We're so sorry Uncle Albert / But there's no one left at home

For Emily: Perkins "Natter 64: Yes, we still need you" Aug 4, 2009 12:13:00 pm PDT

I am being a PITA to our friend S. I drive him crazy by saying shit like, "Phil Collins is cranky because Sting was WAY better in Genesis."

Today's email: "Hey - When did Don Henley take over for Sting in Cream?"

Loves Aims

OK, Note to self: never to upset Aims.

He'll ignore it for a bit, but then he HAS to email me back and scream at me cause he just can't help it.

It is really stressful and I'm starting to resent the cat and get upset with DW because I feel like she's putting the cat above me, her pregnant wife.

I suspect that DW is stressed about parenthood (not to mention remodeling) too, and some part of her brain is screaming "Everything's changing! I can't risk losing the cat." Certainly I've been known to cling to irrational decisions that gave me the illusion of safety.

It's good to see Emily and Shir again. Also, go Sean!

yay for Sean dating happiness!

I seem to be first in line for the really wierd calls today. Yesterday got a dude with serious, serious medical issued involving his gonads. Today, keep getting the same call from a really misguided lady who speaks only very poor spanish who was driving without insurance or a liscence (each a crime in it's own right) then got involved in an accident, and now wants to sue the other party because she agreed to pay for his car repairs in exchange for him not calling the cops on her. The first time my neighbor talked to her, spending more than 20 minutes on the phone (w/ interpreter) and clearly told her, repeatedly, that even if the accident was entirely his fault, she will still be the one in trouble if she calls in the law because of her double infraction. Afterwards we commiserated because boy does that suck for her. Sure, the guy is technically extorting her, but only because she didn't want to get a huge ticket and her car towed, which is what woulda happened if he'd called in right after the accident. Sure, his insurance will pick up the bill for an accident involving an uninsured motorist, but only if he reports it. Clearly they exchanged info. She's gonna get in trouble if he reports it. Sounds like he was trying to be nice, but she still wasn't willing to foot the bill.

But then she called BACK and got ME. Another 15 minutes on the phone with an interpreter (and btw, that intepreting service is a HUGE cost to the taxpayers, something like $19 a minute) wanting advice on how to take him to court without paying for a lawyer. Um. I was kinda speechless that she called back. I again explained in no uncertain terms that SHE broke the law by driving ininsured and unliscensed. She wouldn't give up. So i offered to send an officer out to talk to her and she was THRILLED. While at first i felt bad for her, by the end i was pretty annoyed at how much time and resources she has already wasted. Now i'll not feel all that bad if she gets slapped with a huge fine. Sheehsh. Who commits a double infraction then calls the cops on themselves?

Also, according to my last caller, the bible tells us that the Irish are evil and should be wiped off the earth.

And there's another lady who was prolly late to work b/ her chihuaha got a leg stuck in the bathroom drain and required extraction by the fire department.

according to my last caller, the bible tells us that the Irish are evil and should be wiped off the earth.

Do you have any of those totally stereotypical Irish cops you could send around? Because, yes, my mind totally works that way.