I know a few people who have had bariatric surgery and had plastic surgery to remove extra skin afterwards. My mom had breast implants, and my dad has had various skin growths removed. I had one skin growth removed because the doctor wanted to biopsy it (it wasn't cancer, yeah!). And a surgeon pinched off a skin tag when I was in her office about another, non-cosmetic surgery. It was on the bra line and inflamed, and she never even asked me, just pinched it off during the exam.

get your friends out of the house in fifteen minutes

I've seen this before, but it has always bugged me too. Perhaps they had worked out a deal and she was just letting him know the time?

It's the "get your friends out of the house in fifteen minutes" thing that gets me.

exactly

Do you know how many buffistas are not near B&N? it is very sad.

I'm not really close to one, but it's not a bad drive. 20 minutes maybe. I also got a crochet book for 5 bucks and a double disk set of torch songs, so all an all a really good trip.

I saw an old Patton Oswalt comedy half hour from 1997 on HBO tonight. It was a little weird because he made a twisted joke about the Oklahoma City bombing and that immediately date stamped it as pre 9/11.

The part that had me snickering though was analogous to Fay's rubber-glove-on-the-head (which I was happy to see immortalized in print in Vampire People), about how there's porn for every bizarre taste and it's somebody's stupid day job to put it out.

I've been pacing around the living room muttering "This is the worst issue of Whiffleball Fuckers we've ever put out. You should be ashamed to put your names on it."

Cash, I'm not Juliana, but running shoes vary widely. I would highly recommend going to a store that specializes in them and explaining what you need. They'll want to know how often you intend to run, they'll look at the wear pattern on your old shoes, whether you run on pavement or trails, whether you pronate or supinate... based on that they'll give you a recommendation. I don't go to regular sporting goods stores for running shoes anymore, instead I go to specialty running shops. May cost you more to start, but you're far more likely to get a shoe that's appropriate to your feet and what you intend to do with them.

Seconded. It's not just that running shoes vary widely, it's also that whether a shoe is a good running shoe is specific to your running style and feet. I would also recommend finding a store in your area that fits shoes for runners-- my store videotapes you on a treadmill and recommends a shoe based on that, which you can test out on the treadmill until you find something comfortable. Took only 15 minutes and the shoe they recommended was at the low end of the price range.

Whiffleball Fuckers

I think this is the kind of language Hil's mom was talking about.

and whiffleballs, are often poorly finished , so um.... ouch.

He's so funny. I so enjoyed that "Dark Shadows" fanboy he played in "King Of Queens".

Paperdol, I've now finished the book. While it was all great, I really loved "the Internet wants your daughters". Bringing common sense to politics -- what a concept? In fact I'd like to see it posted on the interbunny. Don't know how you would feel about it. If you decided it was a good idea you'd still need permission from your editor. And as to whether it is a good idea -- I don't even know and I'm suggesting it. You already have sample chapters up.

But in terms of marketing, it could help you reach the political blogs. I'll bet some of the major feminist blogs would link to it, as well some of the liberal blogs, and even the some of the libertarian blogs that are actually libertarian. I'm not giving business advice. After all, I'm the one who thought The Inside would be a money maker. But the idea still may be worth considering independent of the source. It might reach a market you aren't currently connecting with.

On top of everything else, it really is good advice for parents, though I wonder if putting it out on the internet will reach many of the people who really need to read it.

Ha! a quick Google tells me Polgara thinks that chapter will sell books too!

and whiffleballs, are often poorly finished , so um.... ouch.

I am so glad I'm not the only one who thought that!

I just read David's post to Matt. Before I could tell him what I said ( come on, that was the clever part he was supposed to admire) he said OWWW".