June 28, 2006
So, I Show Up at My Mother's House.
"Do you have anything to eat?" I ask her. "I want salad."
"No problem," she tells me.
"I had a fight with Attila the Hub. Let's hate men for a while."
"I'm not sure I can do that," she responds. "But if I really concentrated, I could probably resent your father for a few minutes."
"Don't. After all, he put some nice semen in you, with cool DNA. And now you have two nice kids. Excuse me: one nice kid, and one repressed workaholic. However, the one who's nice is really nice."
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Well, That's Something, Anyway.
I'm over my PMS.
That's the main problem with perimenopause: When I had actual cycles, I could predict the point at which temporary insanity would descend upon me. Now I freak out first, and find out why afterward.
Of course, that just makes me more interesting, colorful, and fun to be around. (Read: a total cunt. That happens to be my own version of the Marabel Morgan approach: a lot less sugar, a lot more spice.)
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June 25, 2006
A Beautiful Morning
It's so pretty right now, and relatively cool. I may actually go for a walk before church.
I woke up early, so I'll probably resort to a nap this afternoon. But at the moment, all is well: the birds are singing in the yard, and living in La Canada is like being at summer camp—all year 'round. Nothing but trees everywhere I look.
And the crows—those noisy beasts—are quiet right now. Still no owls, though. Am I supposed to buy my own? Did the city fail to send me a memo?
Will blog for owls. Or Wols; either way.
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I could send you a few buzzards. They are just like Owls, other than they are huge, ugly, and stink. The same way that the NYT resembles honest media.
(Was that impolite?)
Posted by: old_dawg at July 01, 2006 07:14 PM (Si1mC)
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Yes. But in the good way
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June 20, 2006
And Starbucks, Too!
The dinner crowd started filtering in at Denny's, so I wandered, waif-like, into the night in search of a table with a power outlet nearby.
Actually, I've been considering nuking the T-Mobile HotSpot subscription, but I have to admit that this is nice: hot chai to fend off the overzealous air conditioner, and all the web I need.
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Huzzah for Denny's!
I left work after lunch today so I could avoid L.A.'s nastiest freeway and get out to Redondo Beach early, and am now:
1) enjoying free internet access at the big D, while I
2) eat a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with French fries on the side.
Youngsters, beware; this is what illicit thrills look like when you're 43 years old.
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*snorfl!!!*
i tell my docs my only remaining vice is when I drink a leaded Coke. Being really really REALLY BAAAAAADD.
Posted by: k at June 20, 2006 07:11 PM (wZLWV)
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Ooooooo! The kind of girls moms warn boys about!
Posted by: Darrell at June 20, 2006 07:58 PM (xY3Zb)
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"There are some girls who will order something that contains plenty of fat as the entree, and still get French fries with it. But they aren't our kind of people."
"Don't hang around with the kind of girl who drinks caffeinated beverages after 2:00 in the afternoon; it'll only lead to trouble."
Posted by: Attila Girl at June 20, 2006 09:52 PM (4IuF2)
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And how many hours did it take for the grilled ham & cheese to arrive? Denny's has a reputation of being
glacially slow, and in my experience, deservedly so.
If that's your idea of
illicit, well, ummm...
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at June 21, 2006 04:48 AM (1hM1d)
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Panera Bread - the food is better, the coffee refills are free, and the wireless is also free.
Posted by: Zendo Deb at June 21, 2006 11:35 AM (+gqOq)
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The day is coming when the availability of free wi-fi at an eating establishment will be overshadowed by the quality of the food.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg at June 21, 2006 04:59 PM (7ukrv)
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I R A Darth Aggie, sometimes we ladies like to enjoy a good thing in a very slow fashion.
Posted by: k at June 21, 2006 06:34 PM (wZLWV)
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assuming that illicit thrill is a good one, of course.
Posted by: k at June 21, 2006 06:37 PM (wZLWV)
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And most of those involve eating...
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June 18, 2006
Local Murder.
This year we're hearing and seeing a lot of crows. This might be okay, except that I haven't heard any owls in a while, and if the crow populations have gone up because we don't have enough owls in the neighborhood, we will be plagued soon by bunnies eating our grass.
When that happens, we have to step in to protect, quite literally, our turf.
The only creature that really bothers me is the homo sapiens: there have been far too many of those in the past few years.
