It must be spring. My hands smell like varnish.

We don't really know the cause, but pseudo-scientific tests have confirmed that my brain has turned to mush. The prevailing theory has to do with the undoubtedly mutagenic chemicals in the varnish, but I have a sneaking suspicion that three nights of forcefully-applied iambic pentameter might have something to do with it.

Dear CMS writers:

I think I hate all of you. Including me. Will you take it personally if I take your code and fling it against the nearest wall, screaming and cursing, until your code either a) bleeds or b) apologizes and fixes itself? It would really make me feel better if I could just do that and get it out of my system.

Hi. My name is Amy, and I'm watching Joe Millionaire, and yes, I know I suck.

I realize that there's a special place in hell for people like me, and that there's no such thing as pleading "But it's the only 'reality show' I've ever watched! Ever!" Claiming that exception has more in common with "But I didn't inhale!" than it does with any semblance of truth, and it gets you no free ride into any of the slightly cooler circles of hell.

Will the three people in this country who actually give a damn about the Super Bowl please raise your hand? (Aside from you, Rick. We've already made fun of you.)

As far as I can tell, this 'national championship game' is a beautifully transparent excuse for the following things:

There's a special place in hell reserved for people who believe they have Rightful Parking Inheritance.

You know them well. I saw one today and resisted the urge to take my lovely, smart Jetta and jam one of my headlights into the driver's side door. I managed to reason myself out of that rather suicidal urge through two reasons:

From: me (you-know-who at domesticat.net)
To: Jenn (jenn at intensified dot org )
CC: Gareth (hi Gareth!)
Subject: Questions regarding your skinning tutorial

Hello -

My name is Amy, and I am the owner of domesticat.net. It was recently suggested to me that I pay close attention to one of the tutorials that you have posted on intensified.org.