I was in North Beach yesterday and decided that you, me, Juliana, Matilda and JZ need to go to this place called Melt.

Oh, yes. Also, we need to go to Cafe Jaqueline, where all they do is souffles. But we need about 4 hours for dinner. At least.

Allyson, I'm so glad you're okay.

Ugh. Taking the morning off. No way I am sitting at a desk all day. I'm just so sore from getting jerked forward. Nothing some Tylenol won't help, but I think the sitting at desk all day will surely make it worse.

Allyson, I was in an accident just like yours about a month ago, although I was the middle car, not the front car. If you have one of those rice-filled sock thingies that goes in the microwave to get warm (or, really, a heating pad), I recommend you pre-emptively put it on your neck/shoulders.

Food with flavor would only distract from the beer.

My theory has always been that heavy beer consumption there made it unnecessary to develop good cuisine.

And the hot-dog in a roll that you could get on every corner for something ridic like 10 cents are quite filling!

Okay, so maybe this is a legitimate medical thing but I'm thinking it's just a case of a kid getting whatever he wants and that he is growing up to be a very unpleasant adult.

If it actually legitimately made him faint, then it sounds like a medical thing. As a person who fits the "picky eater" profile myself, I get a little defensive about it, though. Food, like smells, is sometimes a personal preference issue and sometimes an actual physical issue. Think that sentence may not have made sense.

The whole changing-vacation-plans thing makes no sense to me, I have to say.

My theory has always been that heavy beer consumption there made it unnecessary to develop good cuisine.

Also true of the Puritans?

I need more songs about zombies.

You might try asking in the music thread, but here's a few:

I Walked with a Zombie by Roky Erickson

Eye of the Zombie by John Fogerty

All you Zombies by The Hooters

Zombie by The Cranberries

That's just off the top of my head.

Oh, right. Days of Swine and Roses is a song by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult with the chorus "Christian zombie vampires." I wouldn't say it's about zombies, really, but at least it mentions them!

Food, like smells, is sometimes a personal preference issue and sometimes an actual physical issue. Think that sentence may not have made sense.

right. sometimes your body reacts to it because it's not good for you. I am by no means a picky eater, but the smell of spearmint makes me physically nauseous. If someone is chewing spearmint gum, I can't talk to them. I don't know if I'm allergic, because I've never gotten close enough to it to try.

From the Bush on the economy article Cashmere linked to upthread:

On one issue particularly worrisome to American consumers, there are indications that paying $4 for a gallon of gasoline is not out of the question once the summer driving season arrives. Asked about that, Bush said "That's interesting. I hadn't heard that. ... I know it's high now."

Well, gee, I definitely will take the word of someone who is so in touch with the average American's financial needs!

This I offer without comment:

"We'll make it through this period just like we made it through other periods of uncertainty during my presidency," Bush said.