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Okay. Is it just me, or are Dear Abby's letters becoming more and more blatantly... um... trollish? I mean, c'mon, the woman found her husband in bed with her brother? And we're expected to believe that the best story they can come up with is "We went out to a bar together, with no designated driver, and both got drugged"?

(And if this is real, which I doubt, let me just say that cheating on your spouse with his/her sibling is low. Just low. And squicky. Like incest, but not.)

I'm exhausted, but I keep coughing and it's hurting my throat, so I'm still up. Ana was sick all day, had a 3+ hour nap, went around all day with bags under her eyes acting like she was hyped up on pixi stix, poor dear. The baby was cranky all day, but thankfully slept for a long time because she, too, is sick, presumably with the same thing that got everybody else. I'm getting horribly dehydrated because I can't breathe through my nose, so I'm mouth-breathing, and anyway it hurts to drink water (though it makes my throat feel better afterwards).

I hate being sick.

Note to the world:

Simply telling you that you're wrong isn't, in and of itself, bitchy. In order to be bitchy, I'd have to go out of my way to insult you for being wrong. A correction isn't an insult.

Sheesh, if you don't want people calling you on your errors, you should make damn sure you don't make any mistakes.

I used to love the Statue of Liberty as a kid...

I'd randomly pose around the house clutching a red crayon (or a flashlight) and a book. I dressed up like her for Halloween one year. I had several little figurines floating around the house.

Did you know the full name of that statue is Liberty Enlightens the World with her Torch? Yeah. Nifty, right?

There are people who pay good money to come to the city to see the Statue of Liberty. And at the same time, I can see her just by walking to the ferry and getting a ride across the bay.

Lots of people who ride the boat just ignore the Statue, because it's no big deal. Or they notice it only for the purpose of marking time - we've passed it, now we can call people (there's a little blackout zone for cell phones right as you pass the SoL), now we can get ready to get off the boat.

Ana's not one of those people. ( Read more... )

Here's a question...

What's up with bear ears on children's hats? Seems like everywhere you look, there's another baby hat/hood/snowsuit with bear ears on it. The baby has four snowsuits - the knit one, the white one, the pink one, and the one-without-ears (aka the blue one). Ana's got a pooh-bear hat with ears on it. They've even got this lime-green outfit with a bear on it, and bear ears on the hood, and claws on the feet. (And if she's already cunningly disguised as a green bear, why the heck does she need another one on her chest?)

Mind, it's adorable, but... what's with all the ears? And why bear ears? Why not ever cat ears or bunny ears? And (and this is key), why can't I get hats with bear ears on them????

(Come to think of it, all my hats are made by my mom, so I probably *could*. I should look into this....)