oh, I like it. I'm holding out for The Dark Knight batcycle. though. That one still holds my heart.

If it can't do a sharp 90° turn, it's not a real lightcycle.

Whew! I got away with what I shouldn't have gotten away with. Jury duty is not only deferred until MAY SECOND, but they will resend me all the documentation. The date is now entered in my personal calendar with a two day alarm, not a ten minute one, and it's in my work calendar too.

All I have to do is not throw away the paperwork when I get it. Should be simple enough, right?

I would like to have a sharp word with some people:

• anyone who's ever bought anything in response to a spam email. Because it must be remotely effective for them to keep spamming me
• TiVo for getting hacked. I'm assuming that's why I've had such a marked uptick in spam recently
• People who don't change lanes until 15ft before they have to exit. You're really irritating.
• Me, for my lack of a filing system.

Back from the mountains, where there were ridiculous amounts of snow. Driving down the lane to our ski lodge was like being in a tunnel because there were ten-to-twelve-foot walls of snow on each side.

ION, I wore new shoes today. They were hella comfy at Nordstrom's Rack when I tried them on--they're Born flats, quite nice. But in the half-mile walk from my gym to the office I got three bloody blisters on my feet (two on the heels, one on the spot just under my ankle bone where the lip of the shoe rubbed). OW.

So, hivemind: share me your stories of how to make shoes not hurt?

(And now I'm barefoot at my desk and very grateful I have sneakers in my gym bag...)

Obviously not fucking enough, or you'd be more eager for morning.

this is interesting out of context.

Especially since it was originally in Bitches. But my confusion is gone now that I'm cross-caught up.

If it can't do a sharp 90° turn, it's not a real lightcycle.

If you buy me one, I promise to test this and report back. You have my word.

So, hivemind: share me your stories of how to make shoes not hurt?

If they have potential, I just load up my feet with band-aids ahead of time, at least for the first few wearings.

Re: pine nuts and pine mount. An alternative to cheap Chinese pine nuts with pine mouth risk and expensive Italian ones with no pine mouth risk: risk free almonds, sunflower seeds etc.. Good taste, shelled sunflower seeds are cheap (at least where I am). An no risk of pine mouth. SF seeds are a good substitute for pine nuts in all recipes I've tried. Ok, I'm a subtaster so I guess you may want to get a second opinion, though ehow agrees.

WHAT IS PINE MOUTH?

Okay, I guess I get what it is. Why is it? I mean, why should it persist? Why would you risk it? It sounds horrific.

Also, nuts, kinda ick.

OMG, I just has somebody come in - a starting out musician who was completely clueless to the fact that as a musician she needs to have an idea of what to charge to be hired. She thought she could do a "fundraiser" - i.e., to raise money so she could go into the studio and that we would hire her and she would charge for tickets. I had to explain that we wouldn't consider that a fundraiser . . . yikes. She was v. clueless and I hope she finds some help. I wasn't sure where to send her.

I wasn't sure where to send her.

Back to the school of life?