Wow, lots of stuff going on. I was only away a couple days! Geez, guys, slow down with the "life" stuff already.

sj, lovely place for your wedding!

Mosque talk is interesting. I agree with the majority opinion here, which thankfully relieves me of having to expound on my views. Y'all already said it better.

P.-C., I hate to say I'm not surprised by your parents' reactions to your brother's girlfriend, but that's basically the exact same speech my mom gave me when she found out I was dating a black guy. Shame on the family, mixing is bad, don't expect me to invite him into my house, etc. I mean, living with him was a ginormous mistake on my part, but *race* wasn't the problem.

Oh, and the whole rocking thing rocked.

Don't tell my white raised Catholic sister and her black Raised muslim husband that mixing doesn't work!

Ah, I remember when we were wondering whether it would be a bigger deal that her fiance was black or that he was muslim.

Dude, I followed YOUR LINK.

And what have we learned from this? That Shir links are as unclickable as ita's.

For Glam: [link]

(no I haven't shown this to HKFan. don't wanna)

And what have we learned from this? That Shir links are as unclickable as ita's.

Both capable of provoking nausea.

why get into a fb argument about something you don't understand? I know...I'm Erika and this is the internet, but still? kind of boggled.

Scrambling through a ton of stuff:

Oh, P-C, ugh. And I'm with the other Bitches--if I were in your or your brother's place and your dad actually did call the girlfriend "it," that'd be my firm "And...we're done" moment. But, really, the whole thing is a huge dank mess of awful.

And I'm in awe of the tight, loving relationship you and your brother and sister have forged between you (and part of me is constantly boggled by it - how could your parents be this deeply wrong and yet have managed to bring three such excellent persons into the world?).

bt, I'm so sorry for Wallybee's second family. What a terrible blow. Any and all possible comfort to all the survivors, and just quiet good thoughts going out to them anyway even if comfort isn't possible.

sj, eek! Is TCG sure he's okay? And the car? But mostly himself? And does he need to be swaddled in bubble wrap until November?

{{{Laura}}} and I'm glad Brendon will be there for the funeral. And, also, lots of get-his-shit-together~ma to your boy.

Random Matilda quote of utter weirdness, from sometime this past weekend. She and I were pondering a little bottle (I can't even remember what; possibly one of the little spray bottles of water being passed around during the heat of the wedding, or maybe a tiny hotel shampoo bottle, or even some other bottle I've since forgotten). I said, "It's so tiny! What could you ever do with such a tiny little bottle? What would you put in it?"

Matilda frowned, pondered the bottle, and said doubtfully, "...Lovers?"

Oh, Matilda. Will you ever stop cracking me up? The Magic Eight Ball says probably not.

Ugh. I just read a Linked In profile where someone "architected a solution". REALLY!!!