I am so hungry I wish I had strawberries and kettlecorn!

Zen, go for it! I've dated guys everywhere from 5-17 years younger than me. (42 to his 25 and I was a year older than his mother, go figure.) Don't worry about kids until it even comes close to feeling like it might be going somewhere and not just dating. I, for one, have always been way upfront, but that's because I had my tubes tied and I already had two kids. Of course, this was back when I was a little younger and juicier and might actually have a suitor or two to choose from and it was a way to weed out the ones who wanted kids. Nowadays, I feel like planting a sign in front of my condo with "SWF, financially secure and no issues."

Write a Letter to Your Favorite Mark, and You Might Win a Copy of Ben Greenman's Brand-New Book!

This morning's email, reproduced for *headdesk* value

To: Students, Faculty and Staff:

For the June/July [Cute Sustainability-Themed Reference to Looniversity Mascot] Challenge we asked you to eat local and organic foods and to eat less meat to reduce your carbon footprint.

Take the challenge and you can enter a special drawing to win one of three gift baskets of samples from the Looniversity Farmer’s Market.

To enter, simply take the challenge at the link below, print the confirmation page and drop it off....

ahahahahah! amych! So you won't be participating?

Also: Go you!

Well, it may come to nothing. We haven't even gotten to the point of him finding out I'm not a natural redhead yet, much less my age!

I'm pretty upfront with my plan not to have kids. Indiscriminately so. Blatant, even. If someone has a problem with that, well, that's their problem, not mine.

Oh, me too. But it seems to me there's enough difference between "don't want to" and "pretty soon gonna be can't" to maybe matter to him.

creepy china baby doll

Is it an antique? It might be worth something. I've got one, that was my grandmother's. Packed away in a truck, 'cause it weirds me out.

If it does turn out he wants to breed stick him in a box, punch some holes in it, and mail him up here. If he can do your weird he can likely do my weird and it'll be the best Meet Cute story, like, EVAH.

Excellent plan! You're paying the postage, though.

I also have a headache (still) and also do not feel like working. Fortunately, since it's a summer Friday, there will be fewer people working, and thus fewer opportunities for my headache to get worse.

might actually have a suitor or two to choose from

Sail, you are awesome and suitors should be falling all over themselves for a chance to get you.

Nowadays, I feel like planting a sign in front of my condo with "SWF, financially secure and no issues."

Ha! Now that would bring all the boys to your yard, for sure!

Write a Letter to Your Favorite Mark, and You Might Win a Copy of Ben Greenman's Brand-New Book!

Oh, it's your favorite *punctuation* mark! My first thought was, "Dear Sucker, I'm the girl who conned you out of your life savings and beachfront condo, just thought I'd say thanks! Next time think with your big head, darling. Cheers, Me."

So you won't be participating?

If it weren't for the heat index of 107F, I'd probably stop by today and go "huh??" at them for collecting a stack of paper for sustainability awareness. But my activism ends where my heatstroke begins.

To enter, simply take the challenge at the link below, print the confirmation page and drop it off....

Thanks for the schadenfreude. I went to hs with the person whose office is likely responsible for that. Never been a fan, still not.

creepy china baby doll

Is it an antique? It might be worth something. I've got one, that was my grandmother's. Packed away in a truck, 'cause it weirds me out.

Spawn of Belinda?

Zen, wouldn't it be kind of early to go into the discussion of children? also, even if you were younger and really wanted children, there's always the possibility that they just wouldn't happen.

Best green challenge evar. Can I drive around collecting the printouts??

My first thought was, "Dear Sucker, I'm the girl who conned you out of your life savings and beachfront condo, just thought I'd say thanks! Next time think with your big head, darling. Cheers, Me."

Mine too!