DH is out of town at a conference till tomorrow afternoon, so tonight it's me and Annabel, and then tomorrow we'll go to the airport to get him. No big plans for the weekend--we have M's tix for Monday night, and we might stop by the Folklife Festival Sunday or Monday.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
Susan W. - May 23, 2008 6:52:58 am PDT #8608 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Jessica - May 23, 2008 6:58:28 am PDT #8609 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This weekend will be mostly staying home with a sick kid, unfortunately. I'm hoping D's fever breaks before Sunday so we can at least have one day to get outside.
tommyrot - May 23, 2008 7:11:32 am PDT #8610 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Audit: 98% Of Iraq Contractors Failed To Comply With Fraud Regulations
See, this is just another example of the liberal media focusing on what's wrong in Iraq. Where are the articles on the progress in Iraq? Why are there no articles about the 2% of contractors who did comply with fraud regulations?
Scrappy - May 23, 2008 7:17:48 am PDT #8611 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Getting my hair cut and colored today, then this weekend is house-cleaning, gym, gardening, and going to the new Indy.
Tom Scola - May 23, 2008 7:20:54 am PDT #8612 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Going to a party Sunday, and otherwise hanging out and watching the Mars landing.
tommyrot - May 23, 2008 7:22:53 am PDT #8613 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
otherwise hanging out and watching the Mars landing.
I don't know if I'll be back for that. If I am, a watch-n-post could be fun....
megan walker - May 23, 2008 7:47:39 am PDT #8614 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I find them all the time (oh, students), and I never know what to do -- I mean, it could be the person who lost it, but on the other hand, if it's not, then I feel like I'm really invading their privacy. Ack.
There was an article in the NY Times about a week ago that suggested calling "Mom" on lost cell phones, on the theory that mothers will probably know how to reach the kid and are used to fixing things for them.
That's what I did with students, I can't be bothered to wait for it to ring. Plus, if you find a wallet, wouldn't you open it to try to return it?
As for privacy, I'm trying to return something that I presume is important and that someone lost, so they can just get over it.
DavidS - May 23, 2008 7:57:45 am PDT #8615 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Memorial Day Weekend usually means the first big tournament of the season for Emmett and this weekend is no exception. So driving down to Twin Creeks on Saturday for two games - second game at 8:30pm (WTF?). Stay at hotel, two games on Sunday, EM spends the night with Emmett if they make it to Monday's games. JZ goes solo with Matilda Saturday night and might go see her Mom then.
Self feeding: Matilda refuses sippy cups. She likes to drink out of a real glass. She does like using the spoon but she's generally getting about half of it on her clothes. But she does seem to have that thing where she wants to do what the big people do. (Emmett did not have that thing and would be still happily crapping in diapers and sucking on a binky if we hadn't removed those options. Emmett is about easy and immediate gratification.)
Jesse - May 23, 2008 7:59:29 am PDT #8616 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am in such denial about my meeting with Big Boss this afternoon, I can't even tell you. I don't wanna!
Gudanov - May 23, 2008 8:03:37 am PDT #8617 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
After our initial meeting with the principal yesterday, it looks like Leif will go to the third grade summer school to see how it goes. He's a tricky kid to place.