My life is such that ChristianMingle.com is the big joke between me and my mother.

Ugh, my day just went from enjoyable and very productive to "shoot me now!" Sometimes I hate parenting.

Is anyone else watching this Liz and Dick movie on Lifetime?

I'm not, but I'm seeing lots of FB comments and tweets about it. My fave so far...

Wait. This whole time I thought #LizAndDick was about the Cheneys. This changes everything.

Okay, so I got two adorable super-soft kitty kat dolls. In my insanity, I got them for the foster kids next door. I'm terrified to give them to them, for fear that I'll , ahem, foster a relationship that I don't want with them. I mean, if I could offer to babysit, I think I'm at the point of them breaking my heart that I would, but that isn't legally possible.

Do I give them the kitties?

Do I just hand them off the next time I see them? Knock on the door and give them to them under the eyes of their foster mother? Would this be more hurtful than helpful?

Wait, not real cats, right Juliebird? Just dolls? Is the foster mother not nice or something?

My throat hurts from all the yelling earlier today. And I'm tired. And I don't want to work tomorrow. But at least my weekend was mostly relaxing, unlike Suelas (it's getting better! It will be better! Yay for siblings?)

Why do you think it would be hurtful?

My life is such that ChristianMingle.com is the big joke between me and my mother.

I feel like JDate broached the consciousness around me before any explicitly Christian dating site (eharmony being implictly Christian, for the purpose of this assessment) but at about the same time as DateCatcher, which is...wait for it...the version of match.com specifically targeted towards Native Americans. And the logo is a heartshaped dreamcatcher (Jdate has a Magen David with one tip as a heart). And now I'm totally curious--Jdate says it's for meeting Jewish singles--does this exclude goyim looking for Jewish singles? And does Datecatcher have to deal with non-Native American people fetishising them? Bursting with curiosity here. There will always be people poaching.

Man...I need to learn to reread when I'm on dilaudid. I think I muff the post, get bored and hit Post message. Why the last step? Why? The first two make total sense, but I just can't stop myself from the third.

ION, I just saw the ad for Jack Reacher for the first time, and I cannot express how upsetting it is. TOM FUCKING CRUISE???????

Yeah. So disappointed. Those books are fun, and Tom Cruise is awful. Also NOT ANYTHING LIKE JACK REACHER.

date says it's for meeting Jewish singles--does this exclude goyim looking for Jewish singles

I hear there are some of those. I believe from what I hear that there's a "not really religious/culturally Jewish" type option. But hopefully those people say they're not actually Jewish in their profile or whatever.

not real cats, meara, just stuffed animals. I got them for free and on impulse I grabbed two. And, the foster parents I'm sure are the models of society when faced with the foster agency, but in the end, I think that they're horrible people and I'd love (hate) to witness a specific event that I could report. All the parenting I see/hear being done involves yelling and loud voices and short tempers and passive aggressiveness (couching insults in Spongebob Squarepants references "CraPPy cakes for my CraPPy kid").

I'd give them to the kids under the eyes of the fosters, just so you know that they know that YOU know you gave it to them. Kindness can't hurt the kids, deception and shenanigans, they've probably seen a lot of. So be honest, straightforward and kind. You're offering a gift, not a commitment. In my meager experience with kids in challenging situations, being up front and uncomplicated is a boon to them.

Why would giving them toys be hurtful?

I believe from what I hear that there's a "not really religious/culturally Jewish" type option. But hopefully those people say they're not actually Jewish in their profile or whatever.

Yeah, I'm not exactly going to register to find out, but I do wonder if any of the sites that identify themselves by a demographic allow a) for members not in the demographic or b) if they allow for subdivision of non-target demographics (like, is it all Jewish or not Jewish, or can you get more granular with your not-Jewishness). Oh, and I want to know what all the types of dating sites logos are. Hmm. Geek to geek has a woman in shades holding the hand of a guy in headphones--so this is a site for straight couples that accessorise?