I've never flown JetBlue, ZK, but I can testify that United's seats are still pretty damn narrow (luckily, on my flight out, I didn't have anyone next to me, so I kept the arm rest up).
OMG, it is freakin' gorgeous out here in southern NJ today!! Mid-'70s, sunny, light breeze, just the perfect spring day. Of course, I spent the first 8 hours of sunlight stuck inside waiting for my mom to get out of surgery and then getting her settled in her bed. The first time I stepped outside the backdoor with the dog to see if she had to go, only to have her sprawl out on the patio to bake in the sun, I decided to join her for a few minutes.
Sure enough, that was when Mom needed me to help her get to the bathroom, and I couldn't hear her through the door. When I came back in ten minutes later, Mom had already navigated her way there and back on her little scooter (she puts her knee on the pad to keep her foot up and uses her good food to scoot her way along). I apologized profusely, but she was cool with it. Now she knows she can get there without needing any help.
I got the "we were hacked" email from Tivo and Chase, but so far I haven't noticed any extra spam. (But then, I almost never see spam anyway - Gmail's pretty good about filtering it out.)
Aaaaaaaaaaaack - I just found out that the woman who claimed my free box of maternity clothes is planning to donate them to a CPC. She hasn't picked them up yet...would it be totally cowardly of me to offer them to someone else (who emailed saying she could pick them up today)? The alternative is a long and tricky email discussion wherein I avoid bluntly asking the question "So is this the kind of CPC that actually helps people, or is it the kind that feeds women dangerous medical misinformation so they won't get abortions?"
And I've found the email from ABE.
Ohhh -- Crisis Pregnancy Center? I think they are all the second thing, aren't they?
Wait, Chase got hacked? I have a credit card with them and haven't gotten any notification.
Sunflower seeds are NOT an acceptable substitute for pine nuts, IMHO. Signed, never liked sf seeds anyway and spent two years in a country where almost all food was fried in or drenched with unrefined sf oil.
This guy looked like he was waiting to see how I'd react, which was fair. Except, me, I'd have lied about it. I mean, you already have no morals, why not lie on a first date? Maybe he didn't like me enough.
I think you should want to make a good enough impression on a first date that you'd lie. Or express shame, at minimum.
Ohhh -- Crisis Pregnancy Center? I think they are all the second thing, aren't they?
Yeah, but every time they come up on Feministe etc there's a comment or two that says "Hey, the one I volunteer at isn't like that, we actually help people get real support!" So there's at least...three or four that aren't scams?
Huh. I just wouldn't have thought they'd be called that, I guess.
Wait, Chase got hacked? I have a credit card with them and haven't gotten any notification.
Me either. There's this letter on their website:
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My evil pine nuts were from Earth Fare, where I tend to expect better standards than evil Chinese pine nuts! I will be going with walnuts for the forseeable future for my mild nutty needs; I find sunflower seeds too strong. I should note that the Pine Mouth is better today that yesterday and sweet things tend to make it worse than non-sweet things. Also mr. flea at some pine nuts (but fewer than I did) and did not get it.
stories of how to make shoes not hurt
Moleskin ahead of time. After the fact of blisters I think you are SOL. Also, I never walk long distances in shoes that aren't well worn in (and preferably Dansko stapled clogs).
Re: American culture, there was a hilarious thing in the Times recently by a woman who had just gotten back from the Peace Corps in West Africa and went to a Manhattan Post Office. The conversation went like this:
Her: "Hi, how are you?"
Post Office Person: "Fine."
Her: "How have all the members of your family been?"
Post Office Person: "What the fuck? Do you want to buy some stamps or what?"
