Food and allergies
 

Ditto on the charro beans. I usually get those instead of black beans, despite the higher fat content. This reminds me, time for lunch...

satellite radio
 

To date, the only place my receiver does not work is a tiny patch of driveway on the bottom level of the parking garage at my office. Works fine in the office. Works fine in the car. Works fine at home.

I love that if I feel like listening to Show Tunes then BY GOD let there be show tunes!

Bn'(Can't remember the last time I felt like listening to show tunes)B

You know....
 

I need a new avatar...

I need an avatar PERIOD.

Any suggestions?

Bn'B

You know....
 

How about something like this mom?

http://www.wackypackages.org/realproductsscans/bold.jpg

You know....
 

Left column, bottom picture.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/V...696/Page5.html

(spree: live animals)

You may be sorry to learn that you have died. But not before you won the Tampa Speed Classic.

http://www.networksplus.net/nga/ads/archive/feb98.htm

(spree: dead animal story, no picture)

You know....
 

I Googled "Bold and Brazen" and came up with this from Morna's BiPagan Page. It has something to do with a poem about a witch titled Bold and Brazen. Leagl will have to right-size it for an avatar but I think it is kinda cool and might suit you.


http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev...ze/goddess.gif

edit: why didn't it work?
Here is the address. www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/5430/bold.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/5430/goddess.gif


Not that I don't think a red x doesn't work for B&B, but I figured you might like me to fix it for you. It didn't work because the site prevents linking directly to photos like that. - L

You know....
 

Geocities doesn't allow links.

You know....
 

I was thinking a box of raisinettes
http://www.ordercandy.com/images/can...5-AA_thumb.jpg

You know....
 

I love "Cleans Even Tough-to-Clean-Modern-Fabrics."

I picture marketing types gathered round a conference room table working to come up with a euphemism for polyester.

Three lovely choices, all resized for your use, if you should so choose.

http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev...ze/goddess.gif

http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev...leaze/bold.jpg

http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev...leaze/rais.jpg

Speaking of new avatars...
 

I stumbled across a new one for MR:

http://www.ilovebacon.com/091103/flavor.jpg

Admins, feel free to resize this if I fuck up the page view for everybody.

Cabin Fever interview
 

http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/...9/11/eli_roth/

Really amusing interview with the Cabin Fever director about why horror movies are great and why so many of them suck ass.

I am psyched to see this movie, incidentally.

[Salon - get a day pass.]

A Tip for Thurgreed
 

I had a bit of fun with a client (not really my client, but my client's client...) when I was pregnant with #1 (so of course, I was wearing my regular clothing into my 6th month). So I was around 6 months, was wearing my regular pants, but had on a maternity shirt -- but it wasn't a totally obvious maternity shirt.

Anyway, at some drafting session, this guy asks, "When are you due?" And I, completely straight-faced (maybe a hint of a quizzical look thrown in), responded, "Due for what?"

The poor guy -- all color drained out of his face. I quickly reassured him, but I think I almost gave him a heart attack. Poor thing.

A Tip for Thurgreed
 

Hence the rule: Unless you actually see a baby coming out of someone's body, do not ask if she is pregnant.

A Tip for Thurgreed
 

What are tripplets? A bunch of kids named Tripp? Or did you mean triplets? (I can't figure out if this is a spelling error, or a capitalization error...).

Identical twins cannot be drug induced. (Though how you know they were identical, I don't know -- only a medical test can confirm it.) Identical twins are a "freak of nature" -- it's not hereditary, just a freak "accident". Fraternal twins, however, are hereditary (not sure if that's the right word, but what I mean is they "run in families" -- i.e., it's an inherited trait). All drug-induced multiples are fraternal. Which makes the woman I used to work with (who has two sets of identical twins -- medically tested and confirmed to be identical) all the more remarkable!

And about the big-ass strollers, just because a child is able to walk without falling down, does not mean he or she is able to walk long distances as easily as an adult. I'm thinking 2 & 3 y.o.s probably fit this description fairly well.

Even my "big" boy (5 y.o.) sometimes gets to ride on the little "scooter" thingy (kind of a mini skateboard) we can attach to the back of the stroller (takes up no more width on the sidewalk -- he's just between the person pushing and the stroller itself) if we're going for a really long walk.