Oh, sarameg. I hope Mr. Kitty gets much, much better with the Benedryl.

I am stuck in race traffic at an outlet mall. Kill. Me. Now.

Are you near Charlotte today? Fun and games with the All-Star race. I'm heading out to a concert later so I am half okay with my dude likely not being able to race in the money race.

Cass, yep. My friends live just a few miles from the track. Absolute madness.

Trying to recharge so I can get dinner in a bit with another friend.

The chicken was yummy! Now all I have to do is wait a few hours to make sure I didn't give myself salmonella, and we can declare this experiment a success.

Yay chicken! I had (nd sometimes still have) a hard time not overcooking chicken because of salmonella fear, but I kept on doing it, and now I am pretty much over it.

That's one of my favorite Ruhlman posts!

Dylan informed me today that when he grows up he's going to be a woman and have boobs, so I guess it's a good thing we gave him a unisex name. (He's been on kind of a boobs kick lately. Odd because it's not like he was just weaned or anything.)

Boobs ARE nice. Luckily, he has many years before he has to make any decisions about that. :)

I have picked up my friends from the airport, gone to two different Targets to find an air mattress for them to sleep on, and they are now napping on it. I'm tempted to do the same (though, er, on my own bed, the air mattress is not big enough for three)

Today was a good day I am almost back home and hope mac can transition easily to me returning.

I'm glad you've had a good day, msbelle.

Heh.

The headline on the Drudge Report late last week probably shocked most Americans who really don't know Chicago. [T]hose of us from Illinois have had 20 years to learn the truth. Our powerful big-city Democratic boss often blurts out stuff that makes him sound like a raving lunatic."

"Chicago Mayor Daley offers to shoot reporter to prove gun ban works."

No, not the Onion. This really happened this week in a press conference.

The actual quote is even nuttier:

At a news conference last week, Chicago Reader reporter Mick Dumke dared ask the mayor why Daley felt the city's handgun ban was effective, what with so many shootings and murders in Chicago. Daley picked up a rifle and said:

"If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know."

Whoa, Nellie!

When reporters on Friday reminded him that the rifle was equipped with a bayonet, and that it's not proper to stick bayonets into the cabooses of reporters, Daley said:

"Well, you stick it anyplace. It's a bayonet, so let's not make trivia about this."

Say what?

The article includes a chance to vote on the most cracked-out quotes from our illustrious mayor. [link]

Thanks for the wishes. Been 4 hours, and while not worse, not better. I'm not optimistic. I just wish it didn't hurt, but since he won't let me mess with his face, it does. Feh.