NY can blame my employer for the impending storm. We're loading The Iceman Cometh into BAM this week.

Hey smonster, & anyone else who has experience with SI belts, what kind of tightness should I be going for? This query brought to you by my SI belt, which giveth me relief from my stupid compressed rolling hip etc but taketh away any loveliness of an hourglass profile.

meara, I saw the pictures. A gorgeous table, indeed.

It's very nice! And heavy as hell. She gave it to me for free, and I figure even with the like, $30 that the ferry cost, plus the $70 or so that the zipvan cost, it's still less than I would've paid for it on Craigslist or something. And I'd been meaning to get rid of my dining room table for ages, but since it was totally functional, just not the color/style I liked, it was way down on my list. And now I'm like "ooh. I should get an entry mirror, and maybe a corkboard or dry erase, and and like, DECORATE..."

should I be worried about this? I just turned off a light and the light switch went bzzt and threw a spark. This has never happened before. Do I need to call an electrician?

Kat, which track do you use?

CV. It's super nice and not crowded on a Sunday.

should I be worried about this?

Some concern may be warranted. If it was me, I'd unscrew the light switch and see if there was a bare wire.

Switch in a lamp or a wall switch? Either way you should look at it, but if you rock a wall switch slowly enough you could cause an arc.

Andi, can the supervisor have A Little Talk with Mrs. Not Cooperating? This kind of crap is why I quit social work; it wasn't the patients, it was the idiots on the other side of the desk.

Bosslady told me in an email that both she and her boss are aware of that situation and are monitoring it and will follow up as necessary. More than that she will not, nor should she, say. It very much matches my thought that "This could become a performance issue for Mrs. Loves Starch".

In totally opposite news, I've got one coworker volunteering to type up the recipes I have collected to use with the menus, and another who enthusiastically raved about how good tonight's supper was - tuna and chopped cucumbers in a dressing of mayo and Ranch with crackers, and a fruit salad made from vanilla Greek style yogurt, fruit cocktail and mandarin oranges. I actually planned something slightly more elegant by way of dinner salad, but this is the wrong end of the week from when the grocery shopping gets done to have all the fresh produce cooperate. Just goes to show, sometimes the simplest things are the best.

should I be worried about this? I just turned off a light and the light switch went bzzt and threw a spark. This has never happened before. Do I need to call an electrician?

When this happened in my bathroom, the electrician told me that the color of the spark made a difference. Sadly, I can't remember which was which.

In any case, Connie has the right of it about the potential for a bare wire...that was my problem. I did take the cover off before the electrician came. He gave me a very sour look when I mentioned this and asked me if I had a death wish.

IJS.

You can take the cover off, just don't touch anything behind the cover without switching off the breaker.