Even better: house elves. And a time thingy. And a winning lottery ticket.

Yes, I need all of those things RIGHT NOW.

Is there some little useful-but-not-necessary-item that you lack, whose very lack bedevils you to the point of sighing wistfully and saying, "Gee, I really wish I had a [item] ?

A job?

Now am sad, for have no cake (shameful confession: I can totally take pie or leave it, and mostly choose to leave it; cake is my thing).

We might share a brain but we do not share taste buds, as I am TOTAL PIE CHIK.

-t, it is so nice to see your pixels.

Kat, the horrible situation with medi-cal reminds me of the situation with welfare - there is absolutely NO room for gray areas or for people really making any kind of transition. I am so sorry and I wish I could do something.

Live Aid my brain can grok. It was such an event and it's fixed in my brain as such. Fables of the Reconstruction is boggling me. Albums, especially those that just became a part of "my music" aren't as stamped in time. I am tempted to look and see when other things came out.

Except for no, because my Cure tour t-shirt is turning 21 in less than two months*. It can nearly legally drink. (*Yes, I actually tracked the concert date down last night. Thank you Google madness.)

Skipping before running out from the computer for the day (even though it's still my yesterday on the board's clock) because according to the Buffista calendar, today is yet another double Buffista event: it's both Ouise's birthday, as well as Zenkitty's.

Happy birthday, Ouise!

Happy birthday, Zenkitty!

With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

Is there some little useful-but-not-necessary-item that you lack, whose very lack bedevils you to the point of sighing wistfully and saying, "Gee, I really wish I had a [item] ?

I really want to answer this question correctly because some things, like say a wire cheese slicer*, are like that but I never feel like buying them when I get in the store. But maybe if I spent the $10 it would save a lot of grief! OTOH, I don't so much need a second food processor to deal with whole onions. Or a Garmin forerunner 305, my year-long acquisition obsession.

* I did get a set of cheese knife/spatulas as a late wedding gift. Each shaped differently for different types of cheeses. They have yet to leave the box.

An acceptance letter from the publisher I'm discussing my book with.

Except for no, because my Cure tour t-shirt is turning 21 in less than two months*. It can nearly legally drink. (*Yes, I actually tracked the concert date down last night. Thank you Google madness.)

Shit. My Green tour book can legally drink at the same time.

If I'd got anything at Duran Duran, it could have been drinking for months now.

Also, it just occurred to me that if I'd never gone to see the Dead Milkmen 21+ years ago, my life would have turned out completely differently. Which is just weird to contemplate.

If I'd got anything at Duran Duran, it could have been drinking for months now.

By the time I finally saw them? I could legally drink. For over a decade...

Is there some little useful-but-not-necessary-item that you lack, whose very lack bedevils you to the point of sighing wistfully and saying, "Gee, I really wish I had a [item] ?

Perfect luggage? I have a decent/good bigger bag--it's technically too big as a carryon but does slip by (and usually fits the proper way) and can be expanded if I want to stuff it full and check it. But mostly what I do are short trips, and I have a super cheap bag that is the perfect size, but broke. And I can't seem to find a nicer bag that isn't too big or too small or too cluttered with features so it's ridiculous for a tiny bag. I'm picky (...and cheap--much as I want it to be nice, paying $100 for a little carryon seems crazy, no matter how much I might use it! The broken one was a $10 walmart purchase, but they don't make it anymore)