trinacriabob

courtroom

I think she had a Honda del Sol and lived in an earthy-crunchy place in NC like Asheville. She had cleavage shots in BOTH her avatar AND her signature. Then, when the testosterone on the site would rear its ugly head every now and then, she barked at us and disappeared. Wait, and she had cleavage shots in BOTH her avatar AND her signature? Happy birthday! If I could bake, I'm make you a great granola-chocolate birthday cake!

brake fluid

nose

Happy Birthday, Mr. Monte Carlo!

nappy

twin

On the way home this p.m., I saw another brand new Mustang...it was white...a GT, I believe...again, with dealer advertisement plates only at this point. (Are these mechanically any good? How much is the most basic of Mustangs with their 4.0 L V6? The ones I've seen at the dealer seem too optioned-up and not what I would ever pay). I do not like the Challenger at all, so those don't "make me or break me." BTW, I also saw an ElCamino parked at a meter this morning...it had the stacked rectangular headlamps, making it a '76 or '77. I took a picture of it with my phone so, once I learn how to download this from a phone, it should be in the October spotting thread.

No. I don't like that landscape and, if I don't like the inland Calif. landscape with its brown hills and oaks, I definitely would not like the SW landscape. There is a great deal of transiency in the SW, especially in NV. A friend of mine ended up in Las Vegas, beaming at the new house that could be bought with SoCal money. However, I think that my friend's "honeymoon" with the area is ending and a move wouldn't surprise me. One of the best things to do with an area one is considering is "the Starbucks test." Hang out in a Starbucks (or insert name of chain coffeehouse) and see if the locals resonate with you. Every single time I've sat in a Starbucks anywhere in the Las Vegas metro area, I was fairly turned off. They know where they can stuff all their new houses.

Some neat info I like to look up on BLS's site and track. On the mainland, after Michigan, skanky Nevada is posting upwards of 13%. Only 5 years ago, Nevada was clamoring for workers in every field. California has climbed over 12%, to 12.2% For the Southeast, FL and GA are still pretty high. However, the Carolinas and Virginia have been inching down, though slowly. It's unbelievable, but Virginia is posting a 6.5% unemployment rate. I wonder if that's from all the stimulus money in the DC Beltway suburbs. Check out the stats. The tabulation for the states is on the right...and you can "drill down" for each state's historical trends. It appears that June/July is when it all peaked for many states. Link to BLS state unemployment data

revenge (classic movie: "Revenge of the Nerds")

dragon

dominatrix

safety belt

exercise

Well, it seems I am seeing way more NEW American cars on the road. Great! This morning, I saw another new red Camaro parked next to a meter and, on the freeway, I was following a brand new black Mustang. (Gosh, darn, the slight design adjustment in the rear light panel with the tapered taillamps makes it very attractive). I also see lots of new Fusions still wearing their new dealer plates and quite a few new Malibus. I also see many new Focuses. What I see less of is Enclaves, which started out hot, and seem to have waned. (Personally, I don't like them, they're too bloated and bulbuous). I notice this because I live in a state that wears its love for foreign cars like a badge of honor. Bleh... So, do you seem to be spotting more NEW American cars these days (relative to NEW foreign cars)? Are you happy about that?

seismic

bullet trains

DMC

Janet Reno (never saw that SNL episode, but I could imagine...)

pineapple

What I've found is that some of the flip-flop ladies are also MUMU ladies. Correct me if I'm wrong. But mumus + flip-flops + smoke breaks...well, I wouldn't want them working for me.

Mwahaha... ...My interpretation: something that (kinda sorta) looked good, couldn't be built and/or didn't support its intended use (internally) and for which the graphics had that "unfinished" look....

IT'S ALIVE! Funny, as if it's a person. When I saw the thread title, I thought it was about sexual rite of passage into adulthood, but, ok, I guess the kid IS lucky. I was happy as a clam to get access to a Cutlass Supreme!

Yes, on the part about kids. Yes, on the meds...Ambien ROCKS. Seriously, Capriceman, we do care. The introduction of the granchild into the equation makes this a lot tougher. You might have to leave the door open (especially for the kid) and she needs to knock on it, on terms that aren't hers, but a good middle ground for both parties. Then, with all this anger, is she in therapy? Self-destructive behaviors are a big red flag for therapy (or TE-RA-PEE, as Dr. Ruth would say). But, be careful, when people are told they need to be in therapy, they either get angrier or further into denial.