As of this morning, my school has 5 openings.

That sounds ominous.

I'm completely boggled by the, well, shitloads of shit the Buffista public school teachers have had shoveled onto them in the past few months.

vw, despite the sticker shock I'm still all tickled that you've laid in a store of treats for CBD, and a haircut sounds like a perfect birthday indulgence. And happy birthday! The day that brought vw into the world is a good, good day for all of us!

HMOG that *always* cracked me up laughing. Always. To this day Tom will occasionally bust out with it.

t heresy alert I think that TomW may be edging Pete out as the Most Adorable Brit Spouse of a USian Buffista Evar. t /heresy alert

Nora and Laura are being No Help.

Thank you.

The Marriott conference hotel in SF is by Needless Markup.

Do you have any spare time at all while you're here? Because it's also a short hop from Nordstrom Rack.

Yeah, I'm not being help either because those rock in merlot.

Because it's also a short hop from Nordstrom Rack.

::blinks::

::drools::

Why yes, I have some free time.

I think that TomW may be edging Pete out as the Most Adorable Brit Spouse of a USian Buffista Evar.

Heh, you should have heard his riff on Cat Guitar Hero this morning.

Tom can be MABSofUSBE of the East coast, and Pete can be MABSofUSBE of the West coast. Plenty of adorability to go around! In the sense that they are adored by their spouses and perhaps select Buffistas.

Ok. Why in all of tarnation does a drivers license need to cost $60?! That's insane.

Ok. Off to look pretty.

Seriously, Nora! At completely random moments every now and then I'll find myself thinking of your description of Tom pretending to be one of your toddler niecephews, "NO I DON'T LIKE CHINESE FOOD I PROMISE AND YOU ARE MEAN!1!!" and I crack way the hell up.

And his Lieutenant Taz patrol reports?

A. Dorable.

Barb, yup, the Rack is just a few blocks away (a longish walk but probably only a 3-minute cab or car ride), and much more tender and gentle in its ravages upon your budget than Needless Markup.

The 5 openings aren't quite as ominous as the 17-20 teachers that have left.

In the last 5 years or so the school loses about a third or a fourth of our staff every year. I'm going into my 10th year at the wretched place and am considered one of the "old timers". There are maybe a dozen teachers who have been at the school 20-30 years. Probably 50% of the teachers have been at the school 5 years or less.

Convince me I don't really want these shoes in the merlot? [link]

yeah, no, those shoes are totally you! (Based on other shoes you've wanted/purchased that you've linked to here and shoes I've seen you wear.)