Also, for some reason I can find free dressers all the time here, on the side of the road, but never any shelves! Please Rochester peeps, keep the dressers and throw out your unwanted bookcases! I am almost at the limit for dressers in a 1 bedroom apt (four).

Assuming he was capable of a 10 foot jump, maybe he landed wrong and fell backwards?

If your foot slips I think it would be really easy to not make a 10 foot jump if you're capable of twice that.

I am EXTREMELY achy and lethargic and have a headache now going on 3 days - I never have headaches, so something is clearly up and I need to feel less like crap by week's end.

Oy. At least I have no responsibility when body makes me hide from the world. I hope that it is Lyme's meaning you're on the meds that will fix this.

Changed my wallpaper to a nice Jamaican coastline. I need to remember to change it once a week. Perks the mood. And after this past weekend, I do need it.

Curiously, I have a nice solid wood bookshelf with adjustable shelves that we have to get rid of to make room for the crib.

The adjustable shelves are great - you use little metal pegs. So I've got the bottom shelves set for the oversized books, and the top shelf holds CDs.

Unfortunately, Sophia doesn't live near me.

Oh msbelle, I'm so glad. I've been worrying about you. Definitely glad you're just going to treat the nasty bugger; it sounds like a classic tickborne illness.

If your foot slips I think it would be really easy to not make a 10 foot jump if you're capable of twice that.

Yeah, considering that he was in an abandoned mine, that's probably more likely.

I'm imagining that kid thinking to himself, "Oh, I can jump that distance easy. I can jump way-farther than that."

Whereas if it was me, I'd be thinking, "I could jump that distance easy. So I don't need to worry about falling to my death. On the other hand, what's the worst-case scenario? I slip during the jump and fall to my death. Is it worth taking that risk? Hmmm... probably not."

Curiously, I have a nice solid wood bookshelf with adjustable shelves that we have to get rid of to make room for the crib.

Plus, we need another dresser (instead of a nice tall narrow dresser just right for a smallish bedroom, Emmett has a long, low one that takes up tons of floor space and accumulates broken toys and gum wrappers and other detritus from his pockets that might actually make it to the wastebasket if there were floor space for one). Clearly we need a Rochester-SF matter transporter.

And as a bonus, we'd get to kidnap Sophia and keep her here forevervisit with Sophia again!

Whereas if it was me, I'd be thinking, "I could jump that distance easy. So I don't need to worry about falling to my death. On the other hand, what's the worst-case scenario? I slip during the jump and fall to my death. Is it worth taking that risk? Hmmm... probably not."

I knew a kid in college who tried to jump between two buildings and killed himself. He was very drunk at the time (and I think really misjudged the distance). The Mexican kid could have been impaired as well.

Please Rochester peeps, keep the dressers and throw out your unwanted bookcases!

Sophis, does your university have a for sale Board, or is there a local Craigslist or Kijiji? It's not a great time of year, but when the students are leaving, they often sell their furniture for a song.

Plus, we need another dresser (instead of a nice tall narrow dresser just right for a smallish bedroom, Emmett has a long, low one that takes up tons of floor space and accumulates broken toys and gum wrappers and other detritus from his pockets that might actually make it to the wastebasket if there were floor space for one). Clearly we need a Rochester-SF matter transporter.

Wow-- that is funny! Perhaps Miracleman can come up with something soon.

Wow-- that is funny! Perhaps Miracleman can come up with something soon.

I'm thinking about giving up on matter teleportation and working on matter faxing instead.