This is what it looks like in the town where my mom is from and has family missing. It's been five days and we still can't find any of them.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7558144.stm

The very least we can hope for is that the world will finally see how barbaric and corrupt the Russian government is. This is the beginning of another Tibet ( Read more... )

Got back from three days of camping and wow did we miss a lot ( Read more... )

I need answers!!!
I may have posted about this before, but if I have I can't remember it and I'm fresh out of ideas anyway.

So....
In my job things are very social. We greet 400 people a day and if we're not careful we might sound fake after a while. And if anything, we do NOT sell fake.  I make it a requirement that my staff make up new answers to ( Read more... )

Sadly I read this too late, I would have like to attend this, at least to meet who posted it:

If you feel angry at the direction that we, as a city, a country, a world are heading...you're not alone. You bring the angst, we'll supply the rocks.

Meet at 1 PM this sunday (7-27) on the hill facing Mt. St. Helens.

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HANDLEBAR!!!!


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1) Rahsaan shaved his beard into a handlebar mustache!!!! He really does love me ( Read more... )

Sheesh, it's going to be a busy day down at the store (LAST DAY of the sale, people!)....but also:

***HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELISSA!!!***
***HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA!!!***
***HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE NASTY!!!***

Luckily they're not all celebrating on the same day - or I would have called in sick to work.

Wait a minute....

Christ dude, my email account has been blowing up with urgent messages from lawyers in Nigeria about my massive million dollar inheritance.
How do you get rid of them?

So, my deposition happened this morning, finally, and guess what? My horrible stomach pains of the last week - which I thought was a parasite or something worse - are GONE. After it was all over I literally felt like I'd taken a huge dump, right there in the conference room.
When we got there at 8 this morning it turned out that the lawyers had ( Read more... )