DAY EIGHTI haven't been posting, mainly because nothing has changed for me. I am still skulking around my home, waiting to hear whether I am safe from elimination or will I be put out. I have sent applications in for various services, food stamps, and jobs. Waiting to hear back. I have not left to take advantage of Kenny's generous offer to drive ( Read more... )

DAY FOURScrambled around most of the day, packing, clearing, stressing out. Sure that any minute now, They were gonna come put a lock on my door. Missed the trip to the id place. Finally I tracked down the mgr, who was very vague and dismissive. Well I'm sorry.. ! I didn't mean to ask you things that would require an answer. Heavens forbid anybody ( Read more... )

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So, this morning on the Weather Channel, they were doing this piece on Obama visiting New York; how his visit gave hope to the survivors of The Superstorm™. Like this one woman, who was shown standing inside her now gutted home. Looked pretty clean to me, no Black Mold that I could see. Maybe that's a September thing. Or maybe their mold is still ( Read more... )

In Hebrew, the name "Isaac" translates roughly to "One Who Laughs". I laughed many times over that this last week ( Read more... )

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You guys have been teasing me for my hot, seething crush on this badass, sexy man for years. Now I downright defy you to deny me my decision to marry him some day*:

In Louisiana, it's one damned thing after another: James Carville

* OMG, I also sincerely apologize to whomever I just made all twitchy with all that annoying alliteration! It was not ( Read more... )

From my email inbox. Here, I'll just copypaste the whole thing:

Friends,

We are deeply saddened by the reports of the destruction and death coming out of Haiti. We've been heartened by the outpouring of support and donations coming from the Causes community. Thousands of donors have together given over $150,000 to help nonprofits that ( Read more... )

By ANDREW MARTIN "After being criticized for siphoning off up to 3 percent of charitable donations for transaction fees, the nation’s largest payment networks - Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover - announced that they would waive fees for some contributions aimed at aiding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake. So ( Read more... )