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Parasites are scary. Had a bedbug scare while visiting in Denver. Nowhere near as gross as Botfly, but still nasty. I'm wigging out because I'm covered in unidentified bites. I still strongly suspect that the vast majority are mosquito bites, but some look eerily characteristic of bedbugs. EVERYTHING is getting washed in hot water and then kept in quarantine when we get home. Oh, and Botfly are a risk in Hawaii, too. Friend of mine got one in her eye. Yes, her eye. Takes a split second for the adult to lay the egg. Said friend thought she just got sand in her eye while gardening until she saw something moving in there. Very gross. The ER says she was lucky where it was that it didn't cause blindness.

Yeah, seems about right, just up to the point that you shoot the baby in the head. Then you realize that the legal ramifications are very different. Additionally, zombies are never cute, even on accident.

Just goes to show that if you make any modifications to a unit and the landlord agrees, you must get it in writing that the landlord agreed to the modification and can NOT hold you in any indemnity for further expenses related to that modification. You can try to take it to small claims, but as it is only a verbal agreement, though that has weight in legal agreements, it will be a he said / she said sort of thing and you will have to hope the judge feels kindly toward you. Landlords are in the business of making money. Always get things in writing, and make sure you know what every part of the agreement means.

</h1>Visit dblair.org or read an obit piece from MetroTimes. I've known Blair since 2000 and will miss him dearly.

Well, they did until the combustion engine. Unless you count the whales and oil lamps.

Wow, seriously? No one got that? It's Jello Biafra, people.

It IS asinine, but goes to show the kind of prejudices that help keep those who have endured economic hardships in economic hardship. I remember being in the catch 22 of needing a job to get money to have a place to live and needing a place to live in order to get a job. I ended up buying a beeper (it was 1996) so that I would have a phone number, leaving a message making it sound like a home voicemail, and entering my address as a combination of the numbers on my license plate and the name of the street I parked it on when I ran out of gas. They only way out of it is to lie. Employers don't like gaps in employment for many reasons, many based upon false assumptions: you are not willing to work; you didn't do anything to prove your exceptional value to the company when they were doing lay-offs; you were fired; you are lazy or too eagerly discouraged to have really put in the effort to find work. These assumptions aren't fair and aren't inclusive of the many reasons why people would even voluntarily leave the workforce, such as to provide care to children or ill or aging relatives, or one's own physical disability. The onus is on you, the job-seeker, to positively reframe your out-of-work time as something constructive and proof of desirable qualities you possess. It sickens me, because the approach is not only irrespective of human frailty, but requires deceit, but I am learning of its, unfortunate, necessity, and how to cope appropriately. As a chronically underemployed member of the workforce, my sincere condolences to anyone in this situation.

Ew! This just in....human Jello! Since 1958!

I think it's the kind of humor that is meant to be offensive, if only to bring to light common attitudes held that are in themselves offensive. Think about how often we hear people use the term "fag hag," or even refer to how much they love their gay friends, as if it were a fashion statement, as if gays are the trend, a means to an end and not means in themselves. I think the sketch is really a mirror for the way in which "gay culture" is objectified. It isn't about the people anymore so much as it is about the fetishized lifestyle. And when I say 'objectify' and 'fetishize,' I don't mean it in the sexual way. I mean the way most Americans typify gays as waiters, hairdressers, and interior decorators. I mean the people who expect gays to all be fun, flamboyant, shallow thrill-seekers eager to offer entertainment to anyone who would give them audience. Those of us who know gays know it's not all parades. They are our fathers, brothers, lovers, and friends. They have depth (most of them), good days and bad days. And they're not going to have nothing to do but sit on your bed and play patty cake. I think Tori knows this. I think she knows that most of Hollywood doesn't seem to, still. Out of the closet gays get casting for gay parts nearly exclusively, but straight actors can play gays and get Oscars. It's not a level playing field yet. And I think that is the point. Really, what I found most disturbing was her plastic surgery. Gads! Between Tori and the intervention lady, I thought I was going to be sick.

Yes, since Vin Diesel.

I'm sure it has its uses in bone and cartilage regenerative therapies. I don't think anyone seriously posits its use for consumption. Here's the thing, though, since a) it's nearly indistinguishable from gelatins of other closely related animals, and b) it isn't actually part of another functioning being, what are the real moral constraints against its consumption? I think only association makes it seem like cannibalism--not actual fact.

Yeah, it's the only thing for which we used the DVD by mail option.

I love it. Best excuse to wander the house nude, but because of the AC, I have to put a blanket on, but it's set at 80 in here. Outside, it feels like sex. Really, I love drinkable air. Mmm.

I like this weather! I love this weather. I have the air on because I don't want the humidity to mold the new carpet, but I dig the heat. It reminds me of New Orleans and of how much I want to move to North Carolina. Winter can suck it.

Will I get the job to which I have just sent in my resume? Say "8" if I might or might not.

Oh, duh! I must have been reading with my eyes closed again. Thanks, babe.

If you put this vid, the one phee posted in Religion ROFL's (entitled "Instruction for Life" or something) and the vid on conformity together, you get some very interesting ideas on this whole religion thing. Edit to add: what are the numbers on atheists?

I disagree with you, on principle. That is, I agree wholeheartedly, but I don't want to be judged as conformist.

I think going to the dentist is the opposite of sex.

Oh! It irks me to no end that turn signal usage has fallen to the wayside. True, it won't properly indicate that one plans on cutting across three lanes of traffic to then slam on the brakes in a poorly executed attempt at making an exit at a backed-up ramp, but in most cases, signaling allows the other drivers to NOT HIT YOU because they are made aware that you are turning/changing lanes and can then GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. Except in Miami, I hear. In Miami, supposedly, putting on your turn signal indicates to other drivers your hesitance in making a move, in which time a big SUV will come flying out of nowhere and take that opportunity from you.

That was fun. I want to see it again! My MOM has a piano.....

Drat! Only possible date is Chicago, October 12, but that's smack dab in the middle of the MAJOR (million $ +) catering event at my work (it's an all week deal in which I will be putting in 16 hour days) AND Spook will be out of town on work assignment. DRAT DRAT DRAT DRAT DRAT DRAT DRAT. *hurt* *pout* *whimper* Oh well.

Welcome to the board! Glad to see you posting already.