Hey CV! Good to see you!

I have been in hiding trying to grade. I should go back to the land of grading shortly, but egads, I needed a break.

I have officially over-doodled. People I don't know are talking to me about it. But it's hard to stop once you've started.

Roll on, lunchtime. I need a distraction from the document reformatting that's staring me in my face.

How on EARTH is that nesting??? I nearly fell to my death trying to buy an imaginary sofa! And we have a perfectly nice sofa!

I am unable to nest, since all of my belongings (and all of the baby's as well) are currently on a boat in the Atlantic. Actually, they were supposed to arrive in port today, but it could still be weeks before I actually get them. Some Please-Don't-Let-Customs-Be-A-Bitch ~ma would be great! The only baby items in the house right now (no joke) are two blankets (including one I knitted myself!), two puppet style baby washcloths, and baby wash, lotion, and powder we bought a few days ago. If my things are held up in customs, she will be naked and sleeping in a laundry basket. Hmm, maybe I should buy a laundry basket.

Edit: Hi Burrell!

Edit the Second: I suppose my belongings are in the North Sea now. Geography has never been my strong suite.

Don't worry CV, a laundry basket totally works for the first couple of months. I had a friend whose babies slept in a Moses basket.

I had a friend whose babies slept in a Moses basket.

We did that a lot with Matilda, too.

Hi, Callaluna! Matilda slept quite snugly and contentedly in her Moses basket, and, when necessary, it was approximately eighty quintillion times more portable than any of those so-called portable playpen/sleeper things.

I knew about Bourdain being an ex-smoker on account of his daughter, but not that he'll be showing up on Gabba. Huzzah!

I wouldn't say I fake it so much as that I don't bring up my atheism. On the one hand, it's fine, because I'd be a right jerk if I went around "I'm an atheist! Did you know I'm an atheist?" on the other, the assumption of theism, particularly of Christianity, can be maddening. It seems sometimes the only way to counter act is is to say, "Uhm. Scuse me, hate to be a bother, but I don't believe."

Heh. I swear I am the mirrorverse version of DJ. I carefully dance around exactly the same conversational eggshells and unspoken assumptions and trying to decide whether it's worth it to say anything or just let it go, but exactly in reverse, all the time here in the Bay Area. I'd suggest we switch places, but I doubt my version of Christianity would sit any better with the folks you're dealing with than your atheism does.

Plus, we've got Fernet, the Castro Theatre, javachik's Meyer lemons, and JenK. So I'm not leaving.

Plus, we've got Fernet, the Castro Theatre, javachik's Meyer lemons, and JenK. So I'm not leaving.

::cries::

All you Bay-istas, check this out:

Delta special: SFO to OAK for $69?

That's right - fly from San Francisco (OK, South San Francisco) to Oakland for only $69!

Exactly how bad is the traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge, anyway?

Well, actually you'd take the Bay Bridge, not the Golden Gate Bridge....

Maybe the flight is for people who confuse bridges?