The next day, we get a visit from my wife's dad and stepmom.

"Did you get the birthday gift I sent you?" asks her stepmom.

"Uh-huh," I say.

She sent me a gift certificate to Saks Fifth Avenue.

"And? Did you like it?"

"Not really. I don't like gift certificates. It's like you're giving me an errand to run."

"Well, uh . . ."

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Damn you Kirkland! If I see another Ferrari, Lamborghini or Bentley, I'll start rollerskating to work with my "Nader Laduke 96 " shirt on.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/chi/1317051655.html

I need to find that program!

Not moving back to SF.
I fought the law, and I won.

Got called indifferent :( I'm not. Just weary, cautious and subdued. I'd be a fool otherwise.

Having seen the 9/12 rally pics and video - I am convinced that this is the dawn of the much anticipated zombie apocalypse

Sors immanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis,
obumbrata
et velata
michi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.

The tide ebbs and flows.
http://ping.fm/FzSjZ

Returned from camping at Hax0r Isle to find 10k smelly hippies on my lawn. Hempfest should not be kid friendly IMNSHO.