And I think it's kind of dumb, since it means that instead of everyone adding their own pieces, like the horse-shaped garden lights and the dragon-fly windchimes, we'll all have to agree to conform to a specific style. Which, I guess left him out if he just wanted it to be simple and elegant.

I'm not sure why he should get what he wants. He should be told point blank that he is one of many and his say is not the last word - or I just would not contribute anything, but HELLS no on him throwing my stuff out - he can pay out for that.

Nicole? want to send down that, um, thing?

A fan of the scorched earth method, are we?

I can't believe my slackness let me get out of rhythm wrt bill-paying. I hope I can slip by under the radar.

Work has not exploded as much as I'd feared, but then again I have fifty unread emails. It's like Schroedinger's crisis.

I just hope nothing horrible happens to my petunias while I'm at work. There are two pink ones in the bunches I planted.

Bleh.

Welcome, Shir!

Thanks, guys. I would have been totally okay with a redesign of the garden, just not a hostile takeover.

Allyson, I think you just answered your own (unasked) question about the best revenge on the asshat. Let him redesign the garden and then make sure that you invite a steady stream of people to sit out there and make sure he can't enjoy it.

Signed, I can sing the first line of a show tune and then hum the rest ad infinitum while sitting next to him and if he asks me to stop that I can start using whatever is handy as a bongo drum.

Signed, I can sing the first line of a show tune and then hum the rest ad infinitum while sitting next to him and if he asks me to stop that I can start using whatever is handy as a bongo drum.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Tire planters! [link] [link]

These are much more up my alley, though: [link] [link] [link]

Seriously, I never took full advantage of the highly refined and delicious evil that is Sparky when she was living here. I feel bereft!

So, JZ, would you really "Take any motherfucker's money, if they giving it away?"

As of 11:40 last Tuesday morning, fuck yeah!

Send asshat the flamingos and gnomes and inflatable things, but lay off the reflecting balls; they're really kind of cool, and he is unworthy.

I never took full advantage of the highly refined and delicious evil that is Sparky when she was living here. I feel bereft!

I'm available for consult via Internet at all hours. And I'll be out to visit in May. Point me in the direction of your ex-employers...

I totally feel you on that, JZ.

Completely random laundry question: I have a pair of (oldish, already much-washed) jeans that are maybe an inch long and maybe an inch loose in the waist; if I tossed them in a warm wash instead of cold, would they shrink up just a wee little bit, or would I end up with jeans that are way too short and tight?