J (the stepdaughter) was a bit spoiled when she lived with her mother, and now that she's living with her father and Sis, she's having to adjust to actually doing some cleaning around the house and not getting everything she asks for. It's driving my sister up the wall.

Do you want me to include her in my Spoiled Kid Brooklyn Drop?

Each kid will get five bucks and a cell phone with only 30 seconds of battery life. Then it's SURVIVOR: BROOKLYN SSSS(spoiled suburban sheltered shithead)

tommy, I'm totally not that person, except things that mention migraines crack me up--sling it my way, will you?

London and Montreal and Moscow subways all smelt perfectly fine. NY trains smelt fine, as I recall, but the stations could be dodgy. Urine.

This downtown LA bus had me mouth-breathing with a vengeance and wishing I had my coffee scent-killer with me. It was a disgusting fifteen minutes. BO in major effect. And it was all because I'd rushed to the wrong venue, cabbed it in a hurry to the right venue from my parked car, and then bussed back for economy's sake. Ew.

Never taken the train here. I live nowhere near a station, although I now work near one.

Had to grab a whiff of the ground coffee this morning, for the first time in a while. Obnoxiously perfumed lady rushed to catch my elevator. And then engaged me in conversation so I couldn't hold my breath.

Bacon-bourbon-caramel? Why you gotta ruin that with caramel?

Has this Market Street footage from just before the 1906 earthquake been posted?

I guess the bad traffic habits of San Franciscans are longer standing than I thought.

We really don't need any more spoiled, sheltered children in Brooklyn, Allyson.

tommy, I'm totally not that person, except things that mention migraines crack me up--sling it my way, will you?

Snail-mail? Or else I could just scan it and email it to you....

bourbon bacon popcorn.

WHY DID I NOT KNOW THIS EXISTED?

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW!!!

My joy is so great that only ASSCAPS can express it.

We really don't need any more spoiled, sheltered children in Brooklyn, Allyson.

I'd be happy to take yours and toss them into a migrant farmer camp in the middle of August.

Then it's SURVIVOR: BROOKLYN SSSS(spoiled suburban sheltered shithead)

Maybe Detroit?

Or Syracuse has some seriously sketchy neighborhoods. Then we could watch them dig their way out of the snow before getting offed.

I had to drop off Leif yesterday. The school bus had a substitute driver and it rumbled right past the bus stop. A massive line of pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans with my Civic hatchback in the middle. The kids are already getting big enough that disembarking from the Civic (2-door) is not a quick or elegant process. Next car will definitely be a 4-door, Em is going to be outgrowing the backseat before long too.

NY trains smelt fine, as I recall, but the stations could be dodgy. Urine.

Indeed.

I had some really good bacon popcorn caramel situation last year -- like Cracker Jacks with extra bacon. Mmmm.