Gah! Kat, I had no idea. I hope everything heals swiftly and that you're able to feel better in general.

Burrell, as I said at the reading, I'm so sorry about poor Franny's finger. I hope that it, too, heals swiftly.

Given how clumsy I am, it's amazing I got off as lightly as I did. I just stumbled into a palm tree (one of the ones with the sharp, curly bark) and scraped the heck out of my arm. I'm feeling pretty lucky.

Luckily Allyson was poised and funny (and wearing a spiffy outfit BTW)

Were the Laists trying to make our paperdol look even better? Please be careful people.

healing ma~~ to Fanny

{{Kat}} I wish I could think of one thing that would help you through this. I am constantly sending you extra strenght

Kristin - just get in a bath and make sure everything is cleaned out.

I need a glass of wine

Yikes! Definitely seconding the urge to wrap all the LAistas and their sprog in bubble wrap.

On a complete tangent, it's probably just that I'm being somewhat dense tonight, but I so don't understand the graphic that goes with this article: [link]

The dangers for children of meeting people online: [link]

An alarming statistic.

I so don't understand the graphic that goes with this article

If you click on the graphic, you can see more of it, and it makes even less sense.

If you click on the graphic, you can see more of it, and it makes even less sense.

I did click. I expected that the bigger version would have a title, or something.

OK. So, there's a potato. Potatoes are grown in Idaho? And a gavel. And one of those wooden thingies for moving big boxes. And a book of matches. Why?

Perhaps it's meant to suggest the professions of the men involved in the original scandal? The article mentions one was a shoeshine man...

Heck if I know.

I just got home. I missed Allyson's reading due to the annual dinner for our friends visiting from New York was NOT in Los Feliz as it has been every other year they have come out, but way the hell out in Orange County. Also, because of this fact, instead of 12-20 people there, there were only six of us, so I couldn't not go and hope it wouldn't be noticed. It was fun to see them, but Orange County, feh.

I'm anxiously awaiting pictures from the reading, et cetera!

Hil, you're right, that's an entirely weird graphic. I suppose it's supposed to represent Idahoans accused of being gay or something. We'll just have to hope that the staff artist puts down the Dada and backs away from the drawing board for a while.

Oh wow Kat, how terrifying!! But they say everyone drops the baby once -- at least you got it over with while he was in the carseat, right? And babies are pretty squishy and resilient.

(My next-door neighbor's 4-month old learned to flip himself over in the space of about 3 seconds while both of his parents were 6 inches away, but had momentarily turned to look at something else. He managed to flip himself off the bed and onto the floor, earning himself a trip to the ER and a magnificent shiner. Both parents were traumatized. Baby thought it was the bestest most funniest thing EVAR.)