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I don't think it is the amount of people it is how the people here act toward each other and the world.
Posted by: Rachel Ann at June 18, 2006 08:58 PM (KClFA)
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Said like a "HU-maahn" ...
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Oooh, Cool.
The site's back up. Hope you missed me. Absence, after all, makes something-or-other thingamajig.
I'm home, and happy, but after yesterday—volunteer work all morning, then housework and cooking all evening—I'm home, eating lotos flowers and surfing the web.
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Yes I missed you. I went into a full panic. But you're back. :-)
Posted by: Chuck at June 18, 2006 07:44 PM (R/J3m)
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I missed you too. was it another attack on mu.nu?
Posted by: maggie katzen at June 18, 2006 07:46 PM (rVzXG)
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Since you never do anything unintentionally, is "lotos flowers' a brand of lotus flowers? Is this a reference to Lord Tennyson? Are you moving to England?
Posted by: Darrell Sala at June 18, 2006 07:54 PM (p9fyC)
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Well, MuNu was down, and I assumed it was another attack, since some of my compatriots have been baiting the Islamofascists. There's some pressure to move from mu.nu to another server, but if I do I'll reverse the cash flow: as things stand, money is coming in rather than going out. Which seems, you know, like a better business model than the other way around, even for the online equivalent of a lemonade stand. And someday I'll buy Pixy a diamond ring or something, and we'll be square.
Yup, Darrell: Tennyson. I knew someone would get it.
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June 17, 2006
I May Be the Cleverest Woman in the World.
"What is this?" my father asked.
"It's boysenberry pancake syrup from Knott's Berry Farm," I told him.
"I'm supposed to put this on the fish?" He seemed startled.
"Just fucking do it," I responded. "And forget what I said it was."
Sure enough, he loved it. "I'd never before thought of treating salmon
as if it were pancakes," he told me. But I'd known that if I heated
that stuff up on the stove and poured it in a gravy boat, it would be
good on fish—which if course I don't even eat.
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Posted by: k at June 18, 2006 05:36 AM (y6n8O)
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You gave him a choice by not putting it on in the kitchen? What a good daughter you are! Your tableside manner could use a little work, though...Of course by now, if you didn't say it like that, it might put too much stress on his sytem. You wouldn't want to do that.
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The Sun Also Rises.
My lime tree has recovered from its acute case of not-being-watered (from a few depressions ago), and it's a lovely day.
I'm up early, and headed out to Culver City to hang with my DA homies for a few hours (Regional Group Board Meetings and whatnot), and then I'm back to make the house slightly less messy before my father and stepmother show up for a nice dinner of grilled lamb and salmon.
Life could definitely be worse.
In other words, sometimes the blessings are so numerous they start counting themselves.
Excelsior.
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June 13, 2006
Yes. We Ordered the Prius.
It should be here in September or so. In the meantime, we're planning on winning a Mercedes for Attila the Hub at our church fundraiser, and then I'm going to win Adam Carolla's Toyota Corolla in early July.
So we'll be okay, car-wise, for a few years. Until my mother decides that we all have to be driving hybrids, right this very minute!
I know what you're thinking. But we're way luckier than average: it's not as far-fetched as you imagine that we'll win two cars within three weeks.
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I guess I'll just keep the Saturn Sky that I'm going to win then :-) ...It's a convertible. With leather seats. It would be perfect for your living room or den.
Posted by: Darrell at June 13, 2006 09:43 PM (bEp7v)
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I need a back seat though . . .
Posted by: Attila Girl at June 13, 2006 10:03 PM (4IuF2)
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I need a back seat though . . .
Aren't you and Attila the Hub past that stage?
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at June 14, 2006 07:44 AM (1hM1d)
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Oh, that's right! I forgot! You need a place to set your book bag. And your daily gin purchases. And a few extra pairs of those size 5s--in case your mood varies! :-) Maybe you can pen a really good letter to those folks at "Pimp Your Ride" and they can "engineer" a stretch for you. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt the lines of that car or drive the designer to suicide or anything like that! Maybe they can add a gun safe or two for your ordnance while they're at it? Or a rifle sheath or scabbard like they had on those old Range Rovers in African safari trim....
