::snort:: Y'know, if I'd be thinking, I could probably have predicted this. (Trigger warning: Discussion of sexual assault, but not happening to me personally ( Read more... )

So thanks to Maia (::waves::) introducing me to Juanita Jean and the World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, I have some new insults to yell at the radio when people are being stupid. Which is good, because I was starting to find myself saying things in front of the kids that I'm not supposed to be saying in front of the kids ( Read more... )

A guard at Avi's office called at 4 am to tell him that one of the freezers was out of service. Now, this might seem like the sort of thing that's an emergency and that Avi might need to know ( Read more... )

Okay, I have a new gauge for "I was so tired that..." Last night, I was so tired that I slept through a house a few blocks away EXPLODING.No, I am not making that up. A house on Ashley (very close as the crow flies) exploded at 2:45 AM and I slept through it. According to the neighborhood e-mail list, it seems to have been a gas leak, but I don't ( Read more... )

In happy news, Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes is now canon. ::hearts:: This makes me happy :D There should be more stuff from the Super Dictionary becoming canon, because it just adds to the wonderful crackiness.

In not so happy news, when asked why gay people might want to get married, straight people said they had no idea. ::blinks:: Seriously ( Read more... )

Want a laugh? I just e-mailed my state senator to remind him to vote for SB116, supporting gay marriage ( Read more... )

( I won't threaten Sarah Palin, but I will note she's a dumbass. Poll underneath the cut because I'm curious. )

Like a lot of people on my flist, I've spent much of the day following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, along with staffers and innocent bystanders (including a kid). I'm horrified that once again, we've descended to the point where the solution to political opposition is to shoot the opposing person. I'm not going to do any ( Read more... )

I bring you two letters from today's Washington Post:

( Cut for length and generally being offensive to humanity )

Another successful birthday party, I'm happy to say. The usual family drama ::eyeroll:: but otherwise very nice. My mother arrived with a bug up her butt about something. Ask me if I care. Really, go ahead and ask. (I asked Naomi if she knew what was up and that was more or less her answer as well ( Read more... )