A Rarity - I got away with it!

I NEVER get this to work:

[08:41] RED: I'm pregnant

[08:45] Lifehiker: what????
[08:45] Red: that was my reaction...
[08:46] Lifehiker: what?????
[08:46] Red: Can you be a wee bit more sympathetic?
[08:46] Lifehiker: sweetie, how far along?
[08:46] Red: oh let's see.. about 6 minutes?
[08:46] Red: April Fools!

[08:47] Lifehiker: bitch
[08:47] Lifehiker: lol
[08:47] Red: <--seriously cackling outloud here!!

I'd sent the same two word message to Fredo, whose reaction was along the lines of "Awesome! Virgin birth!"

:D

Welcome to April: National Poetry Month

As operagrrl so rightly reminds us, this month is National Poetry Month.

To kick off this auspicious time I give you one of my favorite poems by one of my favorite authors:

Inventory

Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Four be the things I’d been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.

Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.

Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.

Dorothy Parker

Just to show...

that sometimes public outrage works.

Wal*Mart will not seek to recover nearly $500,000 paid out in medical expenses on a former employee who is now permanently disabled.