It's ME-an-mar right? That's how CJ Craig said it, and I'll take her word for it.

Oh I know. I'm still paying student loan debt.

It's just... well, they estimate that by the time the baby's in college it will cost $294,000 for 4 years of school.

Sounds like Grace and Noah better be getting cutie-pie scholarships, Kat.

Seriously.

Hey Allyson, want to go to a pancake breakfast at the fire station with us on Saturday?

oooh, firefighters and pancakes!

Do I have to get up at half past ass?

Possibly. Let me check. yep. 8 am. Or we might go to train day at Union Station (and a stations in New York, Washington DC, and Chicago)

Amtrak sponsors an event at the station with activities for kids and families, including model train and hobbyist displays, a gallery of train photography, and a concert (at 2:30pm) featuring teen star Drake Bell.

As National Train Day Spokesperson Al Roker would say, National Train Day is arriving in a big way on May 10th at four of Amtrak?s largest stations: Washington, DC's Union Station, New York City's Penn Station, Chicago's Union Station and Los Angeles's Union Station. You and your friends and family are cordially invited to join the festivities and take part in a variety of activities, including live musical performances, exhibits, trip planning, VIP appearances and trip giveaways.

Pancakes will be more fun.

Oh, I did have something good happen yesterday. I was kind of bitter because the table price online and in the store was $50 more than the last time I'd looked at it, but still a good price. When I got to the checkout, it was the original price. woo hoo!

Last numbers I saw on Myanmar were 13,000. How terrifying. Wait--Burma? Myanmar? Is there a hard and fast right answer?

Depends who you ask. Having a Burmese woman in my family, I make it a point to say Burma.

From Wikipedia:

On 18 June 1989, the military junta passed the 'Adaptation of Expressions Law' that officially changed the English version of the country's name from Burma to Myanmar, and changed the English versions of many place names in the country along with it, such as its former capital city from Rangoon to Yangon (which represents its pronunciation more accurately in Burmese though not in Arakanese). This prompted one scholar to coin the term 'Myanmarification' to refer to the top-down programme of political and cultural reform that led to and followed in the wake of this renaming. This decision has, however, not been subject to independent legislation and no national referendum was held to decide this change by the people[...]

The renaming proved to be politically controversial. Opposition groups continue to use the name "Burma," since they do not recognize the legitimacy of the ruling military government nor its authority to rename the country in English. This name change was recognized by the United Nations, China, India, Singapore, Thailand, Lao, Vietnam, Bangladesh, ASEAN, and Russia. However it was not recognized by many western governments such as the United States, Australia, Canada or the United Kingdom, which continue to use "Burma," while the European Union uses "Burma/Myanmar" as an alternative.

Timelies all!

I'm tired, but we have dance practice tonight and I can't bag it. (We have a gig Friday and G and I are on the roster for it.)

Obviously this is slanted, but do you think that you'd get all the way through writing and web publishing an article about this as an innovative means of self-promotion without any pause at all?

If you can, does that say something positive about you?