Go -t! You need one of these [link]

Silly Mac! Stop being @@ worthy.

Have I mentioned how much I love catching up on Good Stuff when I get home?

Jesse,

super cray-cray, wow!

msbelle, I think things will change after he gets there. It is probably overwhelming right now. I just about had a meltdown when I was there as an adult, so better luck to both of you.

I have one of those, Lee! But I need it at home. If I go permanent I will consider moving it to the office (or getting a second one to live there). Carrying it back and forth seems fraught with peril.

Matt, your lettuce post totally reminded me to eat the salad I didn't get a chance to have for lunch.

A neighborhood pest died. He had a TBI from birth, but that didn't excuse how he was an annoyance to his immediate neighbors. OTOH, to the greater hood, he was a staple you had to figure out how to shut up when he was walking his dogs, but harmless (if annoying.) I had him down, was able to extricate myself. RIP, Bill. We'll make sure your dogs are taken care of.

Super late on this, but I was off following a band so I've granted myself an extension.

Did any of you guys become infatuated with certain music after the age of 30 (a different music than what you already loved by age 25)? I would love to hear your experiences.

Cass got me hooked on My Chemical Romance during a particularly gruesome bout of insomnia when I was 37. It quickly spread out of control thusly:

I. My Chemical Romance
A. Brine & Bastards
B. LeATHERMØUTH
i. Tub Ring
ii. Mindless Self Indulgence
iii. Creature Feature
C. Fall Out Boy
i. Cobra Starship
a) This is Ivy League
1) Le Mood
D. The Bouncing Souls
i. Tim Barry
ii. Kevin Seconds
a) Seven Seconds
iii. Frank Turner
a) Larry & His Flask

II. The McMickle Brothers
A. Bern & The Brights

It now involves a good bit of travel and a great deal of camaraderie. It has generated new friendships and renewed old ones. The Bouncing Souls are now quite actively an important part of my life... but My Chem retains their official title of Favorite Band as they were my Band Zero and everything has changed from there.

[Edit: How DO we make tabs? That's a very nice looking little outline where I live.]

my stupid kid is the only stupid kid who is not excited about a vacation to F'in Disney. turd.

Mac, you doofus! The Haunted Mansion!

msbelle, you're going to DisneyWorld, right? Since Mac is all about video games, you might want to tell him about Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. It's an interactive video game that uses large video screens and game-specific trading cards, and it's all throughout the park.

Guys- Tonight I had to figure out what to do when 2 of the theatre students accidentally handcuffed themselves together with real handcuffs for which we had no key. I had no idea that happened in real life!

Bolt cutters? Lock pick? Locksmith? Is it up on YouTube already?

OMG, you guys -- my cousin who was cheating on her husband and suddenly married the other guy? Now back to using her first husband's last name on Facebook and listed as "separated." I wish I were better at keeping in touch with her sister, because I cannot message her just to gossip.

This would be excellent gossip. You should definitely rekindle that keeping in touchness just so you can get the gossip. And share it.

but My Chem retains their official title of Favorite Band

Should change the name to My Chemical Gateway. I'm not even ashamed of the people I lure in with some bandom flavor. I swear I am going to get my brother to admit he more than vaguely likes Panic! at the Disco one of these days.

Is it up on YouTube already?

Took you four sentences to get to the important one there.