(Also, it wasn't until Dr. Horrible that I finally started liking him. Something about being willing to be a dork and sing even though he's not the world's best singer. [Although that didn't work on me for Felicia Day. She still makes me go MEH.])

Have you watched The Guild? Because, wow. I've totally got her picture up on the door of my mental locker.

Oh, I know! Sorry about that, I was trying to mock myself but I was in a rush. I have definitely pouted myself. They started doing the IP checks right as they were posting the old Last Chance to See audios online, and my reaction was "But, but, but... I know it makes sense, and yet: wah!"

I was mildly upset when my office stopped routing all our internet traffic through London because it meant we couldn't watch BBC iPlayer anymore. OTOH, we now have access to Hulu so I suppose it's a fair trade.

There's still plenty I'm not happy about, and now things are only going to get worse with the mid-terms coming up and unrestricted corporate spending.

Yeah.

In a broad sense, I just think we're an empire in decline, and probably at this point further decline is inevitable.

I'm pretty sure owning property doesn't help with citizenship. Otherwise all y'all would come, buy up land and retire here for the health care.

It's the path of least resistance, what with the citizenship and all.

My fiance has a Canadian citizenship!

Okay, I got new glasses last month and at first they slid down my nose in an annoying way then I got them adjusted and then they started pinching the side of my head and so I just got them adjusted again and I feel like they are sliding down my nose again. I can't win at these glasses! And we are leaving for vacation tomorrow. WAH!

Can you get those pads, Lisa?

I just saw a really interesting job posting at Partners in Health -- that I'm totally not qualified for. Ah well.

Have you watched The Guild? Because, wow. I've totally got her picture up on the door of my mental locker.

And she's totally hot in her Codex costume. I'm looking forward to the comic. The covers look awesome. I'll actually be buying the single issues! To support them. Because I am Felicia Day's bitch.

Can you get those pads, Lisa?

Maybe that's what I need. Really I just want my old glasses back but they were not up for a new set of lenses.

And/or get the earpieces adjusted to hold on to your ears better, not your head? If that makes any sense.

I think pizza was not the best lunch for my semi-unhappy tummy. Ugggg.

We use GoToMeeting at my job for online sharing, but I think then we still use our regular conference calling company as well

Thanks Jesse. I'm looking into Goto but may end up using email/conference calls until it is determined that people are dedicated to the virtual meeting format. (they love their wine!) If so, I might hit up the org for a subscription fee.

I tried emigrating to NZ a few years ago and ended up being one point short. My attempts to trade my education and enthusiasm for a job offer were met with a deafening silence. I had one nibble but, in the end, the mandatory quarantine for Bartleby killed the deal. I totally understand the need for rigid rules...and I suspect they were pretty sick of Bushugees...but I couldn't do it.

organize a clothing swap/lending scheme.

Do eeeet! I've been an active participant in two clothing swap groups (roughly 3 per year) for about 8 years. It's perfect. I have clothes I'd never tried otherwise and have sent things I liked/don't wear anymore to folks who really appreciate them. Plus, one of our number lives in an apartment building in town with a large low-income population. We take the leftovers there, rather than supporting the third party sell, rather than donate, community.

I have a great set of time-tested 'rules' which was created by the founder of the group I now host. I can e-them, if you'd like a template.