I think I should have just given in to the leftover monster and stayed inside all day rather than going out tonight. Overpriced sushi that included cleverly disguised octopus was nowhere near as good as a second meal of turkey & dressing would have been.

Silver lining: I'm feeling flushed from about 2 ounces of plum wine, which can't be normal—I shouldn't get a buzz from Everclear in that amount.

t smacks Tom's hospital

I hate that kind of ineptitude. I had a similar issue recently with my insurance company and am contesting an urgent care bill they decided not to cover (apparently my emergency wasn't urgent enough to justify going outside of my HMO), and it just reinforces my hatred for this country's so-called healthcare system.

msbelle, WOOT!

Hec, I'm loving the ten-dog walk rule. Too cute.

In meme news, I'm writing report card comments forEVER. I have to do a 14-line typed narrative comment for each of my students. It doesn't sound like it would take that long, but considering I have to emcompass their performance for the entire first trimester while being "personal and specific" (which I achieve by going through and observing patterns in all of the work they've done so far), it's a bit of a nightmare. I've written eight comments so far. it's been three hours. Yeah. Anyway, when I reach comment number 10, I get a shower. This is my carrot. I have to do 20 a day in order to be finished by Sunday night, so I'm almost halfway done with today's task. Bah. WHY did I have to be sick all last week when I had time to work on these?!?

Yay msbelle!

On the crack puzzle -- any hints for the thing to the left of flaming Lamborghini and the one right on top of those two? I really don't know cocktails, it seems.

Hi, For the one on the left of flaming lamborghini, it's another flaming drink. The one above them is a song, and something a bartender might do as he served you one of those drinks.

Hil, for the first one, in addition to Lee's clue, you might sound like you're praying when you order it.

Nicole, Get thee on AIM!

Thanks, guys. Got both of those.

Somehow, being very close to done, with just a few blanks left, is even more frustrating than having huge open areas was.

And turkey that was brushed with bacon grease.

Turkey basted with a a mixture of butter, rum and honey is also of the good. IJS.

Question: anyone know why Firefox keeps forgetting that I'm signed in about every hour? it's getting a little irritating.

it's not losing any other logins, so cookies are obviously working.

???

In your profile, is "remember me" checked?