Peoples is strange.
For reals. I met Ascot Man when a friend married his sister. One of the reasons we started talking was he was suspicious of my friend. Rightly so, since it turned out the couple had told the family that he was a high-paid lawyer when he hadn't finished law school. They had papers to "prove" it at the pre-nup sigining and everything. To this day, I still have the copy of
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with the article calling him a "prestigious New York lawyer." They basically set up the whole reception so that the Spanish and American sides wouldn't mix and find out the truth.
Another weird painting: Sniper Jesus
I'm not sure how best to make fun of this. I mean, making fun of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is like shooting fish in a barrel....
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacks Octopus Paul
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian leader, says Paul the Octopus, the sea creature that correctly predicted the outcome of World Cup games, is a symbol of all that is wrong with the western world.
He claims that the octopus is a symbol of decadence and decay among "his enemies".
Paul, who lives at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre, in Germany, won the hearts of the Spanish by predicting their World Cup victory.
He became an international star after predicting the outcome of all seven German World Cup matches accurately.
However, the Iranian president accused the octopus of spreading "western propaganda and superstition." Paul was mentioned by Mr Ahmadinejad on various occasions during a speech in Tehran at the weekend.
"Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values," he said.
Huh? I've given up on achieving human perfection a long time ago. Maybe that's also what's wrong with the West, but I doubt it....
Wow, people are fascinating. In a bad way, sometimes.
More Comic-Con costumes: [link]
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We went to the Rangers game last night. Lee pitched a great game, so sad he did not get the win.
Mac did well at therapy and we got to meet the therapist who the adults will go see. I need to set up an appt with her and it may need to wait until school starts since we have no one who can watch mac while he is still so volatile.
Today we have had a rocky start, nothing physical , but just the damn ds and mac stubbornness. My parents are both so stressed and, honestly, pissed off that anything like this gets their back up. Mom has now cancelled all plans they had, she feels they cannot leave at all. She is over here today to help get the house less chaotic, but she is just seething and it is hard to be around. mac and grandad have now left for an airplane museum, they were to leave an hour ago, but that is where the stubbornness came in.
Oh, msbelle, that's hard. I hope the adjustment period doesn't last too long, for any of you.
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Spike and Drusilla costumes. Excellent costumes, and I tend to treat Whedonites gently, anyway. Sweet, dorky bastards that they are.
msbelle, I hope it gets better and you guys can work through some of the immediate tension.
I think it is great that they are going to go to therapy; frankly, they will need it, too.
I feel for all of you, msbelle. It's got to be one of the hardest parenting stories I have heard (tho Kat's is also tough as hell). It's got to be hard to balance your love for him, with the exhaustion and upset. I hope you know you are wonderful, and doing a hard as hell thing with grace.
I hope you also know it's ok to feel pissed as fuck yourself, sometimes; I cannot imagine not ever being angry, disappointed, resentful sometimes. No one can be all grace all the time, darling.
