I just dusted under (excavated?) the refrigerator in the hope that this would make the refrigerator stop freezing my vegetables in the vegetable drawer. Frozen vegetables in the freezer are okay, but frozen lettuce and cucumbers make me sad.

The kittens thought the dusters and the dustpan were awesome new games. I kept having to move kittens out of the way to pull out dust bunnies and dirt and refrigerator magnets and part of a broken glass. One kitten got her claws in the extendable duster and I dragged her across the kitchen like a cat mop.

Or is it because I just have fewer spoons?

Kat, I've thought about this a bit because I'm not engaging in internet battle anymore. For me, I think it's a combination of things: having fewer spoons, letting go of the need to make someone admit that I'm right, asking myself if this really is the hill on which I choose to die and deciding it isn't. That my time is limited and I want to spend it on things that I enjoy, and realizing that I don't find joy in anger.

There's also a bit from Craig Ferguson's latest stand up special: "Ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything. 1) Does this need to be said? 2) Does this need to be said by me? 3) “Does this need to be said by me now?"

I am with you on the budget, msbelle. It is getting to where I hate the whole capitalist system. If only I had something better to put in its place, but I don't have to time to think about that sufficiently.

I just dusted under (excavated?) the refrigerator in the hope that this would make the refrigerator stop freezing my vegetables in the vegetable drawer. Frozen vegetables in the freezer are okay, but frozen lettuce and cucumbers make me sad.

Can't you just turn the cold down? There's that knob inside the fridge and everything.

I did that with the digital thermostat. It keeps getting colder anyway.

Oh, my lettuce was freezing for a while there. But not any more. Hm, what changed? Maybe I made the freezer less cold? Or more cold? I think I just tinkered with the coldness settings for both the fridge and the freezer sections.

Can I be less helpful?

Aha, looking at the dials - I currently have the freezer slightly colder than recommended and the fridge slightly less cold. If that actually has anything to do with the crisper no longer freezing I can't be certain, but it's something.

I swear to god, the trash guys are trying to lose my trash an lid. Just saw one wrench it from its tiedown and toss it into the middle of the alley. Did the city slash their bennies too?

Random thought during breakfast: what would happen if you ate a bunch of dry, uncooked steel-cut oats on an empty stomach? Would it soak up all the liquid in your tummy, leaving a semi-solid lump of oats?

Let us know if you test that theory, tommyrot.

I should have DH come talk to your trash guys, sarameg. He has formed a warm relationship with ours. Partly because he talks to everyone everywhere. Partly because with all the construction and so forth he talks to the guys all the time and helps load up the stuff, shares the mangoes, citrus, and bananas, etc. We never get hit with extra pickup fees and they take all kinds of stuff they shouldn't. I am generally pretty friendly and talky, but he takes it to a whole other level.

Let us know if you test that theory, tommyrot.

My plan is to spread stories about it being the latest trend amongst kids and then get MythBusters to figure it out.

Brilliant plan.

I am pleased with my steak and egg burrito. Less than pleased with being awake. I could use another, oh, let's say week of sleep, that sounds about right.