I did not finish in the money. :(

Fourth place, I choked. I mean I was choking on the chunks of lutefisk that went up my nose as I was trying inhale and eat at the same time. NEXT YEAR!!!!

Be careful ... choking on lutefisk is probably not the way you want to go. Sorry I missed the chance to cheer you on ... GO BIG V NEXT YEAR!!!

I got a lot done today. Visiting my oldest in DC, helped with cleaning and packing his apartment, reading 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' (I know, it's not new but I stumble upon most fiction late), hanging out with the two chocolate point cats that came from my cattery. Gonna pick my son up from work tonight and have a glass of wine and some goodies I picked up at Whole Foods. Whole Foods ... I think it'd be worth moving here just to have access to this grocery store. Wow.

That's great, man, glad things are finally going your way. Will this carry through the fall/winter, or this a summer arrangement?

We need to find classroom space to do it. I may do a morning section and SEIT in the afternoon. <fingers crossed>

I guess it's more than finding someone to let you use some space. There's probably all kinds of rules and shit about what the facilities must be. Certified toxin free, urinals 12 inches from the floor, and that sort of thing. Crossing my fingers for you. :fingerx:

Thankfully with the sequestration the Head Start program may collapse leaving me a space... not how I'd see this go ideally.

yesterday: finding a snake on my washing machine

My wife is coming home tomorrow after full-knee replacement surgery.

Before the surgery, her comments were "just shoot me" and "all I want is 20 minutes without pain.
Now, she's in for a month of major post-surgery pain, but looking forward
to less and less til maybe this new joint will only be a small nuisance.

Monster, we require details, preferably with pictures.

no pics, 8inch garter snake, named Houdini in abstentia ;)

"Adopted" 6/29, mysteriously acquired freedom from tank 1 floor up 30 feet across 7/3, reappeared 7/12

I bought my first pair of Crocs. Hard to believe they are so comfortable

I'm not sure your footgear is regulation soldier!

This is the first day since I had my infected wisdom tooth pulled 12 days ago that I have not taken any pain meds! Mostly Ibuprophen or Tylenol, but I've felt the need to take it just about every 4 hours. Swelling in my neck is gone, too. :D

Wow. I'm glad you're happy about that, but that's 12 days of misery.

My Mom went through two of them...the ability to walk without pain (or even roll over in bed) is truly awesome for her.