#4 on this list. It’s actually kind of frumpy for a pole-dancing doll.
Awwww!!! Thanks 
You are right, I do feel better after watching that.
Missy2U Thank you for sharing your mom’s email. She lives very close to where I used to work. Lucky mom, Hot Shots are usually very fun to look at.
Does your mom have a tree that shades the street? Did she notice a car parked regularly parked under her tree for half an hour around lunch time? If so, it was me. And we probably met.
After reading the threads about strangers parking in residential areas, I figured I should tell people what I was doing and why, so I would have knocked on her door and shown her my current book.
If that was her, she was a very nice lady and told me that she had thought it was a lunch thing and appreciated that I didn’t litter.
We got an official letter from the county, explaining that the property wasn’t zoned for livestock and that the horses had to go. I called and explained that the horses were only there because of the fire and the person I spoke to (I knew her when I worked there, I don’t think she knew it was me. I have a very VERY common name.) was very understanding and said she would put a note in my file that the horses would be gone after the evacuation order was lifted.
She did tell me that if they weren’t gone 3 days after that, fines would start. That’s fine, I know that my friends want to go home and take their horses and goats with them, so will do that posthaste.
Latest reports I’ve heard is that the fire is 40% contained and some people are being allowed to return to their homes.
Considering the devastation wild fires can cause, this has been a very good one. No structures burned and only one injury reported. A fire fighter got stung by a bee.
Seriously y’all? Goats bleating and donkeys braying? Apparently, the church at the end of the block hired a petting zoo or somesuch for their kiddies today, or maybe for vacation Bible school. I live in town, y’all. Sure, it’s a small town, but goats and donkeys? My dogs are just loving the noise, too, and I’m sure my neighbors are enjoying the combined braying, bleating, and barking at 1:00 am!
Seriously?!?!
Damn water company, cut off the supply to the area (don’t know how big of an area is affected actually), could be because of a burst pipe or something but I DON’T CARE! Temperature is well on it’s way to 40 degrees and people need to be able to drink! and have frequent showers! You just can’t do something like that. Good thing I have some drinking water in my fridge that will last me for a few hours till I have to go to work.
But I probably won’t be able to shower though. 
My world is polluted with unnecessary noise. People yapping into their cellphones. Shut up! People on noisy motorcycles. Shut up! People screaming across a store to their family. Shut up! Women yakking and laughing like hyenas, that’s attractive. Nonetheless, shut up! Everyone shut up! So sick of everyone’s noise.
+1
Sweet baby Jeebus, I had my glucose tolerance test today. I also had about four extra vials of blood taken for toxo and blood-typing (they won’t believe that I know my group and Rh without an official card. In French.) So, about six vials down before the glucose drink and four after.
I nearly tossed my non-existent cookies, got very pale and sweaty, and was taken to a back room to lie down. And was subsequently fussed over bilingually.
It’s just a continuing shame that my doc doesn’t warn me when they’ll need a urine sample, as I religiously empty the tank before I leave the house these days.
God, I’m off sugared sodas for life. I mean, I knew a kid back when I worked at Chuck E Cheese’s in high school who drank the soda syrup straight out of the box. I don’t know how he didn’t die.
Isn’t it fun dealing with the Vampyres? Stepping away from soda, you might want to migrate to iced tea. We keep a gallon or so in the fridge, and my job is to make more every night.
My sore throat has progressed to me being virtually incapable of speech. (Besides the whole ‘infected right ear, can’t hear much out of it’ and massive headache thing going on.)
And I have a panel interview for my current job on Wednesday morning.
Won’t this be fun.
My greatest fear is that they’ll tell me on Friday that I didn’t get the job. It would be one helluva birthday present.
Silly me, thinking the down power line in my driveway that is now smoking may be an emergency. So what if leaves in the tree are on fire? Another power line catty corner from me is still up and smoking, too.
Fire department can’t do anything. Power company says they’ll get here whenever they get here.
Now, I understand, many people are still without power. That is important. Wouldn’t lines smoking take precendence?
We’re in a brown out here, now.
And more storms are coming tonight and tomorrow. Feh.
I LOL’d, I’ll admit it.
Dear Subway employee,
When I said I wanted sweet onion sauce on my sandwich, what I actually meant was that I wanted sweet onion sauce on the sandwich and not sprayed randomly all over various parts of the sandwich (inside and out), the wrapper (inside and out), and your hands (yes, all over the bag handle). I can only hope you aspire to higher levels of competence when using the bathroom.
Sincerely, fuck you.
I HAVE NO CHERRIES.
It is June. My husband who loves me went to to three stores and could not find any. Where the fuck are my cherries? The last pound of cherries we had the other day were all eaten. What kind of world do we live in when I can’t find cherries in June?
AKA College-age Barbie.
There was this infuriating woman behind me at Sears yesterday. She was in line with her kid and was completely riding his ass. Why? You know how when people are bored (like in line) and suddenly stuff that would be mind numbing in any other instance becomes fascinating?
Well her little boy was playing with the only thing around: one of those cheap stretchy bead bracelets that they had in a bin in line. He’s quiet, doesn’t ask to buy it or anything. His mom goes OFF on him
“Oh, what do you want it? Do you want to be a cross dresser? Should we go back and get you some dresses? Or do you want to be a little girl? Are you my pretty little girl now?”
All in the most aggressive, condescending tone possible. The boy just mumbled “no” quietly a few times and his mom ended with “that’s what I thought.”
Then the poor kid absentmindedly started playing with the beads, I don’t think he even knew he was doing it. Cue the same screed “Are you a girl? Should we call you Tiffany now? So you want the pretty beads, Tiffany?” etc
Shit, I am not a confrontational person, but the only reason I didn’t step in was because I’m certain I would have actually punched that bigoted, abusive harpy in rage. I mean, even without the disgusting trans hate that was abusive as hell. I sincerely hope that boy isn’t a little girl inside, but I think I’d be completely dead inside if I were a young trans girl and that happened.
I did tell security, but being mall security they didn’t particularly care :(.
That would have totally pissed me off.
My son actually HAS one of those. He loves the thing. Plays with it all the time. He think it makes him look like a surfer dude.
And someone will still bitch about drought toward the end of summer … :rolleyes: [or at least that is what happens around here. Either there is too much rain, or too little rain - that is why god invented drainage and irrigation]
I would much rather people just get some form of filtration - britta pitchers or those large ewer things. Much cheaper over the long run, and better environmentally.
Britas don’t help for stuff like fecal contamination, chemical runoff, that kind of thing. Having a stock of bottled water on hand is never a dumb move.
(Berkeys are another matter entirely, though. Those handle all kinds of issues.)
Shove it, Frank Pallone.
NJ senator Lautenberg dropped dead a few weeks ago. Everyone’s lining up to replace the guy. I was not thinking about the Dem primary in August. Not until Pallone’s campaign push polled my house yesterday.
Why no I don’t think Corey Booker is the anti-Christ who hates teachers and wants to let Oprah run the state. What do I think? I think I’ll show up to vote for Rush Holt. The guy’s a physicist who beat Watson on Jeopardy. He’s into science education, alternative energy sources and making college affordable. He also hasn’t called my house with inane questions that insult my intelligence and my morals.
I think I’ve found my candidate.
I’d have a hard time not saying something particularly hateful to that half-witted bitch. I have many friends among the Rainbow Alliance who’d have her head on a platter for saying that kind of thing (mainly because they had those kinds of things said to them growing up).