Just now however I got the sullen and totally emo business version of "I never asked to be born!"

I get those, usually it's something along the lines of, "But I can't make that appointment!" "Coworker A won't call me back!" "Why is Coworker D out of town!?!"

Heh. I got, "I just wanted to know X, but I guess that's just too much to ask!"

To which I cheerfully responded, "Here is X information!" I did not helpfully mention that I would have given her X in the first place if she'd mentioned that X was all she needed.

Why do people think that being bitchy will make me want to help them?

sometimes it's hard to turn off the bitchiness when you are actually a bitch...Signed, Was just a total bitch to a friend who really didn't deserve it.

Assuming no prior working relationship with said person, I think I'd have gone for the "why don't you try asking me and see if it's too much?" option.

Ah but then they don't get to whine for a half hour about how difficult it is to get X. It's all about the whining.

re: Adult Swim--after seeing the stuff that shows up in "24" and all those shows, I wouldn't assume any mysterious electronic object isn't something to call the full alert out on.

edit: not to say that big city bomb squads aren't up to date on current bomb technology, but I don't want to be the squad chief saying, "Hell, it looked like a toy!"

SO...mac was up at 4 - hot and complainy. I had given him some kiddie ibu before bed, but gave him more. He did not get back to sleep, but I did. By 8 he had no fever and said he felt ok, so it was off to school. 11:15 call from school, he is complaining of headache, throat hurting, has fever, has cough.

We are now back from the Dr. - upper resp. virus and fever. Nothing related to the probably infection in his thumb. ibu, fluids/rest for the fever. soaking in hot water with epsom salts for thumb.

I have been instructed to please not lance myself anymore and also soak my thumb.

now working from home. sigh.

What connie said. Plus, I think Boston is still mortified beyond the telling of it, that the 9/11 terrorists came through Logan Airport.

I'm glad the safety personnel handled it how they did. I would rather have them treat a perceived threat as a bomb, than be afraid to take an unknown thing seriously. The media needs some self control, however.

And really? I'm a little teeny bit hip, or that is, I know you people. I know people who read comics, and watch adult swim, and my pop culture knowledge is probably a little deeper than that of the average 40 year old parent around here, and I had no clue what those little images were. None.

msbelle, there's a nasty fever virus going around. We were told it would run its course in 3-5 days. For us, it was more like 5-7 days (with both boys, my daughter remains healthy). Ben's still shaking it, but he was just getting over strep and an upper respiratory infection when this virus hit, so I think his recovery is slower than it usually is.

I hope Mac feels better, soon, and that his finger gets better, too.

Poor sick mac! At least it's the weekend now.

It is the weekend now, right? I don't think I can take anymore.