the 'Catholics aren't Christians' thing

You know, I'm sorry I evidently skipped past this conversation, as it sounds like a bit of a mind-boggler.

Happy Nora Day!

Also, PC, glad to hear that "Kelly Kapoor" is not without possibility. imho, Ugly Betty is cracking telly, and Grey's Anatomy is perfectly watchable. I'm sure you can get her sucked into appreciating Heroes and VM etc...

Matilda and Emmett - still cute.

Grandparents/aunts/uncles who call kids fat? Need to be beaten about the head with a fucking cluestick. Noticing if kids are fat and trying to help encourage them into healthy lifestyle choices without the put downs? That's great. Giving them complexes? Not even a little bit helpful.

Pet Peeve

....oh, now you know that my mental image involved Mr Reason in a cage. Aw. And it was simply ADORABLE.

...speaking of which, I'm presently on the island of Koh Samet with a bunch of colleagues where we've been celebrating a friend's birthday. (Last night involved much dressing-up-as-pirates and getting utterly wellied on the beach. Those of you who have facebook will eventually see photographic evidence. Oh, the silliness.) Anyway, this morning I was startled to see that the people dining at a table next to ours had a cat carrier containing a cat. Which they let out. It wandered around the beach between tables wearing an expression of nervous feline confusion and was occasionally scooped up and brought back to the table. But - dude, this island is crawling with stray dogs. Loads of them. They're all over the place. The cat was excedingly lucky not to find itself being chased around the restaurant - I'm not terribly hopeful for its chances in the near future.

I'm not telling The Cat Daniel about this, as he was a Home Alone Cat for the weekend, with a big mountain of biscuits and several bowls of water. (He really hates being put in the cat carrier and taken to cat prison, so I figure it's the lesser of two evils for him - at least he has some space and it's a familiar environment without any dogs, even if he's bored to tears.)

{{{Ginger}}} That sounds like a no good, horrible, very bad day. I hope things do get better.

I'm presently on the island of Koh Samet

I woke up this morning to NPR talking about the plane full of tourists that crashed in Phuket, and I just spent 15 minutes Googling maps of Thailand so I could figure out where Koh Samet is in relation to Phuket and Bangkok and if there was any way that Fay might have been on that plane. Yeesh!

(Logistically, no, it doesn't make any sense for Fay to have been on it. I'm assuming that Thai airline routes are more logical than American routes, where -- for instance -- if I want to fly from Ohio to Vermont, I get routed through Detroit.)

No worries, love - happily for me, Koh Samet is just a couple of hours' bus ride south and a quick speedboat ride. (I'm back in Bangkok now - it's quarter past ten.)

But holy crap, I understand they've found at least 60 bodies. How awful.

Fay, I'm glad you're safe and sound. I did the EXACT same thing, Teppy.

Gronk.

...

...

I've already been up for an hour and I catch a plane in a few hours. I need to pack.

Oh my, do I have some catching up to do. I've poked my head in via Blackberry a few times the past few days, but that little screen makes really reading peoples' posts a chore.

This is my bookmark post so that I remember where I was once I've threadsucked and attempted to get myself up to speed.

Drew is leaving again today. Orlando for the week. Yay money, boo not seeing each other. He leaves in less than an hour, and he was extremely busy working all day yesterday once he got home from Washington, so Ima get offline until then.

Have you ever gotten ready to go somewhere, to the point that you are ready to walk out the door, only to realize that your timing is off and you are an hour earlier than you need to be?

Yeah. Dork. Me.

Hee. See you in a couple hours, Suzi!

Are you feeling any better today, Suzi?