shrift: I could write a gritty memoir, but I don't think the royalty check would be worth the awkward conversations I'd have to have with my mother.
Coffee On My Monitor
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In Bitches, adorable offspring bringing the smiles:
Cashmere:
The bonus of this craxy day was that when one of the guys in the day care at the gym asked Owen if he was his BFF, Owen replied with, "MOMMY'S MY BFF!"
Topic!Cindy:
A few years ago, a door-to-door type person (a political campaigner? a salesman? a Sierra Club recruiter?) came to the door. Chris answered it with me, and started talking to the guy first, so I just stood there and let him, because it was all painfully cute. When Chris ran out of things to say, he asked the guy, "John, have you met my good friend Mommy?"
Ginger: I used a sliderule in high school. Also, the snow was really deep and there were wolves.
Sophia Brooks: One of my cow-workers just skipped down the hall in happiness because her size 2 pants were too big for her and she is all excited about having to get a size zero. Why does it matter? Except that it annoyed the piss out of me
amych: I'm vaguely freaked by the Kosher for Passover Turduckens, but even more so by the fact that they're organic and free range. It's like wanting the maximum of purity in the most insanely unnatural form imaginable.
Sue in Natter:
I once dreamt that I was trying to invent a potato that could transcend space and time. Apparently, my subconscious has a thing about root crops.
Discussing the latest political scandal in Natter:
Tom Scola: According to the court filings, Spitzer's booty call cost him $4,300.
Aimee: Not bad for government work.
amych in Bitches:
You say "Secretly a Cylon" as if this were a bad thing. I mean, have you seen them?
And as a follow-up:
Fay
Such a good point.
They're like Vibrators: The Next Generation.
Emily: I really hope I'm never involved in a stupid, embarrassing scandal. I'd have to stop watching the Daily Show.