ION, is "there's nothing on the curb marking the no-parking zone" a valid reason for fighting a parking ticket? I just got hit with $115 for allegedly parking too close to a fire hydrant. (In a spot that's nearly always occupied on our block and I've never seen a car ticketed for it before. Since the curb doesn't have any yellow paint on it marking where the 8-ft boundary is, people in the neighborhood use a tree on that side of the street as a good-enough guess.)
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I can see annoyance killing the mood in the short term, but when it becomes a reward/punishment pattern rather than both partners expressing their feelings for one another I think things are all screwed up.
Cash, I say saran wrap the DH! That'll learn him. Or at least be amusing for you.
Too many tomatoes in my CSA. I may need to make a sauce, or something.
Miss India's is gorgeous.
Whenever I see those Miss Universe costumes, I think of these costumes for Germany: [link]
SOs flat refusing to do their share of housework brings up all kinds of issues for me. I don't like being treated like a servant, and I don't like being forced to choose between living with their mess or cleaning it up for them. That's a total dealbreaker for me. I am never engaging in that particular power struggle ever again.
OK, this caption for Miss India cracked me up:
If you're gonna be all tasteful and appropriate, Miss India, you might as well stay in your hotel room.
Bitch.
I don't like India's costume. I think it's too in the middle. Miss Norway decided to look normal, and I think she looks great.
I'm also partial to Miss Jamaica. Go home team!