The end.

I don't...try. I don't go out of my way to talk to people. I don't initiate conversation while I'm waiting for them to ring up my stuff. I appreciate the sentiment, but really, I didn't go to Target at 4:30 to hang out, so can we just cut the chatter and hurry it up?

But...they do.

Every time I'm in line, they start talking to me. It doesn't matter ( Read more... )

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I want to write a book. No. I want to put together an anthology of your words. Your thoughts, your ideas. The catch? I want it to be about your mom or about your daughter, if you have one. Or both. You never know how many I need. I know y'all are great writers. I met most of you through writing. Those I didn't, I've seen your talents, so hush up ( Read more... )

My day has been unproductive at best. I moved the rest of my clothes into my bedroom, but other than that.. yeah, not much accomplished. Well, I suppose I did run the errands and get the things I needed this morning, so that counts, too ( Read more... )

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I emptied, cleaned and painted my bedroom today, before cooking supper and dessert. I'm kind of tired. So this is all you get.

ETA: I've been wanting to paint for awhile and I finally decided on a color. I'm SO nitpicky when it comes to colors because um. I abhor painting and refuse to do it often. Before painting my bathroom last month, the last ( Read more... )

To some of you, this might be ridiculously cheap. Remember that I live in a small town where the average salary is 30 - 50% lower than the big city counterparts, even though housing or products (food, toiletries, etc) aren't any cheaper.

That said - it's so sad that this is cheap enough to make people giddy. When a year ago we were bitching about it ( Read more... )

I kept getting robomails from McCain's campaign. Which is fine, except they were sent to the wrong name. I.E. not me.

Of course, this irrationally pissed me off. So I went through the motions of unsubscribing. They had a section for option comments.

Oops.

I never WAS a McCain supporter. Y'all are a bunch of lying, thieving hypocrites and if you get ( Read more... )

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6088706&page=1

A black couple from Missouri seek amends from clothing store Journeys after their son was given a receipt that said "dumb N-word" in capital letters.
Boy's proof of payment shows racist insult in place of a generic store code.

Linda Slater said she's both saddened and angry that it happened and "to know ( Read more... )