I'm paying bills, and after seeing yet ANOTHER increase on my cable/phone/internet bill, I'm ready to cut the cord on everything except internet.

Any caveats before I call AT&T and tell them where to shove their receivers?

Will your phone needs be met without a landline?

I think they will be. Most of what I get on the landline these days are junk calls.

Have picked out clothes for tomorrow and stashed them in a drawer where the cats can't vent their displeasure on them. I learn from my misfortune, sometimes.

Most of what I get on the landline these days are junk calls.

That's why I dumped the land line. All my doctors have my cell number, and I haven't had any reason for bill collectors to annoy me recently.

I haven't had a landline since graduating college. Just never saw the need.

I am kind of stunned at my electrical bill. It's more than double what I was paying in PA, and trying to cut down on my electricity use won't really do much, since about two thirds of the bill is fixed fees, not things that depend on how much I use.

I've just been doing stuff today, and I'm getting ready to go run some errands. It's a really pretty day here, and the Plaza Art Fair is this weekend and I am debating braving the parking and the crowds to amble about that a bit.

But segue: I have a question that I don't think that I could ask anywhere else but here. Ok, the phrase balls of steel, I've often translated it to ovaries of steel or gonads of steel, I've used adamantium or titanium. You get the gist.

However I, and other people, no longer possess or never had gonads so here's my quandary -- what phraseology can I use that is similar to that phrase which doesn't reference my no longer existent gonads?

I'm certainly not offended by my gonad-free existence. I certainly am NOT upset if someone references gonads, ovaries or balls of steel, whatever. It's just a curious thought that I cannot get out of my head. I can't come up with a really good answer.

Nunya left me a gift that was missing its tail, legs, and brain. I say brain because I still have the nose and whiskers.

Its official.

I have a zombie cat.

Strix, I think it separates into two cases: whether you're talking about physical courage, or moral/ethical willingness to speak truth regardless of the consequences.

For physical courage, I might go with anything from "heart of a lion" to "ice-water in his/her veins" to "Wonder Woman without the invisible plane."

For moral/ethical courage, I might use "spine of steel," or possibly just "impeccable integrity," or "courage of his/her convictions."

Other folks will no doubt come up with better suggestions.

Vagina of Vibranium