I love casinos. The employees all have to be nice to you--even if impersonally--because you can't really tell who's got $50,000 in their bank account and is headed for the poker table to spend it all. Though I have seen the smiles get very strained when dealing with someone who's camped out in the cheap seats and arguing about the quality of the free drinks. I need to tip them better.

I'm getting two inches lopped off my already fairly short hair tomorrow. The depths of summer are here, and I'm testing how short the line between stylish and "remembers the Marine Corps stint fondly" is. With a week before I go back to work, I'll be used to it, and Vegas don't care.

Connie and askye, may I make a pitch for funding Buffista Island when you hit the jackpot?

If all the bells and whistles go off, I'll keep the Island in mind.

I hate casinos because I don't gamble and my husband loves it. It's not a spot for marital harmony. Speaking of which, we get to move back into our house at the end of the month after six months out to renovate. The little apt has worked out really well, but little apt is little.

I had a good time. I lost all I took yesterday. Which I don't know what happened. I mean I lost but I also wasn't being as cautious as I had been . I meant to stop with a certain amount left but I didnt and I'm mad at myself about that. But I had fun.

And it was a great weekend and while I want to do it again I'm ok if it's not until next year or something.

I found out at work that they are moving forward to making me fulltime. It's not so much we love your work and so we are offering this as it is management is making them because of how many hours I'm working . I think the store manager is the main issue because of budget but I'm not sure.

They like me and it's just complicated I guess. And the good news is I'll be eligible for health insurance so I won't have to be on constant anxiety about that. The bad news is that it is both expensive per month and has huge deductibles . I think the most expansive, which is the lowest deductible is something like $2000/year deductible and nothing is covered except check ups until that is paid. I have no idea how much a month it will be but I think it's around $200.

And I'll be getting fewer houra because we are fully staffed.

My goal is to get to the point where I can feel like I can take some onlike courses and take another stab at school. I guess it's never too late.

If we can't BUY Buffista Island, could we visit this place?

If we can't BUY Buffista Island, could we visit this place?

I say we build our own and float it into international waters!

I know the vendors where we can buy that stuff.

Heard on news radio this morning - a local school is having a serious dispute about how to identify kids who are transgender or don't fit neatly into the binary boxes. One person - who objected to the phrase "sex/gender assigned at birth" saying that sex/gender is assigned at conception. Which, if I remember my biology correctly, means we're all female (fetus is female until it receives enough testosterone to kick it into male ... which is why men have nipples). Am I right? I'm sure the hivemind knows ....