Things you shouldn't have to plan for...

Opening the backdoor, letting the dog out, and discovering ten minutes later that the entire side fence is missing.

I'm really starting to dislike our new neighbors. There's been a house being constructed next door all winter. It's been incredibly obnoxious. They dug under our driveway, and half the width of it was unsafe to drive on for months. They've cut down our trees. They've complained about us. We've been parked into our driveway by their construction crew's vans, repeatedly. I'm not even going to bother bitching about the construction noise (Becca works nights; it hasn't been pleasant for her). This fence thing, though, is supremely annoying. It's entirely likely that it was actually on their side of the property line or something. But, knowing that the house next door has three apartments, all of which have dogs, and all of which release their dogs into the back yard, wouldn't you think to notify the neighbors in question that you're about to remove half their fence? Maybe before doing it? Luckily, Jax didn't get too distracted. He came (from two houses down) when Becca called him. Hell, it might actually be polite for them to notify us regarding how long we can expect this to be the state of affairs. I tried asking the guys who were out working this morning when I was leaving for work, but they didn't speak english, and I didn't have time to wait for the supervisor to wander over. Maybe Becca'll find out. *Graaar*

On the positive side of things, I woke up from very pleasant dreams this morning, which has put a nice spin on my day.

( I found today's Word of the Day amusing, given how ridiculously pale I am (you can see the veins under my skin the entire way from my wrist to my armpit, and that's one of my tanner areas). It's much harder to inconspicuously run around nekkid at night when one is noctilucent. )

They did WHAT?!?

forestfire, have you heard more about this that would change my general impression that this is one of the stupidest, most invasive and unethical screw-ups I've heard of yet in a school setting?

( NYCLU Files Lawsuit Against NYC School, Board of Education Regarding Mandatory Pregnancy, STD Testing of Students )

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I have no idea what the end result of Charlie's genealogical research will be, but even if we're closely enough related to qualify for membership in the Monticello Association, I want nothing to do with these fuckwads. I'm psyched to hear about the Hemings reunion, though.

( The Reunion Upon a Hill )

Only Medium? I'm disappointed...

Threat rating: Medium. Your total lack of decent
family values makes you dangerous, but we can
count on some right wing nutter blowing you up
if you become too high profile.


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Oh, and since the image isn't displaying at the moment, it says:

You Are: MORALLY DEFICIENT
You are corrupting our children with pornography and calling for sex education! They should be left to figure out their bodies on their own, and told all about the birds and the bees on their 21st Birthday.