Avatar question: Where is Uncle? I know the guy that voiced him died, but I'm hoping the character isn't gone, too!

I can't believe it's a protectorate vs. state thing

I can - since it's not a full part of the country, it's easier for the various companies to treat the transaction as an international one.

I have a whole thing about people who don't treat bikes with the same respect and caution they would cars.

OH MY GOD I KNOW. The other night, I flipped my shit on some jackass who was sitting on a Harley (I know the owner, and I knew jackass didn't). ARGH.

Saw an example of how arachniphobia is bad for your health - the other evening I was walking home from the bus. I live on a fairly narrow residential street, although we get a fair amount of traffic, including a bus line that goes down the street. In the middle of the street there's a young woman sitting on a motor scooter (Vespa-type). Guy in a car is coming down the street and he stops. She's freaking out - says there was a spider on the mirror so she had to stop, can't go on, asks the guy - in a scream - to kill the spider for her - she doesn't know where it is now, since it scooted out of sight. He's yelling at her to get out of the @#$#!!!!! street. She won't move the scooter, won't go on, because there's a SPIDER.

Guess he got rid of the spider - not too long after, he zipped down the street and she followed soon after.

I was also wondering if it might be motor-control difficulties - he could get the SUV into the garage, but it would be tight. That, and the lack of stuff in his house, made me think he might be keeping it tidy against clumsiness.

Could also just be lazy. I always park in the driveway.

The other night, I flipped my shit on some jackass who was sitting on a Harley (I know the owner, and I knew jackass didn't). ARGH.

That is shit flipping worthy. My friend back in Louisiana who builds bikes had his custom built scratched by some drunk girl who thought it'd be cute to just hop on.

Jilli! You must have this: [link]

I was thinking if the SUV is a tight fit in the garage it might be hard to open the door and squeeze in and out. Of course, I park in my driveway because I haven't hooked up an automatic door opener yet and hopping out to open the door is more trouble than it's worth, so that aspect of the story didn't strike me as odd at all.

garages aren't for parking cars - that is where the woodshop goes.

asthma makes me feel like a lazy human being - mostly because it takes forever for me to figure out what is going on . I have one thing I wanted to get done to day - clean the dinning room. I just had no interest in doing it. So I finally convinced my self to go clean the cat box. bent over - stood up - dizzy. lack of oxygen will do that . d'oh. slow with lots of rest periods is the pace for today

DH just called. His first words were "I'm calling to say I'm ok". Followed by "I got hit by a big rig".

Cue me freaking out.

He is fine. His work van is relatively fine. Both the van and the big rig were going slow in traffic, so it was not as bad as it could have been.

Geeesh. I'm tired of Monday. I told him to call work to find out what their worker's comp policy is for seeing a doctor. He was checked out on scene by the firemen and proclaimed "not critical", so no ambulance ride.

monday is not behaving