these days of leiderhosen

Darling Franklin. He has such great ideas . And if you want a good laugh, move onto reading the comments of the woolly and overheated. Miss Violet of the hysterical Lime and Violet podcast may be ready to discard Sideshow Husband for a sexy bald guy with Wollmeise . And if it's Wollmeise, what's not to love? Something breathtaking off of Etsy. I swear I am going to get y'all hooked and make you promise to buy all your Christmas Gifts from craftsy peoples. Okay, One more Etsy item to admire. Who doesn't need sweater taxidermy? This week's " Wait,Wait Don't Tell Me " me was recorded in a downpour in Chicago's Millennium Park. You can hear the splattering on the podcast edition. I felt parched just listening to it.

The following is a ongoing service announcement. Professionally, I am lucky enough to work with a perfectly lovely and extraordinary woman who fails to see the gem she is, so this is an email response I had the pleasure of sending her this morning. I was rather worked up at the moment. To everybody else: don't fucking discount your abilities. You have a moment when you bat one over the fence? Get down and groove with it and make sure you tell yourself how utterly righteous in-the-moment-fabulous you are. Or I will, in fact, come down there. Or send you incendiary emails. ----------------------- To Miss S___.: From M. Leiderhosen. Sent Mon 9/8/2008 12:23 PM Well, for Great Holy Pete... For the millionth time, S____: You are not a peon! You are merely underpaid and with any luck, that will be fixed soon. Will you please please please stand up and put on the damn tiara you DESERVE. People STATE-WIDE professionally admire and appreciate your efforts. You are doing a fantastic job (a