That looks SCRUMPTIOUS! I am such a FOODIE that I could LICK the SCREEN!

I love Ben Affleck!! He is so hot!!

I'll accept any smart remarks you care to share!

I think it's fabulous too, DM. I just love knowing that there are people out there with the sort of minds to come up with this concept and to see it through!

Oh, they could have sprayed it with a varnish or sealer so the room isn't polluted. I LOVE this kind of art. I love the question it poses: which comes first, chick or egg? What a wacky piece of art. Wish I had thought of it. LOL

I love the signs people put up in/around stores. Yep, most of them don't have a clue and are not detail minded. My favorites: a restaurant sign in the window "Help Wanted -- For Waitress" which left me wondering what kind of help that poor waitress needed... and "Swap Meat." No smart remarks needed, right?

I saw a few minutes of Dr. Phil on Oprah in the middle of the night last week, and I actually liked what he said. (Noting a pattern here, starting to like Affleck, thinking Dr. Phil is maybe OK sometimes, and fondly remembering Manilow music... and now, needing bifocals). I think I'm getting OLD very fast.

Yum yum... making me hungry for my lunch over here!

I just saw The Sum Of All Fears (long story why). I walked in, like you, not an Affleck fan, but he is actually a good actor in this, and it turned around my opinion of his work. Not him, just his work.

I bet that art stinks. I mean they had to use burnt toast for the black parts?
gag...

I "hate" to say it, but my faith in mankind has never been too strong. It takes a lot to render me speechless, however ... but this managed to do so quite effortlessly.

I am so beyond words. This is just disgusting. *sigh* It takes a lot for me to have less faith in humankind - this did it.

Or, maybe they're just inconsiderate assholes without manners...

These same idiots who manufacture and/or buy this garbage are the same people who wonder why others despise Americans for their commercial and materialistic ways. These fools give us a bad name with no taste!

As other people say, "Just my $.02." (Or was that .02¢?)

Kelly, I don't think it's a joke. And even an irreverent paper like The Onion wouldn't be so cruel. I'm not into being "politically correct" by any means, and ordinarily I can't be easily offended ... but there are just some things you don't touch or even approach.

And Tess, I like the way you think.

LOL Tess. I know what you mean about Ricky Martin. It's that Latin lover mystique...oh...and the tight pants :)

Why don't crazed lunatics ever fly airplanes into places where diseased people that manufacturer this kind of shit work?

I have the same strange affinity for Ricky Martin. I cannot stop watching him. I *gulp* have even purchased a DVD of him shaking his bon-bon. I could be straight for Ricky Martin...

God, PLEASE tell me this is a joke. There is no !@)#*#@!#$*$ way?!?!

My, my... aren't we the little stickler for details! :)

Jodi, if I hear you're even starting to *tolerate* Dr. Phil, I'm going to organize an intervention. Consider yourself warned. ;)

Maybe they are rude because of snotty customers like you. Maybe because they get paid crap and treated similar, they really don't give two craps about you to care what you do with your business. Get a grip.

I just watched some SNL's with the original cast yesterday, and I enjoyed them much more than I do the newer ones.

I can't stand Dr. Phil!

I am pleased to report, however, that my dislike of Gwyneth Paltrow was actually reinforced once I saw her on a talk show.

Yah, I know what you mean about Ben Affleck. I've always felt like I wanted to hate him but ... couldn't.

Fortunately, I miss all morning television (work!),which I'm thinking probably isn't such a bad thing.

Anita, I must confess that I haven't really watched SNL since ... the original cast.

Rudeness seems to be de rigeur in electronics stores, yes, but also anyplace workers have contact with the public. "Customer service", in fact, is a gross misnomer.

People in electronics stores are always rude. They remind me of Nick Burns (Your offices' computer guy) from SNL.

Wow! Congrats on the new domain. It's a great new site you've got here!

Funny, Tess, that you should relegate the plaids for viewing only by those closest to you. My oldest plaid pajama bottoms, so worn out now that they are almost not even flannel anymore, were the first item of clothing that my boyfriend saw me in at home (before he was my boyfriend). I was out of work, sick, and he came over to bring me the sort of stuff that moms bring you when you're not feeling well (Saltines, ginger ale ...). That was 3-1/2 years ago, and he still remembers those plaid pants. He thought they were adorable, and, yes, sexy. Go figure.

Gasp!! I almost forgot...

I had to wear plaid shorts, usually reserved for lounging around the house only, at the park on Sunday because I was fresh out of other shorts. I went shopping tonight, in fact, and picked up a few more pair. The plaids will be relegated back to the "for very special friends and family" viewing only.

Oh my god. I forgot ... I also ... own ... and wear ... plaid pajama bottoms! Flannel ones!

I have plaid jammie bottoms, I'll have you know... they're the most comfy article of clothing I own! HA!

Dusting? Did someone say "dusting"? That's right up there with slitting my wrists with a rusty razorblade and wearing plaid!

Next time you are out of your body, float on over and do some dusting...

It sounds to me like you are not suited to suburban life, or is that sub-urban?

That's what happens when you live in a place where you walk everywhere. People see you. You see things. Out in the west, with our I'll-drive-my-car-across-the-parking-lot-for-a-new-space mentality, we zip past the places where we used to stop so quickly that they don't have time to notice us. And we miss the details, including the many other options that don't have a flashing neon sign bigger than the chain outlet.

For more than a year, every time I drive to a client site, I drive past a business called "Take It & Bake It." From straining as I go past, I've learned that it is a sort of restaurant -- they fix up pans of things like lasagna and stuffed shells that you take home to make it look like you really cooked dinner. But have I actually stopped? Nope. There isn't any convenient roadside parking. If they had a lot, I would have stopped.

Besides, I know your secret... you are really on the prowl for Sex And The City location scouting!

No, no - thank you! I love your site. By the way - love the line about eat-in only!!!!

And you are not a traitor. I totally understand the changing coffee places. Worked in NYC for four years and I tried to spread the money amongst different coffee sellers. It is such a community it is often hard to make the change.

WOW... it really is great. Got lots more space, and the view out the windows is terrific. You snagged a great space here, chick-o!

You are all IT, girl! Now, about those archives: I don't want to have to be flipping back and forth between your old site and new, so how about we utilize the neato import abilities of MT to get those suckers on over here, eh?

Thank you. Tess has now left the building...

Cool! I feel like I should get you a housewarming gift or sommething! :)

I'm still trying to restore my site (prefer restore to reinstall but that might be next.) My F#%@ing host didn't even warn me. Grrrrrr.

Sorry, got off on a tangent there :) Enjoy your new home.