I'm thinking that Draculara bears a strong resemblance to Jilli. IJS.

Seriously. All that's missing is a top hat.

FCM - Burgermeister Meisterburger, Winter, Heat Miser

I'm thinking that's more of a DINAO.

So I just got a note from someone on facebook - she's looking for someone who has the same name as me, and is asking if I'm the Tom she knew.

Several years ago, I got a call from someone looking for someone with my name - it was his sister, trying to tell him their mom died. Later, she told me she'd found out her brother Tom had died a year before. Should I tell the woman on Facebook this? I could say, "I really hope this isn't the Tom you're looking for, but...."

FCM - Burgermeister Meisterburger, Winter, Heat Miser

I'm thinking that's more of a DINAO.

I'm thinking you could C Burgermeister Meisterburger, and then Heat Miser and Snow Miser will be all jealous of each other. Their fighting would give you time to run away....

Ugh Allyson.

I like the Monster High dolls, but Franny once again surprised me by not really asking for toys for Xmas. She wants an electric guitar, so who knows? Maybe if we can find a reasonable one. She is learning how to play guitar at school.

tommyrot, I'd just say that you're not that Tom. That's all you know for sure. There could be yet a third person with your name. My name was highly unusual when I was young. Even for my first 10 years on the Internet, I was one of the only hits you'd get. Now there are "scads of me".

Spidra - I know! Very funny.

bonny, does the mom belong to a support group, maybe an online one for parents of adhd kids? She has to get out of the headspace of blaming people for not understanding. Them understanding doesn't change it happening. Them understanding won't magically take her anger away. Also, I would suggest if she has the time or money, a martial arts class for her and for the kid. not together. also? meds, for both of them. better living through chemistry.

Burrell, Oscar Schmidt makes electric guitars and they're usually very cheap (for a real instrument) on MusiciansFriend.com Although some brick'n'mortar places carry them if you want to try them out. I've owned 2 different ones. They're definitely something a serious player would want to upgrade from but for a casual player like me, they're fine.

CJ has impulse control issues and has been on ADHD meds. It has made a huge difference. I can tell when he forgets his pill for a day. In the dojo, the senseis are aware of this, but he is still expected to conform to the appropriate behavior in class.

In other words, what msbelle said.

I don't know, tommyrot, that's a tough one.

Make her play acoustic first, Burrell! It's harder than electric, making that transition easier later, and easier on parents' ears during the learning process. And it's just one thing to buy rather than electric guitar, cables, amp, pedals, etc.

So I think that our housesitter subbed out his housesitting. He's a teetotaler, but there's beer caps and snuff canisters in the bedroom. Plus clothes I know belong to our intern. And the house in general was messier than he usually leaves it. So I'm pretty sure that he hired the work out, and I don't know for how long, because he texted last night asking if he needed to stay an extra night and didn't say anything about not being here.

The thing is, I probably would have been okay with the intern doing it, but I hired you and not him for a reason, and that reason is the intern standing there like an ass holding the door open while the Biscuit ran away when he was living with us. While I think he's generally reasonably responsible, I don't entirely trust him with the dog because his own dog used to be in bad shape when we visited, and because he was unwilling to chase him down and retrieve him when he got away because of something he, the intern, had done.

It is not okay for him to have hired it out and not told us. I know he was super busy, but he knew that when he accepted the job. He could have just said no, and we could have made our own decisions.

It also means he gave the intern his own code. We cleared the codes after the intern moved out for a reason. So we will need to clear these codes again, and he will have to set a new code later, because the point of having the codes is that we have control over who can come in the house.

Not on, housesitter. It makes me cringe thinking about the eight week period over the summer when we have the camp booked and can't take the dog. We're just going to have to figure something else out.