>And now… a joke from Margaret: A rich white man in Florida decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbors. He also invited Leroy, the only black guy in the neighborhood. He held the party around the pool in the backyard of his mansion. Everyone was having a good time drinking, dancing, eating shrimp, oysters and BBQ and flirting with the women. At the height of the party, the host said “I have a 10 foot man-eating alligator in my pool and I’ll give a million dollars to anyone who has the…

>It took 3 long weeks — but my skin is clear of the dreaded Poiz-N-Ivvy O Deth. My foot is all scarred up, some elsewhere too — makes me wonder if it’ll heal beyond that, but I didn’t have any skin left on my foot that wasn’t covered so it was expected, though the final kick in the keister were the few that budded up on the soles of my feet – ACK. I don’t want to do that again — wasn’t fun, but I came out on top dammit! I have some good recomendations for fighting it in the…

>I came accross a well written article via Slate regarding the lack of looting and crime related issues durring the blackout in American cities. Apparently it was chaos in 1977, the last time this happened in NY. Of course it’s a different story in Toronto, Canada.

>I just got back from seeing Uptown Girls — and I was surprised. You could count the male presence on one hand, and as I was the only one of a large group of girls I felt somewhat intimidated. It was a delightful movie, they help eachother out, to understand what the other doesn’t seem to see. I enjoyed myself, laughed a lot and though there may have been parts where I looked like I was crying — it was all a ruse, if only for the record 😉 This band from the UK reminds me of her love interest…