I think my fond dream of someday coming home from work and doing something other than resting up from working is going to have to wait. Definitely not happening today, and I suspect not this week...

Aw, BevPoint, I shall cherish it always!

You got your Great Northerns, a little smaller than Navy beans, both white, and what you use for baked beans and pork & beans.

And now I know what those are called. Thanks!

In some states, their jurisdiction is limited to within X feet of the university; in others, they have arrest rights statewide.

After this shooting, UC's president has said the UC police have to patrol only on campus. (Which is fairly large, so it's not like they're being stuffed in a box.)

I don't need to be browsing shoe sales, but these are awfully cute [link] I'm not at all sure about ballerina flats, though.

Ugh. The city chief of police has seen the video, and here is what he had to say about it:

"I have seen the video. I don't want to comment on the video today. I think it would be premature to interject my feelings given the sensitive nature of what's in the video, because what has happened and what could happen in our community. It's not a good situation, I think that's clear. And it will become evident once that video is shown. We're just trying to do our best to be prepared for whatever might come out of it. We are asking people here to be mindful of our policing strategy and platform that has existed since the collaborative."

You tell me he's not bracing for riots. Fuck.

I'm going to stick to thinking about food, if that's OK. The alternative is too depressing.

Oh, not actually about food, but you know that diner owner who yelled at a kid? I was thinking about her as I saw my neighbor trying to talk her kid that age (2 ish) into not throwing a fit in the supermarket. It did not work, as far as I could tell... She's a very cute kid, but had No Interest in shopping!

Also:

I'm just trying to decide if it's a good idea, or if it's too much don't you know who I think I am?

It's worth a shot, at least? Just make the starting bid the minimum you would take?

That all sounds really really bad, Tep.

Ok, so I caved and did grocer, but I only spent three bucks more than the cash I had in pocket, and that included a clearance bag of dog food to tide us over till the expensive stuff gets delivered. I did not buy blueberries or tortilla chips. Please applaud my thriftiness and self control, because I really really wanted blueberries,

Anyway, so I got the kugel ingredients. Yum. Excited for tonight even though, yes, I totally could just be eating the tuna noodle casserole.

Teppy, I hadn't heard anything about that one. How awful.

You got your Great Northerns, a little smaller than Navy beans, both white, and what you use for baked beans and pork & beans.

I usually use navy beans for my baked beans.

You tell me he's not bracing for riots.

That's exactly what they are doing.

That is some serious self control, Liese! You deserve kugel as a reward. [we all deserve kugel just because, really]