That sucks, flea. It's not like there's a good time to lose one's job, though.

My car won't start, so, working from home today. The battery doesn't like the cold (it's not even freezing, though maybe it was overnight. Pernickety battery) and I forgot to charge the portable jumper thingy. I hope once I get that charged up again I'll be able to jump my car and this isn't a symptom of bigger problems that need to be addressed.

That' terrible , Flea.

Glad you got the plate, Consuela

How old is your battery ,-t? it might just be time for a new one.

Pretty sure it's less than a year old.

ETA: oh, hey, I keep those records on my phone. it's just over a year, got it last November. Even the cheap batteries are supposed to be good for 3 years, aren't they?

Flea - that's horrible. Way to make a Monday worse.

ION, check out these gorgeous portraits of sheep and goats. (Found via Colossal. Love that site.)

Yikes, flea! I hope your job is ok.

And go you, Consuela, with the plate number. What good you can do.

I'm in New Orleans! Waiting for friend to finish getting ready and then we will commence with eating our way through town. ;)

A beautiful day in the valley! A small storm cleared out the air, sun's mostly out, snow on the mountains making the bare granite pretty.

So I'm kind of crabby and anxious today, but at least I did not come close to an accident or have layoffs at my job or a non-starting car!

So I'm kind of crabby and anxious today, but at least I did not come close to an accident or have layoffs at my job or a non-starting car!

I'm sitting with Jesse today! Yikes. Consuela, I'm glad you and your Dad got that plate number. I hope the cops catch him and I hope the people in the other car are all right. How horrible.

We are enjoying a nice warm breezy day. It's supposed to snow Wednesday. I tell you one thing, I ain't climbing that fucking mountain to my sister's place Thanksgiving if there's any chance I'm gonna get snowed in up there. It'll turn into the Donner Party right quick.

It'll turn into the Donner Party right quick.

A fun Thanksgiving party game! "OK, we're stranded at the top of a pass by winter storms, and we've run out of food--ignore that pile of leftovers. Who gets eaten first?"

Though to be fair to the Donners, I think it was only one circumstance of an off-shoot group that actually killed someone with the idea of eating them. I think all the other circumstances was "Well, he's dead anyway, why waste the calories?"

"Well, he's dead anyway, why waste the calories?"

It's what he would have wanted.