harking back upthread- according to antipolygraph.org, the Mythbusters did not do the lie detector trick correctly.

Don't see why not, Laga. Some dogs take a long time. But more likely, it's a scheduling thing - they can handle a lot more dogs if they have them dropped off and picked up with a wide window rather than having the dogs come and leave one-by-one.

cool brenda, my sister dropped Daisy off and I'm the pick-up.

(Can you tell I've never used a groomer before?)

Not "Cape Fear," Hec?

No, Ma'am.

The new API scores are out. Grattan Elementary - the closet one to our house - has gone up from a very good 822 (800 being the benchmark) to 873. Which is quite good for SF.

Back when Emmett was assigned there its score was 680, which was unacceptable to his mom and why he went to Albany schools.

Unfortunately, the higher scores mean it'll be harder to get Matilda in.

Fortunately, SF is changing its selection process (again) and giving greater weight to local residents in the process.

Anyway, that's where we're aiming to place Matilda next fall.

So we might (cross fingers) be getting two breaks. First, the increased local weighting, and second, we're just making it in as a September birth before they change the eligibility date which has been passed into law. (They're moving the date back one month, every year until it has gone from December to September. So it's actually a three year window we're hitting.)

We need some luck here!

I think cholo depends on the context. It's not a word I use but my clients often use it. The same for wetback and beaner, although I think those are more exclusively negative. I think cholo might be like queer.

I know several people (Derby girls, Cash) with those as well as mustaches tattooed on their fingers.

I have a visceral and irrational dislike of the ironic mustache in general, and this iteration in particular.

Argh, me too. Still, I know a fair amount of women with the mustache finger tat. Sigh.

I think cholo might be like queer.

ahh, thanks for the clarification. I would totally eat at a restaurant called Queer.

Argh, me too.

MAI TWIN, YET AGIN. Regret factor aside (have fun wearing gloves forever), I would argue that the hilarity of a particular joke tattoo lessens exponentially with each person getting the tattoo. It's like the light saber app on your iPhone - how many times are you really going to bust that out, and who will it really impress/amuse*?

* NB: Yes, I have this app. No, I don't use it. Yes, I'm waiting for any!Buffista to expound on its usefulness.

I'd rather have an app that played the imperial march every time I entered the room. Or just, you know, an iphone.

I think cholo might be like queer.

Interesting. I thought it was more like fag, arguably okay within the community but not used by someone outside it.