Those bars look delicious. I've been to a couple in Seattle but do t know why i haven't been to the others! Possibly because they aren't in my neighborhood. ;). But I have been to the one in Minneapolis, I met up with a friend there!

Thanks, guys. I think I'll offer $300 and hope that's not too cheap. I don't want to shortchange her, but this trip is already costing us a fortune...

Pfft. 7 in Seattle and 1 in San Francisco? Bullshit. And they didn't even get the best one in SF. Invalid.

3 in New Orleans, though, that sounds about right.

Awesome cocktails sounds great! Well done, Tom Scola.

Me, I got home from work, ready to feed/walk the dog and then run out to dinner with some friends--to discover disastrous dog digestive failure ALL OVER the house. Well, no, not all over, because she missed the ceramic tile floor in the kitchen and instead hit the two newest carpets, multiple times.

So, no dinner with friends for me. Instead I spent half an hour cleaning disgusting things off the floor, opened a bottle of wine, and ate some vegetable gyoza from TJs. Not quite the same thing.

I am still recovering from surgery, but man, I am wiped out at the end of each day, and yet I wake up at 3 AM. Bah.

Oh, Suela, dang, nobody deserves that. This is the dog that won't be crated though, right?

Yah, she's not much good with being crated. Tends to chew on the bars and break her teeth, and it's generally just bad. If there are other dogs around she's okay, but I can't crate her alone in the house.

Someday I will have a non-neurotic dog that can be crated. Sigh.

And now it's time to go to bed again. At least I managed to convince BofA that I was NOT DEAD so I'm hoping my credit record isn't ruined.

That sucks SO much, Consuela, I am sorry! I thought I had it bad coming home to a skunked Cayenne. I'd rather deal with skunk over digestive issues any day. It's just one thing after another for you and I am sorry. I hope you're back to full strength energy soon and can enjoy your bionic ear.

Calli I am sorry you're having to look for a job! I know you've been interested in possibly moving anyway, but it always sucks to have those decisions made for you.

I don't know if this appeals to any job seekers here, but I did read that American Express is hiring a TON of people for remote jobs. You do have to have a verifiable set-up at home (I think a consistently quiet place, a separate telephone line, and strong internet, but maybe they set you up with something?). Anyway the key search term to use is Axcess.

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Thanks, Sarameg. That Ed specialist position looks intriguing.

Oh no, Consuela, that's too bad. You deserve a fun evening out.

My new sofa is coming tomorrow! But I still have the old one, and just saw that the store delivery policy says their people can't move existing furniture. What do you think are the odds that they will take my old sofa out anyway, if I tip them extra? Also, how much? $20 each?