Maybe that'll stave off the weather.

If it will, then I beg you to bring home the laptop.

That's as bad as the "Son Lover" shirt in the window of the local Christian bookstore.

Nearly. Spit. Water.

I say "a split."

For me it would have been Michael J. Fox or Fred Savage.

FRED!!!

sigh

Now I have (mild, twingy) joint pain and stiffness periodically, mostly in my hips and knuckles. At first it was strongly associated with my menstrual cycle, and came with the weird joint looseness. When it`s that, it`s mild until it`s suddenly, briefly, very intense hip pain. Like can`t stand up pain. And then it`s gone. This cycle there was nada. It was fine.

Mine is tendinitis. I hope you are not this lucky.

Chad Allen was pretty cute!

The weirdest thing is happening at work-- a former professor who was not granted tenure was arrested for perjury in a professional misconduct hearing at a place he worked before here. He allegedly hired actors to portray study subjects to clear him of professional misconduct.

He was also (sort of unrelatedly) suing work for not granting him tenure.

Anyway, he was found dead this morning and was unable to be revived. It is not someone I know, so I am not sad, but it is a very odd climate.

The whole sentence:

A girl’s first date should be with the most important man in her life, her dad, step-dad, granddad, uncle, older brother - any significant male in her life.

My DH's (all male) high school prom tradition was for the boys to bring their mothers to the dinner before the dance. I also found this creepy.

Matt Dillon and/or Dallas Winston?

Yikes, Sophia!

I don't even know what to say about this. [link] Jump to 4:05.

Huh. Yay for submarine girls!

Navy To Lift Submarine Ban On Women: Female Soldiers Will Be Allowed To Work Onboard

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has moved to lift a decades-old policy that prohibits women from serving aboard Navy submarines, part of a gradual reconsideration of women's roles in a military fighting two wars whose front lines can be anywhere.

At issue is the end of a policy that kept women from serving aboard the last type of ship off-limits to them. The thinking was that the close quarters aboard subs would make coed service difficult to manage.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified Congress in a letter signed Friday that the Navy intends to repeal the ban on women sailors on subs. Congress has 30 days to weigh in.

"He supports the Navy's efforts to change their policy," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Tuesday.

A defense official told The Associated Press that numerous physical changes to submarines would have to be made, but that cadets who graduate from the Naval Academy this year could be among the first Navy women to take submarine posts.