1. Reply to this meme with your one of your favorite characters from television -- e.g., Radar from M*A*S*H or Leo McGarry from The West Wing (for those who don't watch teevee, a movie or literary character will suffice) -- and I will give you five words/topics that remind me of you ( Read more... )

... but they never are, when one has to cram five days worth of work into four -- or in my case, a couple of extra days' work in addition, as I was on vacation the week before Labor Day. I feel positively relaxed having a five-day week again ( Read more... )

Hudson Crossing is a beautiful place. At least I think it is. It was awfully hard to tell on Saturday ( Read more... )

This is a response to a thread on one of the message boards I frequent. The original poster's (OP) dilemma was, her 8-year-old daughter loves to sing, but she's not very good. Should she tell her this, lie ("Yes, dear, you are a great singer!"), or let society at large (in the form of those picking a soloist for an upcoming school performance) ( Read more... )

Was it the best ever? Come on, the GottaGetGon is like sex; even when it's bad, it's good ( Read more... )

Cue the happy dance music! J.R. Gach has been soundly thrashed for being an asshole. Not for being an asshole to me, personally, but I'll take what I can get from the universe. Thanks to chezjake and one of his fellow victims (J.R'.s not Jake's!) for alerting me to this story ( Read more... )

That is Chris' (aka Twinkletoze) word, used to describe a GottaGetGon festival of a few years ago ( Read more... )