Well, that certainly makes me feel less good about her/them.

I guess it would be more accurate to say she was conflicted about ending that column. She decided it was the right thing to do so in that sense she did want to end it.

I am putting together my sister's Christmas present, and I'm kinda nervous. I'm putting all my eggs in a basket of a show she loves right now. What if it tanks before Christmas and I am effectively committed? I'm trying to think of backup stuff, and it's weak.

This is where I mention that there is an open invitation to anyone who would like to come for a weekend and help me decide what clothes are super ugly on me and should be removed from closet.

I much prefer going over to your apartment in NYC and deciding that all your vintage dresses look gorgeous on you.

sadly the aging has made my ribcage too large for many of those. I need to get pictures of them and see if Holli would like to buy them for her store.

For tommyrot if he's around. "Bitcoin price soars over $266 and hits a new all-time high": [link]

I was afraid this would happen after I sold them.

I mean, the total amount of Bitcoins is fixed so you'd expect the prices to keep going up as more people use them. But then there's always a chance of another crash, so I'm still glad I got out when I did.

Selling them was a huge PITA, as the place I sold them at is having huge difficulties in letting customers get their money out (they're based in Japan)--some people have been waiting six months for their money! Plus there are bad rumors about the company. So I converted the money in that account back into Bitcoins and transferred them to a different company and sold them there. (I lost $500 doing that due to lower values in the new market.)

Anyway, I then got my money in two days and now I'm the proud owner of a new 15" Retina MacBook Pro.

This is where I mention that there is an open invitation to anyone who would like to come for a weekend and help me decide what clothes are super ugly on me and should be removed from closet.

If I could figure out a way to make this happen, I would. Plus, I could fairy gothmother Mac and cajole/terrorize him into doing his homework!

a) Casting season is approaching fast.

b) Goth/alt is verra popular right now.

c) DO EEEEET!

Time to go email my Agent of Awesome and get her perspective!

I did totally check the JetBlue sale to see if there was Boston-Dallas, but no. Also, there is no way I should go out of town before February, which is when the sale is running, but whatever. Details!

I was afraid this would happen after I sold them.

Nerts. I wasn't sure if you'd sold them yet.

I have Holiday Party problems... The BigBoss used to subsidize the library party - where for the past 30 years there has always been BBQ - to the tune of about $1K. While everyone would understand that the BigBoss, with his BigSalary, is no longer around to do that, and that the University has said no parties with university funds, it still breaks my little black heart to offer this staff nothing but a cookie and a shrug.

They are being asked to bake for the school's party, our Thanksgiving thing is traditionally a pot luck, and we have a retirement thing they are also being asked to contribute to -- so I hate to ask them again.

I'll discuss this in a meeting tomorrow with the department heads, but any ideas from creative thinkers would be appreciated . . .

charge the business school and see if anyone notices.