slam?

The suit seeks back benefits that range from a few hundred dollars to one or two thousand dollars per family in the class. “That represents months of being able to get by,” said [NAME], a partner at [FIRM], which worked on the case for months without charge, but is now likely to be able to collect more than a million dollars in legal fees from the city.

There's a skunk that patrols our neighborhood late at night, marking his/her territory as he/she heads down towards the lake. I guess the marking spray is different from the defense spray, because it's only obnoxious for about five minutes and so not worth going outside to possibly encourage a full-out defense.

I know it's a skunk and not a particularly pungent cat, because Hubby looked out the window and said, "Oh, look, another black cat. This one has a white stripe." Me (distracted): "Well, our black cats are inside." "They wouldn't like this black cat with its bushy tail." "What cat--oh, the skunk."

That crash just gets weirder and weirder. They were saying this morning that they just changed the taxi-ing route to the runways last week, too.

“That represents months of being able to get by,”

Huh?

Chunder is Aussie-speak for puke, yes.

Announcement: Have finally returned from three weeks in the wilds of Chappaquiddick and extended babysitting duties.

Analysis: Taking care of children you have not raised is hard.

And I still have oodles of boxes to unpack in the new apt. Ugh. Luckily the power didn't go out while I was gone so I can watch all the shows I missed--oh wait, it did.

However, all went well with my sister's surgery and her cancer was stage 1A so no chemo or radiation—yeah! I release the health~ma and send lots of punctuation to all the others who had a difficult August.

Special message to msbelle: A hearty congrats on the adoption. I am so happy for you! You are going to be a great mom—and I can't wait to see your brother as an uncle. You asked for a tape player a few days back. Is this for you? Are you interested in mixed tapes? Because I'm going through mine as I set up my itunes playlists. I would happily send a package to you instead of tossing them.

“That represents months of being able to get by,”

Huh?

He's talking about retroactive welfare benefits.

Picture of a jet airliner being struck by lightning. [link] The lightning actually goes through the plane and continues down to the ground. Apparantly this happens a lot, and there's almost never any negative consequences to it.

all went well with my sister's surgery and her cancer was stage 1A so no chemo or radiation

Woo-hoo! That's great news.

Chunder is Aussie-speak for puke, yes.

So the thunder they ask if you can hear? Is that the thunder of the chunder from down under?

And was the thunder of the chunder caused by the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?