Well we’re having the fence between us and the neighbors replaced. From where I sit is see half a dozen young, shirtless latin men straining mightily at the task-at-hand. Interesting, apparently severe physical labor causes erections. Anyhow, I digress. The fence down means out dogs are inside. Any rattling of the leases brings the dogs on. Eager as the day is long. We have two dogs. One, head of solid rock, can sit, lie down, shake, and “get out.” The other one is much smarter, but, he always cowtows me. I don’t hit either dog, or really yell at them. I just finished a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, boy did that hit the spot. Is see by the clock it’s time to go pick up my son from school. Joy-o-joy, I must prepare myself for the next hour’s worth of “are you done working yet?” The joys of working at home are many. I might add I’m somewhat sad about the new fence. I could just see a little through the old one (from where I sit in my office), and sometime, just sometimes, the trophy wife next door would streak.
Kelli -
Lower HIS score on the purity test? Hell, I was hoping he could lower MINE! 
(And hmm…how big is Aura’s ego getting right now…)
I just got a flu shot.
Mr Thin Skin: so the fence is your side? Most people can’t agree about these things, so they will put 2 fences 2 feet apart.
trophywife? must be a nice neighborhood…
It’s been the week from hell, I’m so worn down and exhausted my eyes are crossing. No energy or resilience left…
So this morning while I was drying my hair I glanced over and there was a huge spider on my pillow! My one bone-deep, irrational fear is spiders, and the monster was sitting on my pillow.
And this sucker was huge; it could eat a Buick and spit out the bumpers. Shudder. Ick. Shudder again.
So much for getting any sleep; I keep feeling crawly things…
Whimpering,
Veb
I just downlaoded AOL 5.0.
I also just spent about 2 hours playing the games at Bezerk.com. Fun stuff, everyone check it out!
“Love given when it is inconvenient is the greatest love of all. Kindnesses that are shared at a high cost to oneself are the most dear.”
Don’t know who said it, but I like it.
Woo hoo. Hurricane Irene is on its way.
“Love given when it is inconvenient is the greatest love of all. Kindnesses that are shared at a high cost to oneself are the most dear.”
Don’t know who said it, but I like it.
Spent an evening moving furniture. Guys: don’t go for that “good china” trick the wives like to do, and china cabinets. Maybe after the 25th wedding anniversary, if you think it’s necessary.
My kitten Oreo is finally getting spayed 2 weeks from now.
My brother puked all over in his bed yesterday. And guess who had to clean up all the vomit. 
I almost crashed my truck twice today, both my faults. sigh
I’ll be happy, someday…
I got a temporary job. I’ve been jobhunting for weeks now, but I didn’t post anything about it because I just would have been saying, “I didn’t get a job today…I didn’t get a job today again…I didn’t get a job today again…” ad infinitum. Anyway, I’ll be filling in for a receptionist until Thanksgiving. I’m sort of happy; at least I’ll be able to keep the wolf from the door, but in a way it’s just delaying the inevitable. I’ll still have to find something permanent after this is over, and I’m afraid that when I hit the pavement again in December, everyone will say “We’re not hiring until we’re sure Y2K won’t wipe us out.”
Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together.
—Red Green
Today I have to take a detour to get home due to Billy Graham being at the dome just when I try to get home. I usually drive home by the TWA dome. We’ve been expecting a piano delivery for a week. Now they decide to come, when the room it’s supposed to go to has most of the furniture we own piled into it, temporarily.
Hey, we have an actual use for the living room now, besides the christmas tree and a few odd holidays.It will be the piano room. I don’t play piano, yet. I never liked the piano that much as a solo instrument.Need some bass and drums.
Veb: I used to be like you about spiders…until we moved to a neighboorhood infested with EARWIGS, they are the ugliest, scariest bug ever! and one summer morning, as I lay sleeping ( it was about 5 am)I was wearing a t-shirt, nothing else, I felt a strange tingling on my upper inner thigh…you guessed it! I tossed back the covers and there was an earwig no more than 4 inches from my forbidden zone! I totally freaked, I jumped up screaming and thrashing (never did find the bug) and went for a very long , long shower and had really good wash with the hand head attachment…if you know what I mean. I felt really violated, I shudder just writing this. How it got in the house, let alone my bed, UNDER the sheet and blankets…I will never know.
Ugh.
The garage just called that my car is repaired and I can come pick it up !!
Woohoo !
For reference, see this link for the full story: http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001506.html
The reason that I’m so happy about this, is that I have been driving a purple Ford Ka for the last week. In case you don’t know what sort of an embarrasment that constitutes, check out this link:
http://www.mrm-multicat.com/demo/Ford/ka.htm
Now, I’m certainly not homophobic. But let’s just say the guy winking at me from his Chrysler Stratus yesterday REALLY freaked me out !! He must have thought I was gay because of the car I was in, amazing. To avoid further confusion, I’ll be driving my comfy Peugeot 306 again as of this afternoon - and as long as we’re spreading links all around, take a look at a car that you’re not likely to see on the streets in North America:
http://www.peugeot.be/gammefr/images/306_1.JPG
As mundane and pointless as I could get guys…
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)
Louie, when you take your baby in to be spayed, get the pre-anesthetic bloodwork and get the pain injection for afterwards. It’ll probably cost extra but it’s worth it for your peace of mind and her comfort.
I picked up a steak, egg and cheese bagel from Mc Donalds on my way home from work today, and I have to say, it was pretty damn good.
“Love given when it is inconvenient is the greatest love of all. Kindnesses that are shared at a high cost to oneself are the most dear.”
Don’t know who said it, but I like it.
Aha! sunbear, I knew I couldn’t be the only Doper in St. Louis!
Michelle, I’ll make sure to do that.
Thursday’s Wall Street Journel did a long story about a rumor spreading across schools: Does the yellow dye in Mountain Dew reduce your sperm count?
Any Straight Doper will know that Cecil covered this legend eons ago.
And this isn’t the first time I’ve seen a subject covered by Cece spring to new life.
I wonder if it would be worth producing a Cecil Adams book for the millennium that addresses reappearing questions? Call it “Cecil Adam’s Greatest Hits” or “The Legends That Will Not Die!”
It wouldn’t involve any new research or material(read: money), just repackage the stuff that won’t go away. It could be a hell of an Urban Legends reference book.
AuraSeer: can you see my aura from there? Just what do you determine from an aura?
Been a weird week here. I started my mediocre bowling career again, and bowled mediocre-ly. It was good to get out of the house, though.
The jukebox of my brain has had a major playlist change. I can’t seem to get my favorite songs to play. All I hear now is Elmo. My daughter has three Elmo video tapes, and she really, really likes them. Good thing I actually like these tapes.
My son is eating alot. That’s a good thing. His big sister grazes, but this boy can eat. Puts his dad to shame. He’s going to go from Similac to sirloin, I can just see it now.
Thanks Kelli, for the really nice email! I do love email, and the people on this board are particularly cool.
And thanks to Frankie, who somehow got me to understand what the deal is with Schroedinger’s cat.
I am continuing to have absolutely no success with Women. I met someone that I know from ICQ last Wednesday, and since then she has put me on her invisible list and didn’t turn up for our scheduled lunch date today.
sigh
“To me, socks are like sex. Tons of it about, and I don’t seem to get any.”