tell him you have errands to run and then be gone. or that you have other plans. or "not today, swamped, maybe another time?" or "just got asked for new XXX on project, need to work through lunch today, sorry." or "not feeling great today, raincheck."

what? I don't like people, I have a million of these.

They also found that mothers favor rhetorical questions when dealing with children ironically, but fathers are fond of sarcasm. (Speaking purely from personal experience...that sounds about right.)

My parents are the opposite of that.

Sorry Liese, that's so tragic.

Good luck for Amych's DH.

After hearing so much about Christine O'Donnell, I decided to visit her campaign website to see first hand what her positions are, but there appears to be nothing there.

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All I've heard from her are the typical empty generalities. Well, that the MTV clips about the masturbation thing, which I'd admit are awfully funny.

Tommyrot, that's terrifying. The vapid blonde on Fox & Friends even LOOKS like a Six!

After hearing so much about Christine O'Donnell, I decided to visit her campaign website to see first hand what her positions are, but there appears to be nothing there.

What's most appalling to my DE relatives is that she's not even from there. She's from...NEW JERSEY!

I just refilled my anti-anxiety meds and realized it has been almost a year since the last refill. Not sure if that is good or bad. Should I have been using them more or are my anti-depressants doing their job and keeping my panic attacks under control ahead of time?

ita, I wish I had ideas for fending off lunch dude. You would think "Thanks, but no thanks" would be enough.

Liese, my heart goes out to all involved.

New Jersey? But that's not even part of the Real America(tm).

Man, it still bugs the shit out of me when someone assumes I'm "Mrs. Harbin." How hard is it for your default to be "Ms?" god

I can only imagine how annoyed I'm going to get when people assume I've taken my husband's last name (as they inevitably will). Not that it isn't a great name! It just won't be MY name.

New Jersey? But that's not even part of the Real America(tm).

Hey!

::weeps and clutches former Parkway exit::

Thing is, he's asked me if we can go for lunch in a few weeks. So I can't really say anything but "Uh, okay, sure?" right now. When I get around to answering. At least I've set precedent for being slow about that.

Boss just told us we have to come in Saturday.

What?

I have 45 minutes of work to do Saturday. I can't work out if it's worth telling him this. But I will also be suffering last-day-before-ER migraine and really need to not be in front of a lot of people. This I seriously need more help with than lunch guy.

My hand is still swollen, but doing much ebtter.