Posted by: Darrell at June 14, 2006 08:20 AM (8gtuV)
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Oh, I forgot! A place to set your backpack. And those daily gin purchases. And a few extra pairs of size 5s in case your mood changes. :-) Maybe you can write a really interesting letter to those folks at "Pimp Your Ride" and have them "engineer" a stretch version for you? And maybe add a gun safe or two for your ordnance? And maybe a rifle sheath or scabbard like they had on those Range Rovers in African safari trim...I'm pretty sure it wouldn't drive the designer to suicide or anything like that! GM is pretty cognizant these days about women's "needs!"
Posted by: Darrell at June 14, 2006 08:28 AM (8gtuV)
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Your damn system!
But it does show you I took the time to input the crap again! From scratch!
Posted by: Darrell at June 14, 2006 08:30 AM (8gtuV)
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Hey--for a small woman, I take up a lot of space.
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June 11, 2006
Car Dealers
. . . can be real pigeons.
My mom wants to buy a Prius. We've had fun watching the bait-and-switch games, and the prices/interest rates that change, kaleidescope-like.
Tomorrow we'll get together to discuss options and then head to the dealership that hasn't been lying to her. If they can continue to tell the truth and feed us Actual Information, we'll ink the deal.
Never go to one of these places without a writing pad and a pen.
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Is this a Toyota dealership, or are you getting it used somewhere else? My own limited experience with Toyota dealerships is that they are order-takers more than salesmen, and I'd think this would be doubly true of the Prius.
Posted by: david foster at June 11, 2006 04:32 PM (/Z304)
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Why don't you try a few of those Web services that promise to find you the lowest price? You can consider it research for your readers and it's free! Examples--edmunds.com, dealers compete you win, etc. You can find them in one place at http://www.epinions.com/2006_Toyota_Prius/display_~latest_prices
You already did the legwork to compare with how they do...
Posted by: Darrell at June 11, 2006 07:48 PM (AMTNn)
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Not in this particular case. One would think it would be so, but this particular dealership sells only high-end Prii, out of a lot in a "rich" neighborhood, so there probably is a higher profit margin per car.
Yup. Toyota dealerships. I think any of these places can get corrupted; we used to have good experiences at Saturn dealers. Then it stopped.
Posted by: Attila Girl at June 11, 2006 07:52 PM (4IuF2)
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car dealers make my skin crawl.
Posted by: caltechgirl at June 12, 2006 09:06 AM (/vgMZ)
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Obviously, my answer above is to David Foster.
Darrell, I do have a note in to the people at Why Pay Sticker, but in this particular case I want the deal done in a way that my mother will find satisfying. As it is, we're having to put up with the issue of waiting a few months before the car she wants will show up, and I think she'll find it reassuring to deal with a human being at an actual lot.
One can only deal so much with a car like a Prius with which the demand is so high, and I'm afraid she'll find an internet-driven experience to be too abstract.
Posted by: Attila Girl at June 12, 2006 09:13 AM (4IuF2)
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It was just for research purposes. To see if they are worth the effort to type the data in their forms. Those sites require a name, phone number, and address--as you know. If by some miracle they did offer you a price WAY below the best you were given, it might be worth something to investigate.
Posted by: Darrell at June 12, 2006 08:58 PM (/IcAH)
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That's really a great news. I'm looking forward to some more information on it.
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June 01, 2006
I'd Forgotten
. . . how much fun it is to sit around in 90-degree weather with a pillow on one's lap to protect one's knees from a hot computer.
I could turn on the AC, sure. But I'm far too noble and virtuous to do that until we hit 100.
I swear: this summer I'm going to work on one of the balconies. The downstairs one, I think. It's cooler.
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Remember: less clothing is better. Not only does it make Attila the Hub happier, it drives the Islamist wackos nuts.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at June 03, 2006 07:40 AM (1hM1d)
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My hubby would agree with I R A ...
Just that #4 is now home from college for two months ... Don't want to scare her into therapy
;-)
Posted by: Darleen at June 03, 2006 08:39 AM (rvX7J)
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We hit 100 degrees today, so I went downstairs to hubby's turf to nap in the media room where it's cooler. We should move in there for the next few months.
Alternatively, we could sleep in a tent in our backyard.
Posted by: Attila Girl at June 03, 2006 08:54 PM (4IuF2)
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