Reni

I am in. I don't know if I will survive or how long it will take me to finish it.....but I will give it my best effort. Mars' Cheese Castle......passed it many a time, never stopped.

Laura! When will we get an update on your book blog?? I check it every couple weeks or so!!

you would.

your teenager knows everything? What a coincidence, mine claims to have the same abilities!! We should get Emily and Brennan together, since they both know everything, and maybe they can solve all the world's problems.....ya know, since they do know everything!!

and that you for sharing that Edie......

I am reading a few at the same time right now.....I just need to pick one and finish it.

I have heard that.....and before my experience I would have thought that was hilarious......now? I can whole heartedly empathize.

the worst experience I ever had on any substance was from a pot brownie......I thought I was going to die. seriously. I was high for over 24 hours. It was awful.

you can never go wrong with a Honda in my experience. Ours is 15 years old, pushing 250K and still going strong.

Reni was the nickname I picked up in Manchester, England when I used to hang out at the Dog and Partridge (a block from Old Trafford) with a bunch of Red Army hoolie type guys when I was a football obsessive and traveled all over England photographing football, grounds and fans......Reni The Red......that's me. The D&P is now a parking garage

I have near-equal affection for Goo and Daydream Nation......though I think I may love Goo a weeee bit more. They are really the only ones I listen to any more....though I give EVOL and Sister a spin now and again.

that press conference was f'in hilarious

Well, as my Senator I know I have sent Obama an abundance of "thank you for your support for _____ bill" letters and not one "I am disappointed with your vote on ______" letter. I have called his office a few times asking him to vote a certain way on bills. I can't remember a time where he didn't line up with my position. He sure is a change from the senators I used to deal with in Missouri. *groan* However, I can't say the same for my representative, who has stopped sending responses to me, because I send so many angry letters his way.

mmmmm Ethiopian Diamond

Graham and I will be there! Is there a good way to get there via Metra? A few of us are having a day out in the city.

I wasn't sure what I would think of this..... but, I absolutely loved it.

ironic that he is telling the dittoheads to vote for the woman he built his career around, by bashing her mercilessly.

that woman writes frequently for the Independent Women's Forum - which is a Phyllis Schlafly type organization......ya know, women who have actually voiced fears about an Equal Rights Amendment leading to unisex bathrooms.

Holy shit. This thread has turned into a Bush song. For the sake of all that is holy, close it now!

I can't believe I have been on VC for 5 1/2 years......I joined in Aug '02 though didn't start posting until after a show a the Blue Note in Columbia.

Osama doesn't like to golf, or so I hear.

talk about a whole lot of nothing....so he's wearing traditional Somali dress? So what. of course it fuels that whole "Obama is a scary Muslim" falsehood. Once again, I will wait for the email from my uncle, telling me that Obama and Osama are one in the same.