and as he resists the pressure to turn into a giant cockroach . . .

[ritaxis]

So the dear boy has a journal. Go read it: it's really good, though alarming. Culture clash! Linguistical revelations

Comments

[angevin2]

The trouble with Lane Bryant is that most things they make appear to be cut for people who are six feet tall and wear a DD cup.

However, they sell really spectacular underpants. And their new line of jeans is pretty nice, too.

[ritaxis]

I liked the looks of the three-fit jeans but I really didn't want jeans and I really did want clearance rack things so I could get a lot of them. Most of what I own is ruined with bleach of just immense on me right now. And you know the thing with sizing? -- where there's a pool of size markers they draw from randomly and you have to guess which label a particular manufacturer decided to give a given measurement today? -- and the pool is slightly different for each manufacturer and each type of clothing that manufacturer makes? Totally doesn't help. I currently own a size 14-16 that fits and a size 24 that fits. That's just not right. I should be able to narrow it down better than that!

And the sleeves are too long all of a sudden, though I have long arms for a hobbit.

[mjlayman]

That's why I liked Making It Big for so long (although I noticed the new catalog touts "all natural fabrics" again) -- they make their own clothes and are consistent in sizing. I'm losing much slower than you are, so I'll be with them for a long time. I had to put a new swimsuit (from last year, when I thought the doctor would let me do water walking again), in the take-to-the-thrift-store bag because it was so big.

[sciamanna]

Frank's journal is indeed brilliant. And indeed, rather Kafkian... I've so added a feed so it comes up on my flist :-)

[mjlayman]

I clearly don't know how to do that -- instructions, please?

[sciamanna]

Well, there doesn't seem to be a very direct way to create or add a feed, but the way I do it is (a) go to the FAQ page; (b) search for "feed" (with Ctrl+F); (c) click on the FAQ about adding a syndicated feed; (d) expand that; (e) click on the link to the syndication page; and (f) type or paste the URL for the feed in the box.

...not quite as Kafkian as Prague, but getting there...

However, in this case I've already created the feed, so you can just add praguefrank to your flist.

(I tried all possible permutations of "waitinginline", but they were all already taken -- so I settled for this, which has the advantage of reminding me of what it's about.)

[mjlayman]

Thanks! While there, I noticed I still had the SFBC feed, which is empty since they fired Andy, so I deleted it.