Glad you are back to the land of the internets, Raq. Although I don't think you and Sox should hang out that much, since it makes your bodies all wonky.

I briefly forgot the address to here and typed in buffistas.net. I was taken aback at first. A Home and Garden folder? How did I miss the angst over creating a cooking thread? Is this the world with shrimp or the world without shrimp? Silly me.

Askye, I'm sure Rose will come around. Even my skittish kitty wants some attention every now and then. Mostly she just wants to prance around in front of me or sit on my legs where I can't quite reach her but sometimes she wants actual petting.

askye, I am sure Rose will come around!

My newish kitty STILL won't sit on my lap if I am sitting up, but if I am laying down, she lays on either my bak or my stomach. But she won't lay next to me and cuddle. SO funny!

Glad you're home safe and sound, Raq. Healing ~ma to you and coping ~ma to the little guy. Oh, and care-taking ~ma to your husband. Got pets? ~Ma to them, too. No such thing as too much ~ma.

Hil, your officemate is mind-boggling.

Feel better all those with colds, etc.

Hil, your officemate is mind-boggling.

He just keeps getting weirder. Or maybe the same level of weirdness, just compounding.

I still think the oddest, though, was when he asked me why Jews like sushi so much.

(I just called home and ranted to my dad about this for a while. He shared with me some stories of the crazy stuff people have said to him. It eased the frustration a bit.)

Goodness, I'm glad my favorite Raq is out of the hospital and feeling better.

I still think the oddest, though, was when he asked me why Jews like sushi so much.

?!

That reminds me--I went to a meeting with Owen's teachers a few weeks back. We'd gone to a new sushi place here in town and Owen walked right up to his teacher and said, "We ate sushi last night!" He cracks me up. He mostly loves the rice but he split a California roll with his sister and is practicing with chopsticks.

Teppy, I hope you're preparing for the fall of the White Death! Remember to pick up tp, beer and Newman Os.

Eesh to the hospital stay, Raq. I'm glad you're feeling better.

Feel better, Kristin and Ginger.

Me? I'm tired. And it's friggin' cold. And I have a stupid staff meeting in the morning, also a stupid staff meeting on Wednesday morning as well.

for some reason the PCH doesn't bug me -- but lots of other much narrower roads with switchbacks and cliffs have me convinced that we are going to die.

My most memorable drive in SoCal was taking Mulholland Highway from Calabasas, to Leo Carrillo beach in my 1976 LTD back in 1990.

At times the road looked like I was driving a bike path.

But the view was wonderful..as long as I didn't look down towards the valley floors 1000's of feet below me and one swift jerk of the wheel away.