Health~ma to all the sickies. My sore throat finally seems better today.

passes GC the Kleenex

Thank you, DJ. I'm thinking of you.

However, I did not go to jail.

Yes, this does help put lifes little bumps in perspective.

juliana, get well vibes zooming your way.

Spring sports season is in full swing for my kids. CJ had a scrimmage yesterday, opening ceremonies are this weekend. K-Bug's varsity team has started their pre-season games and I just found out that these games count toward NCS (post-season play), so their win last week was HUGE. And it is killing me to be missing spring training this year. Pout (but at least I haven't gone to jail).

My back is still completely screwed from whatever I did to it while I was on the treadmill last night (it's an ancient one with a really narrow tread, so I think I was overcompensating and making sure I put one foot in front of the other, thus giving my lower back a lot more hassle than usual). I had the heating pad on it when I got home, then took aspirin when I woke up and just now, and it still aches. I'm going swimming at 5:00, and I hope that'll stretch it out some. Otherwise, I might call in sore-as-all-hell tomorrow morning (or at least bring my heating pad with me to work).

Phil's Sneaky Plan: (which he learned from some other guy) Register the car under a false name with a false address. All the tickets go off into the ether. When you have to renew your registration you sell the car to yourself under another false name. When Phil went into the DMV to handle this transaction, the clerk there helpfully noted, "The guy who had the car before you had $2,800 worth of tickets. You should probably change the license plate too, or they might boot or tow your car by mistake." So he paid the $23 to get a new license plate.

He did that for three years until he heard a tow truck hauling his beat up old pickup away. He didn't even bother to get out of bed. He said it was totally worth it to park every where for free in SF without paying a ticket.

How long ago was this? I suspect they check for such shenanigans now....

Oh, and here's a little movie gossip tidbit for Ple and meara and GC and anybody else who might be interested.

Conversation last night turned towards the Tivo.

Phil: Oh, we love the Tivo. It's genius.
Me: Jennifer, I have to tell you I've got you on my Wishlist and you've got more listings than anybody.
Jennifer: Well, I did a lot of crap movies. I haven't even seen about a fifth of the movies I've done. Plus, Bride of Chucky is always playing.
Phil: And Bound is on every two weeks.
Jennifer: When I did Bound you wouldn't believe how many actresses turned down the role. I mean, actresses that could've used the work. I guess it was before 'lesbian chic' but people thought it would be a career killer.
Me: I heard when Gina Gershon and Paula Marshall were in that tv show together, Paula Marshall was against them developing a lesbian attraction between the two characters.*
Jennifer: That's just because Paula didn't want to kiss Gina.
Me: ...And you?
Jennifer: Oh, I really enjoyed kissing Gina.
Phil: Yes!!!! [wriggling around in his seat in unsupressed joy at this news]

• I forgot that Jennifer had just been in a sitcom with Paula Marshall a couple years ago

He did that for three years until he heard a tow truck hauling his beat up old pickup away.

In some states, though, you need insurance and all under the same name, so I'm not sure this would work everywhere. And in NY state you need, like, four proofs of identity to register a car, one of which has to be either a birth certificate or a SS card.

Not that I totally wouldn't try it if I thought it would work, though.

How long ago was this? I suspect they check for such shenanigans now....

Mid-nineties. Yeah, I don't know if you could get away with it now.

I will not hate my job today.