Hobbes and Tigger

I've heard that Immanuel Kant was a real pissant....

Who was very rarely stable?

ImyofficeN, for the first time in the sixteen years I've worked here, our parking lot is flooded out! Or at least, the center of it is. When I pulled in, the first thing I noticed was that the back section of the lot was almost completely full of cars, which never happens, especially on a Monday, when that section is hardly ever occupied at all. I couldn't figure out why until I completed the turn and saw all the water in the center front lot and the center portions of the outlying front lots. I was able to get a spot in the very back row and had to walk around all the water to get to the office door.

We're supposed to be dry today, but get another one-two inches of rain tomorrow, which is going to be interesting.

Pentagon says Chinese vessels harassed Navy ship, US protesting to Beijing

"The Chinese vessels surrounded USNS Impeccable, two of them closing to within 50 feet, waving Chinese flags and telling Impeccable to leave the area," officials said in the statement.

"Because the vessels' intentions were not known, Impeccable sprayed its fire hoses at one of the vessels in order to protect itself," the Defense statement said. "The Chinese crew members disrobed to their underwear and continued closing to within 25 feet."

So in the new cold-war with China, the weapons are fire hoses and men in underwear.

Oh my God - look out! Behind you!

Worst name ever? OK, that's a tough category to win, but it'd suck if your name was Marijuana Pepsi Jackson.

You thought a boy named Sue would have to grow up strong and tough? Try overcoming life’s obstacles as a girl named Marijuana Pepsi Jackson! Ms. Sawyer (her married name) is a schoolteacher who had parents with a sense of humor.

Sawyer’s aunt, Mayetta Jackson of Chicago, clearly remembers when the name was picked in 1972. The newborn’s mother and father were products of the post-Woodstock era when reefer was rampant.

“And they would cool off with a Pepsi,” she said, which makes you think it’s lucky for Sawyer that it wasn’t Coke instead. “I thought it was crazy,” her aunt said about the name, “but they were such fun-loving people that it suited them.”

lisah, what model is that? I swear, I have a similar Trek hybrid, but yours is much prettier! Mine's seven years old and I still love it. It's very handy for light trail riding and just getting around.

lisah, what model is that? I swear, I have a similar Trek hybrid, but yours is much prettier!

That's a good question! I have a hard time retaining that kind of information...research research...ah ha! it's this one:

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Random Matilda update:

When she was very wee, we used to play a game called I'm Looking At You With All My Eyes, in which we would try to out-stare each other until we were forehead to forehead, then just barely short of eyeball to eyeball (she wanted to touch eyeballs; the grown-ups had to set some limits), at which point she'd bust out in crazy laughter and fall off of whatever she was sitting on.

Yesterday I thought I'd revisit that old game, but instead she fixed me with a deeply serious stare, took my face in both her hands, murmured, "Look at both my eyes, please," and started singing "Trust In Me," Ka's hypnotizing-you-so-I-can-eat-you song from The Jungle Book.

I am mildly afraid.

I am mildly afraid.

I wouldn't worry. I think she'll turn out smart enough to realize her world-domination plans might be more difficult if she kills and eats her parents.