WGN is running Homicide from the beginning, it looks like. The pilot's on right now.

Oh, Tim Bayliss. So young.

lunch - yes. not sure what day.

commute - farther - down by you. on Wall ST, to be exact.

So all those "Stay gold, Ponyboy" jokes aren't going to mean much to you, huh?

I know enough about it--stuff I just absorbed from the atmosphere. I took "Stay cool, Soda Pop," to be a Hinton reference, when it was used on Veronica Mars, even though I've never read the book. I also remember That Was Then, This is Now, and Rumble Fish, although I've never read them, either. I know about greasers and socs, even. I'm not sure how I missed them.

Gronk. Just got woken up by EM calling. Emmett's got a sore throat that she deems worthy of a sickday. So I've got to go fetch him. Plus my plans are shot for the day. Bother.

Oh, no. Sorry, Hec. I hope Emmett is feeling better soon, and that it's just a quick virus, or even allergies. My mother probably implemented her No-Fever/No-Sickday rule when I was about Emmett's age. So far, I have mostly had to fight with my children to keep them home, when they are sick.

Julia's the only one who's ever try to fake sick to date, so we had a heart to heart. My rule is: If you've had good attendance, and you need a mental health day, I'll probably let you have one. Don't fake sick, because thinking you're sick makes me worry.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, folks!

I really really want to go to back to sleep, or spend the day on the sofa. If people at work didn't already know I was in Vegas this weekend, I'd consider taking a sick day, but I don't want them to think I'm too hung over to come in.

Julia's the only one who's ever try to fake sick to date, so we had a heart to heart. My rule is: If you've had good attendance, and you need a mental health day, I'll probably let you have one. Don't fake sick, because thinking you're sick makes me worry.

This is some awesome parenting. And a great lesson about getting needs met without having to be sneaky. Wish a lot of my clients could have gotten that message early on.

WGN is running Homicide from the beginning, it looks like. The pilot's on right now.

I have never understood why Homicide wasn't more popular in syndication. I heard that when they showed a L&O crossover on TNT, the Homicide half got better ratings than the L&O half.

Anyhoo I have a 2:30 massage and then I am getting a pedi and then I am going shoe shopping AND then I am going to have a cold beverage outside and people watch.

Oh God, that sounds lovely.

I had a houseguest all weekend, and now I'm sleep deprived and fighting a headache. But did the headache cause the sleep deprivation or did the sleep deprivation cause the headache?

My rule is: If you've had good attendance, and you need a mental health day, I'll probably let you have one. Don't fake sick, because thinking you're sick makes me worry.

If you've had good attendance, and you need a mental health day, I'll probably let you have one.

Had this been applied to me, I would never have attended school on Thursdays. I dreaded and hated PE squaredance day with such a passion that very often I did end up with a stomach ache.

It took me years to get over my dislike of Thursdays in general. Damn Ms. Krauth! (My mom tells me she's still in the business of terrorizing elementary students and generally being an exceedingly unpleasent individual.)