Nilly, I don't think you have offended or slighted me in any way, but I appreciate this post every year. I am always happy to see your thoughtful, loving self around.

Laura, that story alone is enough to prove he's not Presidential material!

I gotta officially resign from the board, because this is painful and annoying.

I thought you left them ages ago.

I did too! Is this a different thing? GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT

I had to scroll back to find out why someone would be resigning from our message board.

Flouncing is out - formal resignation is in!

I, too, wondered why someone was resigning from here...and why others would be cheering them leaving and saying get out!!!

I gotta officially resign from the board, because this is painful and annoying.

I thought you left them ages ago.

I did too! Is this a different thing? GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT

I stopped being the librarian, and said that I would help out if they need help with things like stuffing envelopes for the annual mailing, etc., and somehow that led to me being kept on the board as a "secretary." (It happened *at* a board meeting, and it was kind of like -- you know how you cringe at public marriage proposals because it's not like the woman can say no without looking like an evil shrew, even though she's not the one who orchestrated the situation? -- well, when I was sitting a board meeting saying "I can help out with stuffing envelopes," one of the board members pounced on it and said "I'll keep you on the board as a secretary!" and made it sound like a privilege and I wanted to say "No hell no I want off this board," but how do you do that in front of a bunch of people without looking like a dick?**)

**Please DON'T actually answer this. I realize there are people who are more assertive who would be able to have shut her down, but I didn't, and that's what I'm saying. I'm timid about stuff like that and it actually doesn't help me one bit when people come along behind me and tell me how they would have responded in the situation, because it just makes me feel like I am a GIANT failure at assertiveness since everyone else just kicks ass at it. Thanks for understanding.

Man, that felt cranky, and I didn't mean it to be. I'm annoyed at myself for not being able to be assertive in some situations, and that annoyance (at myself) is what fueled that post.

I would totally be in that situation, Steph. I would probably "disappear" if I were you, but you probably can't because of Tim.

The eyes DO NOT want to remain open. I'd try for a quick nap, but Comcast is due here soon to switch out a few of my cable boxes. Kelly's boyfriend is living with us until May and he works there, so is taking over the cable bill as part of rent. So, for the next few months we have ALL THE CHANNELS and an in house troubleshooter.

And a mini-rant about school - yo, teach, you outlined the requirements of my last paper in the syllabus and the weekly update and then dinged me for points I didn't make that weren't specified in the assignment. I can't read your mind. I covered the material as outlined. If I didn't dig deep enough, say that. But feedback of "didn't include blah, blah, blah" when I didn't know that was needed. Arrrrgggggg. Yes, I still got an A, but it is frustrating and has happened on EVERY PAPER for this class.

So, are we at the point in the election where we can say, "Ascend, already!"?

Apparently trump is now saying "the gloves are off!", which makes me wonder how he found gloves small enough.

JZ & others: Esquire has brought Spy back...