this is one of the songs Micheal did with the guitar Matt built ( last song on the list). Matt's guitar made it better.

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Dear Loud-Ass Neighbors,

This party that you've been having since this afternoon should really be over by midnight considering that it's a Wednesday night. Some of us have to work in the morning.

Shut the hell up.
No love,
Kristin

Bad neighbors!

I have shuttled Lee and I off to bed even. And we had wine. And Supernatural. And laptops.

God I need sleep.

And cats. Where are my cats? If those hussies left me for the new girl? No kibble for them!

Kristin, if they don't quiet down, call the police for a noise violation. It's mean and petty but I just turned in my neighbors for having bags of trash on their balcony for weeks and it felt kinda good. Portland is supposed to smell the breast of Mother Earth, not garbage. Floral, not decay, basically.

Okay, bed.

Oh, Aimee, I'm so sorry.

Look! It's a new leopard!!

Is childcare deductable?

msbelle, does your employer offer a childcare flex spending account? They take out up to $5K, pretax and you get reimbursed for childcare from the account. It's the same as a health care FSA. I'm not sure if the limit has changed from $5K or not.

DH is spending the day at work dressed as a leprechaun. His department was doing a fundraiser for the local food bank. All the managers had cans with their names on them and the one receiving the most donations has gets to dress as a leprechaun. He was down $100 with an hour to go but I think his boss made up the deficit. They raised almost a $1000. I need to email someone and make sure they take a picture.

Starbucks is giving away free coffee today, from 10:00 am to noon only: [link]

Jesus-Loving Americans Totally Ignorant of Jesus, Religion

• 75% of adults believe the famed Benjamin Franklin saying “God helps those who help themselves” is one of the Ten Commandments.
• 10% believe Joan of Arc was the wife of Noah from the Book of Genesis.
• Most believe Saint Paul led the Israelites from their enslavement in Egypt.
• Only one in three Americans can name the four Gospels, while less than half can even name one of them.
• A majority couldn’t identify the preacher of the “Sermon on the Mount.” (Hint: The Bible says it was Jesus.)

75% of adults believe the famed Benjamin Franklin saying “God helps those who help themselves” is one of the Ten Commandments.

Seriously?? That's insane. Even if you can't name ten commandments, people should at least have a sense of the tone of them, for chrissakes. Or they should be able to figure out that "commandment" is related to "command," and know what that means.

Fucking people.

Of course, I'm really curious as to how that study was conducted, how the questions were phrased, etc.