If you're going to blame me, you must then blame Jilli and Pete, who got me hooked.

Byron has disappeared out of the backyard. I'm a bit frantic.

Thanks, Sue! I have no idea why it didn't come up for me when I searched.

ION, Dylan has been talking to himself instead of napping for almost a full hour now. That boy has stamina.

Re-adoption, msbelle? Why?

My mom is now following the proper tradition of blaming Canada. She lives in SC and it was 22 degrees. She wants Canada to keep their weather.

It's going to cost me, I'd guess, at least $80 to take a cab from BWI to the hotel in NoVa, right?

As I recall a cab is about $100 from BWI to where I live (just north of the Beltway) so to Crystal City... yeah, it's gonna be a lot. A shuttle will be cheaper, but it'll also take even longer. Ugh.

The Borders near me closed last week. So today I went up to the one in Germantown to exchange my duplicate Xmas presents. And then I saw the World Market up there is closing, so I stopped there and got some cookware and random stuff. Went to Trader Joe's, and on my way home I saw that that Circuit City is giving up the ghost. Maybe I'll swing by the one near me tomorrow. I've been trying to decide if I should bother getting a digital converter for the little TV in my bedroom. I mostly use it for watching DVDs but it'd be nice to have the option of watching Letterman or something.

today's lesson on the importance of enunciation

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Skipping to report: Israel has accepted the unilateral cease fire.

My feelings about it has been posted over at Bitches.

Oh, Shir, I was hoping they'd get a decent cease fire agreement. It's too bad it's so one-sided.

ImememeN, I'm debating if I want to go out tonight. Another board (Shakesville) is having a Bye-Bye Bush party in Evanston, and I'm fighting my normal winter tendency to want to cocoon on the weekends and get things done around here. The party might be fun, but I'd have to shlep a good hour away to get there, and I'd have to start getting ready soon if I want to make it in time. But I'm cold and just want to stay in and clean my apartment and play with my cat and finish downloading my music into iTunes.

I guess I'm just not in a social mood right now.

I am going to an Inauguration Day breakfast that'll be much less stressful (people I know, daytime event, not so tired as I am now), so I'm thinking that that could be my social event of the week.

ita - it is required with the type of Visa he came in on, usually people do it 6 mos after they arrive, but I, well life.

sara - glad they finally arrived.

Grrr. We're supposed to get (possibly) 3-5 inches of snow during the overnight into tomorrow, and temps are supposed to get above freezing on Sunday. Nevertheless, Salem is issuing a snow emergency (aka parking ban).

What the FUCKING FUCK???!??!? I have driveway I can park in, but still, this is overreaction taken to the Nth degree in my opinion. Am I wrong? Is this not unreasonable (i.e. the parking ban)? I feel really bad for people who DON'T have a driveway they can park in.