Are we there yet?

* Randomly, in the "silly things to be annoyed by" category, I'm annoyed by spam that uses "mtg" as an abbreviation for "mortgage." Actually, my mortgage guy used that too and it annoyed me then too. To me, "mtg" is meeting, so "best mtg rates" is meaningless. Hmf.

* Good weekend out at the cottage. Nice weather, good food, some relaxing times with other people on baby duty. The only downside was all the mosquito activity. Argh! Death to mosquitoes!

* Can't BELIEVE it's August already! What happened to my July?!

* I know it's expected of me, so here goes, I'll say it: The Red Sox traded Nomar. Boo-hoo. No, really, I'm sad about it, but I also think it was the right thing to do. And it was pretty much bound to happen, whether now or during the off-season, whatever. Now, whether the guys we got in the trade are worth it remains to be seen, but I'll tell ya this much, if pundits and fans in Boston had a hard time learning how to spell and pronounce Garciaparra, I'm not looking forward to the learning curve for Mientkiewicz. ;) ("mint-KAY-vitch" if you're wondering.) Anyway, plaidder and blunaris, enjoy our Nomah! He couldn't have happened to a nicer NL team.

And no, my mom is not planning to rename her cat. His name is Nomar, and Nomar he shall remain.

* Let's end the post on an up-note:

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not funny

There's a car I often see on my way home from work, with a bumper sticker that reads I'm out of estrogen and I have a gun. My reaction is always a mixture of "I don't get it" and "That's not funny."

I mean, I'm pretty sure I get that what they mean is "I am a strong bitchy woman flush with the power of my femininity, so you better leave me alone," but in a funny way. But it just isn't funny. You could rephrase it a little less clumsily, like "I'm on the rag and I have a gun" or such, but it still wouldn't be funny. I'm sure there are ways that you could condense "I am woman, don't fuck with me" into a bumper-sticker-length slogan that would be funny, but that isn't one of them. Or is it just me?

This is bugging me perhaps more than is reasonable. Hmm.