Wow. googling vargas sure took me some interesting places. The summit of which is a question: how old is this girl (note, she's weapon-toting, if that bothers you)? 14 or so? It comes from a fascinating [link] that equates gun ownership with all sorts of positive things (and conversely the lack of same, with masculinity, for instance). I gotta go look at pinkpistols.org now.

Keeps your daughter safe against WHAT? is my response to that photo. Marauding rhinos?

I'm not anti-gun, properly taught, stored and used, but really, is she gonna have that thing at hand when most crime happens --which is NOT at home for women?

A nice handgun is way more sensible, and I think I could store up to 5 clips in my bra, 6 in my jeans and 4 in my boots. PRACTICALITY people!

EDIT: OK, actually a large amount of violence DOES happen at home for women, but I don't think that's what that message is concerned with.

Well, naturally she'd be packing heat wherever she goes, just in case one of "THOSE people" gets out of line. Y"THOSE people"MV.

edit: One of the hazards of living in the Wild West: I've seen guns on the hips of people at the local family buffet restaurant. You know. Just in case.

I wish JZ weren't allergic to avocado. Though it does make my mouth itch

JZ is allergic to avocados? Though, I feel like I should point out that if it makes your mouth itch, so are you. Mildly. But if your throat starts swelling a little too, take a Benedryl. Um, not that I carry it or anything.

GIVE IT TO ME. I promise to be responsible and not actually drill holes in my head.

I do not for one minute believe you. But I know you'd let me borrow it so I am all for this. Sinuses are just stupid.

Don't think I didn't notice that you refrained from making promises about drilling holes in other people's heads.

Because it'd be HELPFUL. I am certain.

Come on, just one teeny tiny hole, to let the demons out!

And the pollen. Demon pollen. Possessed. Pollen in leather pants.

But if your throat starts swelling a little too, take a Benedryl. Um, not that I carry it or anything.

LIAR.

GIVE IT TO ME. I promise to be responsible and not actually drill holes in my head.

I believe you in the essentials, which is to say, if you were to try it just once, to see what would happen, I mean the trepanation kit was RIGHT THERE, who could blame you?

Come on, just one teeny tiny hole, to let the demons out!

Of course, this would only let the teeny tiny demons out.

A propos of nothing, hello. It's been ages since I've been here to check on shows, and it's nice to see everyone's pixels. eta: I could not resist, seeing it's under 200! etaa: or was, when I started.

My nephew the musician and his wife had a baby girl on the Pink Moon, last Friday. [link]

My brother is visiting from the east coast and my niece is here from Oregon with her boyfriend. Good times.

All the best to all y'all.

Hiya, Java cat!

So this is strange - I'm not able to connect to a bunch of sites, like hulu, amazon, wordpress. But gmail and b.org? Connecting just fine. I've tried different browsers, different computers. Am tempted to try the coffee shop wifi (Verizon, I suspect you), but I have stuff I need to do before I can go outdoors. What's doin', Internets?

Yeah, I can't get to the site where I pay for the kids' lunch -- oops. Or Amazon. Hmmm.

Last night, at least here, nowhere local could process anything electronic, either. Not the grocery store or WaWa or anywhere.