recommendations

First off, a few blogs I've stumbled on recently that make me laugh:

Cake Wrecks -- professionally made cakes that have gone horribly, horribly wrong.

It's Lovely! I'll Take It! -- culling only the very best from real estate listings on the Internet

Photoshop Disasters -- Photoshop is a fantastic program ... in the right hands. In the wrong ones, it's a cavalcade of deformity!

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And following up on the diplomatic work question... well, it kind of worked itself out. Fay came to town and knocked a lot of the plans we'd made off kilter. I made my concerns known with what we proceeded with, and they were heeded.

I'm finally beginning to shake off this cold, too. Took long enough!