Thanks guys. I really overdid it with the babysitting for a cranky sick toddler this past two weeks, which is just really discouraging, because I so want kids.

That should be part of the official parenting test. If you can take care of someone else's cranky sick toddler for two weeks, and still want to have kids, you pass.

LOOK AT YOUR SIGN. NOW BACK TO ME. NOW BACK TO YOUR SIGN. NOW BACK TO ME.

I wonder how we could rig up a sign to vary slightly on one side, so when you spin it around, one side keeps saying "Now back to me" and the other side would switch between the two "your sign."

I am in Hawaii on Oahu! We rented a house with nine other friends/kids and it is awesome. I am sitting on the deck listening to the waves and watching the sun set over the western edge of the US. There is no one around but us. The beach is empty. It is so peaceful here. I am not sure i would want to live out here but it is beautiful. At the moment I don't even want to go diving. I just want to sit up here and relax.

Hey, and i had a really cool moment at the airport. Joe was asking why our friends don't get the immigration thing and i started talking about privilege. I was talking about the abled/disabled thing and saying that it applies to many things. Then ten minutes later this woman comes up to me and tells me that she overheard my conversation and she thought it was awesome to here me talk about it. I think she was saying that it was amazing to her to hear a white person acknowledge the idea of privilege. We talked for a few minutes and she was really great. Of course, i started the whole thing with Joe as "the buffistas taught me about..."

That's awesome, Stephanie! I'm jealous. I loved Hawaii. There is something magical about the beaches.

Hey, y'all, thanks for the baseball tutorial. Seriously. Now I could meet Olbermann and not disgrace myself. Unless I really say "Mr. Olbermann, my friends in the box told me I couldn't meet you without wanting to lick you all over...would you mind terribly, sir?" Although, if my grammar is good enough, maybe I could get by with it. Probably not Too Much Candy, though. He did go to prep school...probably they like a letter of intent before you eat candy off somebody's neck.

Hil, that's for those wacky teenagers who love the neon and LED's. Sounds like a distraction to me. But hey, what do I know, I get accused of being too practical all the time.

Stephanie, that sounds awesome. Enjoy your holiday.

In the interest of yummy, I present Bacon

Also, for you Police Academy fans, The History of the Typewriter recited by Michael Winslow” is a 21 minutes long film made by Ignacio Uriarte.

ETA: Kansas City, btw. And I AM thinking about throwing it in the F2F pot. Depends on timing for me.

If we go with the simultaneous time/place bid system you can pick the timing that is best for you.

KC = BBQ! When is it?

Oh great, NOW you want an F2F in KC! AFTER I moved away! WAHH!!!