We're apparently having a security issue in my office! Apparently there's some man sitting in the reception area, and now we're waiting for the police. Or something. The upshot is, I can't go to the bathroom until it's resolved.

And if bon bon is around, Kristen Schaal is in it playing their American fan. I'm totally psyched for her -- from BK ad to HBO in less than 5 years!

They advertised the show like three times last night during The Office, and she's totally in the ad! I'm psyched for this show, too.

I just made a blood donation appointment, and now I really don't understand why they call me CONSTANTLY.

I can't get LifeSource to leave me alone. Problem is, they have my work phone number. But, I've got ABneg blood, and have also recently started donating platelets (which is what they really need from ABneg donors, apparently), so they're even more persistant about calling me. I scheduled a donation for Sunday at noon, and they just called to remind me. She tried to get me signed up for another donation in June (since platelet donors can give more often), but I told her I'll call them when I have two hours for the procedure.

HBO's putting the first ep online for free on Monday. (On HBO.com, I assume.) I meant to say that earlier.

I wish they'd put their stuff on iTunes, though. It would make my TV life much easier.

goddamn, it's like I don't speak English anymore with all the words I'm missing

Huh, so pregnancy really is like a 40-weeklong migraine. And I thought it was just the first trimester.

I wanted to say Yay, Grace! for the extubation, but she got reintubated while I was reading the rest of Natter. It's like watching y'all's lives on TiVo. I'm gonna say Yay, Grace and Noah! anyway, though, because they deserve a yay.

Re your brightly-colored skirt, ita, have you tried fixing the dye with a salt-water soak? That worked for one of my brightly-dyed items. Don't know why.

My current quandary is this lovely Indian skirt that says hand wash except the pattern on it runs awfully. It's a beige skirt with bright colours just above the hem. Am I supposed to wash it separately from itself? I already washed it in delicates with magical Woolite whatever. Now I just look at it sadly.

ita, have you tried Clorox 2? It really helps. It might even remove whatever colors have bled, if you didn't dry the skirt in a machine.

have you tried fixing the dye with a salt-water soak?

What's my risk of it bleeding colour in the soak? Because it's the running onto itself that upsets me the most. Can't I like, laminate it or something?

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It might even remove whatever colors have bled, if you didn't dry the skirt in a machine.

I most certainly did not. Hmm. Still nervous, but more thinky.

It's enough to make me vote for Giuliani.

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James Dobson of some big right-wing, "God loves our version of family" organization whose name I'm blanking on swears he'll never vote for Democrats or Giuliani.

HBO's putting the first ep online for free on Monday. (On HBO.com, I assume.) I meant to say that earlier.

This is very exciting. I never did see them live, but their special was fantastic.

Did you ever listen to their BBC Radio 2 show? That one is on iTunes, under Audio Books (for some reason).

I bought it a few weeks ago but haven't had time to listen to it yet. The one episode I listened to when it was going on was hilarious.