Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

fake iPod is funny too though

I larfed too.

"I know this baby, you'd love him, he's real good people."

i answer hello if i don't know the number or whatever, but she KNOWS IT'S ME. that's "how you answer the 'phone."

I'm kind of with your mom on this. I mean, for some people I go straight into "what up, bitch" but sometimes I just say "hello," even if I know who it is. Maybe I say it in an exaggerated voice.

I do the same thing. I don't like to be tied to one way of answering the phone. I'll say hello if I darn well please. I'm a free spirit.

yeah, i say "hello" too. i mean, i'm not all "whuzzup" when someone calls me (which is like, never) but it's the way she does it. she KNOWS its me!

Oh, does she say it sort of quizzically, like she's waiting for you to identify yourself?

YES! helLO?

Btw, my long-in-the-works blog post about baby-name variants is up. I'm sure you're all very excited.

example: i just answered my phone "hello' and it was the car repair guy. i genuinely didn't know who it was.

if it had been my mom i would have said "Hi!"

it's a matter of intonation and intent, really.

I enjoy answering the phone "Talk to me, babe."

Ok, not really.

the first time I answered the phone, "Hi Mom!" she was blown away. She asked how I knew it was her.

then there's the ever popular "yyYYello!"

I like "yyYYello." It's kinda Kramer-ish.

I answer the phone that way alot at home, hoping that if it's a telemarketer of some sort I'll get the convo off to an awkward start.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_8wuVEYMZ8

I like the baby names post, John.

Remind me where I can find that, please. I am lazy (and busy).

http://seaworthyset.wordpress.com/

depending on what the caller id reads i'll sometimes answer the phone with "talk to me" or the even more obnoxious, "GO".

but it's almost always hello because there's always a chance someone has borrowed someone else's phone. plus my best friends are married to one another and despite each having their own phone calls only seem to come from the husband's so i'm never sure who's gonna be on the other end.

jitterbug has a dial tone

ha

"so you know it's on"

I saw some TV in the past month where they had a moment with someone getting hung up on, and then that ooh-dial-tone dis, except it was a cell phone. Maybe it was a Jitterbug.

Ok. Alright. We got served. So now I guess, IT'S ON.

wow you guys... the high on Saturday is 64! Looks like sweater weather is making a brief early appearance.

Wow. It was 64 when I left the house this morning.

yeah, this morning was lurvely, even with the rain. I slept without the AC running last night, and the kitties were extra snuggly.

Tom Skilling pegs the Saturday high at 76.

Tom Skilling pegs anything that moves.

Just kidding, Tom. Sorry, bud.

yeah, accuweather says 74. But with an overnight low of 53 the night before, so it'll at least be a chilly morning. I love chilly mornings.

I am ready for fall.

But guys ... what is the REAL FEEL (TM)?

20 below zero.

OK this fucking author needs to stop emailing me directly about his paper that has been submitted outside the realm of responsibility. Outlook is to blame for this, for not allowing me to send email from an alias. I HATE OUT LOOK SOOOOO MUCH.

sorry, this guy has been the bane of my entire day thus far

This afternoon I am driving to Kelseyville aka Sweettaterville.

xxpost "my" realm of etc...

Are you currently in CA? I was going to say, I don't know if you'll make it in an afternoon.

you are advised to allow extra travel time

I am, I am, housesitting at my folks house and working from here while they're away. 50 at night and 90 by day.

I have always wanted to go to Kelseyville (for obvious reasons). I'm jealous!!

You can get a little piece of Kelseyville in a bottle of Steele wine.

they have a syrah called "writer's block"

mostly i think i'd go to kelseyville for the t shirt opportunities.

I'll see if there are any. The town only has about 3,000 people.

I think you should go to the mall and get one of those t-shirts you can make from a photograph, and it should be a photo of Kelsey giving the camera the bird with both hands, and it should say WELCOME TO KELSEYVILLE. Yeah!

EZ, You don't need to do that! It was this dorky fantasy I had a few years ago when I realized there were towns with my name in them. Although, if there are good ones, I'll totally pay you back when I come to town.

I never miss an opportunity to give the bird!

"Welcome to Kelseyville. Population: Fuck you."