Timelies all!

I first read about Dawkins' GenderFail on Shakesville, so it's interesting hearing Buffistas' perspective. (Of course, Dawkins would consider me delusional and/or stupid because I'm not an atheist. :shrug:)

Jilli, I got the card for the woman who does all the steampunk jewelry: [link]

Oooh, nice!

I went to Trader Joe's. It's opening day. Lines? Out to MARS.

I estimate that fire code was violated -- there must have been 500 people there. Seriously.

I could barely LOOK at products, people were just standing around chatting, like it was a cocktail party, and I refused to stand in line for an hour.

That makes a kind of sense, but I would think a muscle relaxer like the awesome Flexiril would be better.

And yet, when I took Flexeril for my back, it did NOTHING for me. Diazepam is my precious. And you know, you can't say that to a doctor, because they will think you are a junkie. Nay, I say, I simply love shit that does what I need it to do.

Erin, are you mad, going to a TJ's on opening day?! I drove past the new Whole Foods here on opening day and was astounded at the sheer volume of people trying to get in. They actually had a traffic cop in the parking lot! And we've had a Whole Foods in town for years; that was just a new location! Unreal.

Steph, my gut is so much better, which is due in great part to your advice.

That is excellent! I am so glad to hear that.

Got into an accident. Wasn't my fault. He was taking a left turn across me, we both had the green, he chose to go while I was still driving. My car looks dinged, his doesn't. I didn't get his number because I didn't want to get into the "I know it's your fault, want me to not involve insurance?" discussion, because I didn't want to have the fault discussion. But he was turning left across me. So, not my fault.

I haven't decided if I want to levy a claim against him. My insurance already agrees I'm blameless.

Mostly my head hurts and I want to lie down.

Blergh, ita. As if you needed things to make your head hurt. Glad it wasn't more serious.

Last week I fell asleep in traffic and rear-ended someone. I didn't really see much damage beyond some barely visible scratches that were already there, for all I knew. We exchanged business cards, but he hasn't contacted me yet, so I'm hoping that by the time he got home, he decided it wasn't worth causing a fuss over. Or he's having his people see how much it costs before he asks me for $700 or whatever.

Ugh. Car accidents are always a giant pain in the ass one way or another.

Uggggh.

oh dear ita, I am against car accidents, even ones that aren't your fault. Always a pain, as Amy notes.