I am both impressed with my memory, and ridiculing it for lameness.

I was trying so hard to remember the name of the desert rat with the mad efficient urinary tract, and all I could think of was jeroboam. Of course, I realise that's not its name, and I don't know what jeroboam actually means other than a metric shitload of champagne.

However, thank you google, and I wish I trusted anyone enough for a direct brain connection to a good search engine.

that seems like cheating

It's winning! Win, Dana, win!

I was trying so hard to remember the name of the desert rat with the mad efficient urinary tract, and all I could think of was jeroboam. Of course, I realise that's not its name, and I don't know what jeroboam actually means other than a metric shitload of champagne.

Jerboa, I think you mean. Which you've probably found.

Jeroboam was the name of a King of Israel. He revolted against Rehoboam (of Judah, after said revolt), who also contributes his name to a ridiculously sized bottle of champagne.

Which you've probably found.

Yerp. Now, there should totally be a link between massive bottle of champagne and having a mad crazy loop of henle.

They just seem...related.

Pulled out 11 decorative eggs to get rid of,

oooooo. How do I find you on eBay, msbelle? If you don't mind telling.

ita !, when you wrote jeroboam, I knew exactly what you were talking about, and also couldn't think of the right name. So it's not just you.

It is both great and awful that good search engines allow you to take advantage of other people's spelling mistakes in order to work out what the hell you were trying to remember. But it's just one continuous process of setting precedent, and don't do that.

Andie MacDowell makes pretty kids. I just hope she can act.

I was just watching a trailer with Andy Garcia, and was startled to hear that Eva Longoria was in it. Weirdly, she's firmly cemented as TV to me. Enough that the idea of her in this movie struck me as laughable before anything else.

Sewing question: can jeans be altered? I have a great pair of jeans that I love, but I've lost enough weight they're falling off my hips, but I didn't even wear them that much so they're in great shape, and I hate to get rid of them. Can a tailor drop them down a size? Or are jeans just too difficult to be worth it?

Your brain is probably just protecting you from the memory of this: [link]

Sewing question: can jeans be altered? I have a great pair of jeans that I love, but I've lost enough weight they're falling off my hips, but I didn't even wear them that much so they're in great shape, and I hate to get rid of them. Can a tailor drop them down a size? Or are jeans just too difficult to be worth it?

It can be done, but depending on how they're constructed, it might not be worth it.

Andie MacDowell makes pretty kids. I just hope she can act.

well, we know Andie can't.