Dh and I just had passport pictures taken at Walgren's. Does that count?

I wonder how that works. Christmas displays don't just magically appear. If they have regular hours on Nov. 25 (Wed. before Thanksgiving) and then have a Black Friday sale all set, someone has to do that work. They could have a full visual merchandising crew working nonstop through Thanksgiving. I would rather they decorate early than put their people through that.

Where can you get a flat white? I have not had one in a long time.

I am sick and tired of nail stickers.

I asked a very similar question a little over a year ago. I got some great suggestions and we had a great time! http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/517880-things-to-do-in-san-diego-ca/?do=findComment&comment=5714075

Buying is probably preferable to stealing one. (I don't have strong feelings one way or the other. The lottery never appealed to me.)

I knew nothing about rugby until four years ago. Dh had a short term work assignment in New Zealand and we were there during RWC 2011. That was a total immersion introduction to rugby! It is a great game. I agree with you on Japan over SA. Biggest upset of the tournament. I was also chagrined that the Eagles were the only team to score 0 points during a pool play game. I didn't see any games, just highlights. I hope some will be online after a while. Which position did you play?

Hi Joe! Do you play rugby? Thoughts on the recent World Cup?

Does the worker have multiple personalities?

I am with Quill on this. I big puffy heart love, love, LOVE registry information included with the invitation! I think, "How thoughtful to include all the information I might *want* to use in one mailing." I hate having to track someone down or stalk them on the internet when a simple paper insert does the trick. And it does not make me feel put upon if people don't pretend that most people who plan to attend a wedding will not bring a gift.

I didn't know those specific books but I remember the Art Linkletter Show and Kids Say the Darndest Things (the original one).

Sorry I was not clear. I agree with you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ahh yes. Those pesky uncharitable assumptions again.

Belief in inherent post-fall human sinfulness is not incompatible with a belief in infant or even prenatal salvation. And uncharitable assumptions about the beliefs and intentions of others is potentially hurtful no matter from which side it comes.

Another thing I have found that helps: If it is an evening event and refreshments are served, avoid caffeine. I use to replay events in my mind, think of better ways to say whatever I did say, follow ideas off on bunny trails. Avoiding caffeine eased some of that. And age. Getting older, especially post menopause, I just don't worry about stuff like that as much anymore.

This discussion reminded me of reading Emily Post many, many years ago. Not only would couples not be seated together, but there we quite strict rules regarding whom one must speak to and when. It was called The Turning of the Table: The turning of the table is accomplished by the hostess, who merely turns from the gentleman (on her left probably) with whom she has been talking through the soup and the fish course, to the one on her right. As she turns, the lady to whom the “right†gentleman has been talking, turns to the gentleman further on, and in a moment everyone at table is talking to a new neighbor. Sometimes a single couple who have become very much engrossed, refuse to change partners and the whole table is blocked; leaving one lady and one gentleman on either side of the block, staring alone at their plates. At this point the hostess has to come to the rescue by attracting the blocking lady’s attention and saying, “Sally, you cannot talk to Professor Bugge any longer! Mr. Smith has been trying his best to attract your attention.†155 “Sally†being in this way brought awake, is obliged to pay attention to Mr. Smith, and Professor Bugge, little as he may feel inclined, must turn his attention to the other side. To persist in carrying on their own conversation at the expense of others, would be inexcusably rude, not only to their hostess but to every one present. 156 At a dinner not long ago, Mr. Kindhart sitting next to Mrs. Wellborn and left to himself because of the assiduity of the lady’s farther partner, slid his own name-card across and in front of her, to bring her attention to the fact that it was “his turn.†If you wish to read how a dinner party may be done "properly" here are the instructions in excruciating detail. http://www.bartleby.com/95/14.html All I can say is, "Thanks but no thanks."

She needs to get over herself yesterday.

Happy Mole Day! Celebrate in 6.02 x 10^23 ways. http://www.moleday.org/

PSA: Three days on a Viagra substitute is a BAD IDEA.

Pepper steak

I thought the correct term was "smokin' hot wife". I seems for the second definition it should be written as one word - hotwife.

While politics is an area that can especially provoke sharp disagreement, I think when anyone has a pet topic that they always interject into conversation it quickly becomes annoying.

Preach it, Sister! I always inwardly chuckle when people my children's ages start with the, "What is the world coming to...???"

Ha! Aggressive Muffins! http://www.chickensmoothie.com/oekaki/image/image.php?id=161703&size=large&format=auto&rev=1282054948

I think the important discussion to have with a teen should center on how the teen would handle the interaction if she found herself in the situation. How do you pick up social clues about if some else appreciates an action or not? If she was Betty, think Will my well-meant offer be appreciated? How do I handle the rejection of my gift? If she was Kate, how would she handle a well-meant gift that she does not want? If this is a repeated pattern, what can she do to change the dynamic? What I do not think is helpful is encouraging her to speculate on motives and reactions of two adults who have not directly expressed their motives or reactions. That is what strikes me as rude.