I'm headed to the dr. in a bit to see what's on this CATscan CD thingy, and hopefully to figure out how to keep the sinus revolt from happening again this year. If they can tell me why my light/glare/strobe issues continue to kick my ass as well, without it being something horrible that requires surgery, I'll be pretty happy. Even more so if they give me a copy of the CD to take home and mess around with on photoshop.

Still, hello apprehension.

Why getting married on horseback may not be a great idea.

Huh. Perhaps my wedding plan to have my bride ride a T-Rex requires some fine-tuning....

Good luck, Sox.

Someone just posted on our local listserv for a babysitter to spend overnights with her 2 kids three nights a week (she's a nurse) for $5/hour, so I sent her a list of wage and hour laws (off-list) that are applicable.

I don't think I should have to mind my own business if she posts publicly for an illegal arrangement, but she seems to think so. IN ASSCAPS.

$5 an hour? wow.

Sparky, you did the right thing. She's just pissed about being called out on being an unethical beeyotch.

Huh. Perhaps my wedding plan to have my bride ride a T-Rex requires some fine-tuning....

Especially since Marc Bolan is dead. I guess she could ride a zombie Marc Bolan, but that doesn't sound particularly elegant.

Hell, you were being nice doing it off list. I might not have.

I think maybe if you can't ride a horse you're more likely to think it's a deeply romantic thing to do for your wedding, but then it's also a much more unpredictable thing to happen on a fraught enough day anyway. If you seriously need your horse led that 20 feet, Nellie has no place in your wedding day.

Or possibly find a very calm horse.

overnights with her 2 kids three nights a week (she's a nurse) for $5/hour

Jesus. That would be criminal even if it weren't, you know, actually criminal.

(Granted, most of the nannies I know are paid under the table, but at legal-except-for-the-tax-dodge-thing wages. And with contracts.)