Away from work, I'm playing the insurance game of trying to get them to approve a name brand prescription. I still haven't been able to get any Lyrica from my insurance. They rejected the prior authorization and want me to try the generic first. Now I'm waiting for my doctors office to either prescribe the generic or fight back and appeal. Right now I don't care which - I have Lyrica samples that will get me through the next 2 weeks - but this better have some resultion before then.

Oh, and I have a rental in SLC - a Ford C-Max. Never heard of it before. It is a boxy hybrid. It drives fine and is roomy, but so not my asthetic.

Gerard Way is looking for an 18 year old goth girl in L.A. for a photo shoot he's doing. Excuse me while I sob.

(Pete said, "You need to ask yourself, what is he doing that needs a goth specifically?" to which I said, "I DON'T CARE HE SHOULD WORK ON SOMETHING WITH MEEEEEEE.")

Somebody is not now speaking to me on the book of the face because I pointed out that thinking that Gaza shouldn't be bombed is not the same as hating Israel. When she objected, I pointed out that not liking Obama's policies is not the same as being anti-American.

Clearly I should back away from the arguing.

Captain Logic. Tugboat. You know the drill.

I'd say you were clearly asking for it Theodosia.

Theodesia,don't you know that any critique of any action Israel takes is antisemitic (or self-hating if you are Jewish). Whereas Christian Zionists who support Israel in hopes that it will lead to nuclear war in the Middle East, with the remaining Jews all converting to Christianity are not antisemitic.

Sounds like a positive outcome to me.

I've closed Facebook for now because I'm ready to declare that governments based around any one religion are pretty much always a bad idea.

Remember my transmission problems? First estimate came in at over $4000 for a completely rebuilt transmission. Seriously? So it looks like we need to start thinking very soon about buying a new (for qualities of 'new' that include 'previously owned') car. Arrgh! I so did not need this on my plate right now.

I am trying to focus on the positives, like that the car may be broken but it can drive short distances, that we have a second car that also needs work, but would require less money, so we have time to look for what we want. And that we have a little cushion to get us through this.

How old is the car, Burrell? I'm going to spend more than that on replacing my engine, but that brings the trade-in value of my car up from $0 to a significant percentage of what I'm spending, plus I don't have car payments to look forward to.

OTOH, you have kids plus job that needs reliable transportation going forward.