Trudy - that is in prep for your milk bath, right?

But of course!

Then I play with my pet lobster treyfy while knitting linen and wool together.

The whole ritual is very soothing (and pagan!)

Then I play with my pet lobster treyfy while knitting linen and wool together.

Now I'm wondering how Dallas would react to a pet lobster. I think she'll be a lot more comfortable with the pork-scented tub.

Dallas and Treyfy get along just fine as I keep them on different ends of the property.

Dallas and Treyfy get along just fine as I keep them on different ends of the property.

I've seen your apartment. It doesn't have 'different ends'.

"That is one spiky dog. Why would you want a dog that spiky? It doesn't have soft, silky fur like mine. You cannot cuddle a dog like that."

The alpha dog question would be a difficult one to answer. Lobsters are the sort of critter that you only ever piss off once, but they don't exactly come across as terribly ambitious.

And my jukebox is now playing They Might Be Giants' Mr Claw. This morning it coughed up Chariots Of Fire. All about the apropos, is my jukebox.

Or maybe we were just kidding around...

Next person to do that to me before I put Nilly on a plane to Boston next Monday? Dies bloody.

Seriously. Please, please PLEASE do not kid not around on this particular topic until after the visit. Then my sense of humour about not doing shit right may come back. Or it may not.

There is no mildew in my tub. It's not attached to a wall. It's giant and freestanding and it's kept very clean indeed because it is, because I'm violently allergic to mildew; triggers what would be asthma attacks if I had anything resembling asthma.

Man. More coffee.

edit: OK, caffeine achieved, some sense of porportion probably in the mix. Sorry to be a testy poop.

Deb, my own fogged brain is wondering... you're fairly sure there will be at least a few peeps at your place after sundown Saturday? I'm still not sure if I'm going to be trying to visit Nilly before or after the BBQ, but I know that the brunt of that is when I need to be in the East Bay.

Pretty sure there will be people here - I'll be here, for sure and certain, and I imagine quite a few others.

Why not call as the day progresses on Saturday, and see what it looks like?

Sure. Depends on the state I'll be in. Email me your phone number? I'm not sure I have it.

Poor deb and Nora. That was a tricksy joke, by some tricksy L.A.istas. Some household cleaning products (especially one might find in the kitchen) do bear a symbol (is it called a hechsher?). My Clorox Clean-Up has the "U" in-a-circle one.