Much as I hate to admit it, when I first got the cat groomed, I hated the way it looked. This time, I think she's ADORABLE with her little lion cut. hee hee.
Oz is the highest-scoring person ever to fail to graduate.
Willow ,'Him'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Mar 20, 2008 7:19:08 pm PDT #6349 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
aurelia - Mar 20, 2008 8:17:37 pm PDT #6350 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
One of my cats got her head stuck in an empty kleenex box this evening. It was very amusing.
Jesse - Mar 21, 2008 2:59:37 am PDT #6351 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That make you feel better, Jesse?
Yes, thank you. I'm just hoping to have access to my files today.
Jesse - Mar 21, 2008 3:13:30 am PDT #6352 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And just for the record, jackhammers starting at 7am = not awesome. Today I'm glad I don't work from home.
Dana - Mar 21, 2008 3:32:56 am PDT #6353 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have to work too. Bah. Traffic was awesome, though.
Tom Scola - Mar 21, 2008 3:34:52 am PDT #6354 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Half-day for me. Late coverage. I don't have to be at work until 1:00pm. Why am I awake?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 21, 2008 3:46:28 am PDT #6355 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh earworm...really? "Sunglasses at night"? Corey Hart? Two days running? Really?
No...really?
Sparky1 - Mar 21, 2008 3:54:09 am PDT #6356 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My U. was off yesterday, through Monday. The library is open, however, every day but Sunday, and since I am a heretic, I am covering all of the days. I'll get to take them as comp days while we're in OBX at the beginning of April, so I'm trying not to feel sorry for myself. I've also got a shitload of work to do, so I am not really here.
The broker that got him the loans has since gone under and can't be found and we're trying to sue him and the original lender.
Aimee, I don't understand what your boss could sue for. The contract was read by his attorney, and he signed them, so he can't claim that the lender or broker didn't disclose, and your boss is in the business of acquiring real estate so he's not a naive first-time buyer.
Generally speaking*, I think along Allyson's line when it comes to people who bought houses they obviously couldn't afford. I'm sure it is, in part, because I scrimped, saved and sacrificed while we lived in Berkeley, had the cash for a down payment but still knew we couldn't afford the mortgage payments on our librarian/non-profit salaries for any house we'd actually want. It has now paid off, because we were able to put down 20% on a house inside the Beltway in MD and get a cheap, fixed-rate mortgage, but there were a lot of years where I wondered why I was punishing myself by constantly saying "no" to eating out, a new car, buying books, cable TV, the newest electronic gagets, vacations, etc. when it seemed like everyone around me was doing all those things and still buying a house.
- eta: I do have sympathy for some of the individuals caught up in the crisis, because I do think that certain fragile populations were given the hard sell -- seniors, non-English speakers, etc.
brenda m - Mar 21, 2008 3:54:33 am PDT #6357 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
We can leave early today, but I have so much on my plate it's just not going to happen.
Or rather, it will probably happen, but I'll just be setting up from home as soon as I get back.
Aims - Mar 21, 2008 4:03:46 am PDT #6358 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aimee, I don't understand what your boss could sue for. The contract was read by his attorney, and he signed them, so he can't claim that the lender or broker didn't disclose, and your boss is in the business of acquiring real estate so he's not a naive first-time buyer.
Quite frankly, I don't either. But he's going to. I've taken to viewing most suing of people as people throwing tantrums to get what they want.