job-ma to askye! And Kristin, you should totally post that to mybadflight, except I guess it wasn't the flight that was bad.

I considered Rock Band as a gift but thought we should try GH first in case it wasn't a hit. It's a hit. Now we need a second controller so we can both play at once.

Biggest problem - Mal wants to play. We hung the guitar on him and let him get kicked off the stage, and that made him very happy.

Yay for Auntie Ali! And much job~ma!

For some reason I think my blender's name is Lou. I have never named an appliance before.

I hadn’t until I got Thelma (my Kitchen Aid mixer) last Christmas. And now she really needs a playmate, Louise (a Cuisinart). It’s kookie, but it’s fun.

Oh, Kristin, you poor thing. I too hate that kind of customer, but mostly because my mom was often that customer. I used to go hide under racks of clothes in department stores, because I hated it and was so embarrassed. So, I try extra hard to not be that person. I also, though, wonder if the people are actually asshats (most probably are). I think mom was a product of her environment. As a woman, she had very little control over anything in the fundamentalist world we were living in at that time. I think that was the only time she could exert her control, and because she had so few other opportunities, she didn’t know how to do it. The further away we got from the fundamentalist world, the less she yelled. It was kind of a bizarre thing to watch growing up. But, it makes me wonder what’s going on in those peoples worlds that makes them so unhappy and unskilled.

we will be trying to fly home today, as Skybus cancelled our flight yesterday and didn't have another one leaving till Saturday. I cancelled and booked on Jetblue. Hopefully that will go OK. We had to corral m uncle into picking us up in Boston and driving us to Portsmouth NH where our car is. Stupid Skybus.

Wha??? I hope Skybus is paying for that flight? That’s ridiculous.

Biggest problem - Mal wants to play. We hung the guitar on him and let him get kicked off the stage, and that made him very happy.

Oh, that’s adorable! My brother brought GH to Thanksgiving, and we all played--even my SIL, who had said it was the most ridiculous waste of time ever. It’s fun, although, I suck at it. My brother (the elementary music teacher) is thinking about going back to get his masters degree, and his current idea for his final project is some kind of research about using the music video games in the classroom or for educational use of some kind. I think it sounds like fun research.

it's weird enough that people take their popcorn into the restroom. I guess I understand, you went to the snack bar, now you have to go, and maybe you don't trust us to keep an eye on your food while you use the facilities

Well -- in light of the previous posts about self-entitled asshats screaming at the airline employees -- it would never occur to me to assume that a theatre employee should have to watch my food for me. My reasoning was, they're already busy enough, fetching food and beverages for a gazillion people, so asking them to watch my food when I could have just peed *first* is incredibly rude. And despite the fact that I'm generally an abrasive mean bitch, I try not to be a dick to already overworked service workers.

But I never really knew anyone who worked at a theatre before Laga, so I guess now I have a new perspective. I'll try it next time and let you know how it goes.

it makes me wonder what’s going on in those peoples worlds that makes them so unhappy and unskilled.

I don't have to wonder. I've lived in that world. For so many the oppressiveness is so demeaning and depressing that it finds any outlet it can to escape or vent. One of the worst parts is you don't even know it is happening. (the oppression or the venting)

I confess it would never have occurred to me to ask cinema employees to look after my food - but I don't tend to buy popcorn very often, and one way or another I can't think of a time when taking food into the loo/leaving it someplace thing has happened. Bottles of water - I generally have one of those with me, but that doesn't strike me a squicksome. Hmm.

I'm still squirming about Kristin's asshat lady at the airport. WeeSisterJay had a slightly similar experience in getting from Spain - the flights into Heathrow were all getting cancelled, and she ended up getting put up in a hotel overnight and then flying into Liverpool instead the next day. But in the airport there were many many people losing their cool and yelling at the airport staff, to the point that the girl behind the counter had to go away and cry. Twice. Which - really, not okay. It's fog, people. Yell at God, not at the airline staff who are being responsible and deciding not to send planes where they can't see to land.

Gadget Girl, I don't think we've met? Merry Christmas, though!

When I was flying back from London (many years ago) and had a high fever my flight on British Airways got canceled. I was at the end of a long line of Ugly Entitled Americans abusing the clerk, and when I got to the front, I just asked politely and she quickly secured a seat for me on Virgin.

So I say: Be polite, travelers!

Though on the flipside, I have to note, that I despise the airline policy of abandoning the front desk when flights are delayed and having nobody around to answer questions. Airline policies can be very abusive.

Merry Christmas, Fay! I don't think we've gotten to meet yet, either. After lurking for a while I finally decided to join a couple weeks ago. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

I think my iPod just died.

OMG Ms Bhutto was assassinated! What's strange is while at bosses place last night, we heard about 6 fighter jets scramble from the navel air base. (an unusual event). But that was 12 hours before the incident.

I wish the Buffista~ma was strong enough to will World Peace.

In completely shallow news:

I should not be as amused by Ask Mr. Breakfast as I am [link]