I am still scared to look at old Bureau- I am afraid it will make me angry (and I don't think I was particularly mean, although I might have told some people to shit it about preferential voting because it was obscuring the issue).

You were awesome! You just have battle scars. Again and again, you went into the breach, summarizing all the arguments and organizing things so we could slowly move forward.

I think you'd actually feel rather proud of yourself to go back there. It's all settled. There's no tension or drama about it now.

Mini rant ahead...

I was nice and did KCD's taxes when I did my own a few weeks ago. As mentioned earlier I got my refunds today.

I have also fielded two calls from him TODAY asking for help to e-file his returns. For anyone who has used TurboTax before - read and click. Duh. They make it VERY straight forward.

Next year - he is on his own. I only did this year because there was some tricky stuff post-divorce.

Grumble, grumble.

I now return you to your previous conversations about past kerfuffles that I'm trying so hard to ignore and not go back and read.

Rereading the stuff about Press, and the Rafmun stuff (which was really about Press and deathmatches. It was such a straw man.) is making me feel better. I had been led to believe years later I had led some kind of charge against Elena, but I specifically said I didn't care about deathmatch posts! I only had like three posts about the thing!

God, I just read through (okay skimmed) most of Bureau 1 and 2. (I really should be shipping boxes today instead.)

Zoe was warned, then suspended, then banned for posting nonsense and threats in PF. Eight months later or so she sent an apologetic letter about having had a psychotic break and now she had better meds, but did not request reinstatement (thankfully).

Zoe was the reason we have a more clearly-stated process for managing that sort of thing, though, because as it was occurring we realized what we had didn't set forth the steps very well, and it was easy to get confused.

I ... used to post a lot in Bureaucracy, apparently, and was occasionally even cogent and persuasive.

I really miss posting here. Damn filtering that keeps me off the board at work.

Okay, off to boxes.

...does it have anything to do with the stinky deodorant? Because if so, I'ma have to keep reading QC. After I go to the gym. Really.

Teppy, Axe Cop is about Axe Cop. He is a cop. With an axe. HE'LL CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF! It is written by a 5-year-old and drawn by his 29-year-old brother. It is on so much crack, and it is hilarious.

house update - house inspection info and request for repairs or money to repair (which we prefer) is all signed, initialed and off to the the seller.

I have new pictures from my parents which I hope I can upload to the benjamin moore site and try out new colors on.

The space in the kitchen where I want to put the pink fridge (that I use as a pantry) is EXCATLY the right size. We may have to move a wall switch over one inch, but that is not much work. WHEW!

In WX B'cracy meara had just turned 24, and Holli was a three year vet of our community at age 16.

eta: And Katie M. is toasting me with her champagne glass.

::sentimental sniff::

people should feel free to tell me that I am always level headed and nice in Bureau.

Did you see that I quoted you yesterday? This is level headed, right?

ok ok - I will support Natter V. Natter, but Cheese better NOT become another Monkeypants.

Cutest. Baby-holding-a-plastic-guitar. Photo. Evah!

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as level headed as a cheese and monkeypants discussion can be. bless the monkeypants.