I'm really weirdly sensitive to clutter, it makes me feel a bit like being hangry. Nervous and annoyed and snappish.

Kathy, I'm very sorry to hear about your co-worker.

Wow! And only eight months to wait until this wonderful future arrives.

I suppose '68-'72 was around when optimism about our wonderful technological future peaked....

Almost everyone thought nuclear fission was going to provide safe, clean electricity too cheap to meter. If the "electricity too cheap to meter" thing had come through, a lot of things would have been very very different. Given the premise, a lot of the projections we laugh at today were not that absurd.

What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968)

That reminds me of this shirt.

Can someone explain to me how the Detroit mayor believes he'll be exonerated from perjury charges?

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As I understand it, he and his former chief of staff gave sworn testimony that they weren't having a sexual affair. Then text messages were found indicating that they were having an affair. The mayor has apologized to the city and his family, which, as far as I can tell, equals him admitting that he had the affair.

How will he wiggle out of a perjury charge?

Well, if Clay Davis can get off...

Allyson, what happened to hiring Colin's brothers?

I dunno. I'd happily pay them, but that also means renting a truck for the weekend, plus a handtruck, and I don't know that I can drive a truck.

And then I have to worry about them hurting themselves trying to get that armoire up the stairs.

It just sounds easier to me to hire a mover, get it all done in a couple hours, in one trip. I can move everything I can lift into the place at the asscrack o' dawn, and then have movers take the heavy shit.

I want it all in on a Saturday, so I can at least have my bed back together and have the kitchen unpacked before work on the following Monday.

Books and decorative crap can wait.

I do need to go to IKEA and get blinds for the windows, I don't think there are any there.

Gah. I sound insane. I feel insane. This was maybe not a good time to quit smoking.

Can someone explain to me how the Detroit mayor believes he'll be exonerated from perjury charges?

Uh...nope.

As I understand it, he and his former chief of staff gave sworn testimony that they weren't having a sexual affair. Then text messages were found indicating that they were having an affair. The mayor has apologized to the city and his family, which, as far as I can tell, equals him admitting that he had the affair.

Uh ...yep. Also settled a huge law suit with former police officers for their help in covering it up.

How will he wiggle out of a perjury charge?

By ascending to a large snake only to be thwarted by a small blonde in a leather jacket. AFAIK, this is the only way out for bad mayors.

it is always a good time to quit smoking. GO YOU!!

the moving stuff will work out, if you don't get everything you need for decorating before the move, you can do it in the weeks after - make your list of the absolutely positively needs to be done stuff and figure out how they are going to happen first.

t is always a good time to quit smoking. GO YOU!!

I actually said this outloud before I read msbelle's post. She is wise.

I predict failure. I didn't bring smokes with me to work, and I have an appointment at 3pm to see about a nicotine inhaler to help me out a bit.