Thanksgiving day

>
> Hi all, we're thinking of having people over at 1:30 for a wicked
> time. We're going to make cookies, ToFurky brand loaf product,
> fresh cranberry chutney, and haricots verts with boucles des
> shallots. The theme is Rachel Ray's gay veggie friend. So it's all
> about degree of difficulty and fiber content.
>
> If some people could bring a sweet potato and I guess stuffing, and
> any meats that you care for, we'd be thrilled. I guess we'll be
> home most of the day so whenever you want to stop by it's good
>
> We have some tapes and a couple CDs but bring your own 45s if you
> want to show us your stuff. --mike

Aveda Institute Haircut

For the amount of time I had to spend sitting in the overcrowded classroom, they should have paid ME $20. I had no idea how hard it is to cut hair until going to Aveda Institute. Do not go here for a haircut or coloring. The pack of Band-Aids sitting portentiously in the open drawer as I sat down, remembering the waiver I signed that said "I understand that I may incur injury at the Aveda Instittute and waive my right to sue in the event I am injured." The woman's unbelievable slowness -- which, as she jabbed herself with scissors and sliced her hands up, I came to thank for my own lack of bloodletting. They are slow and do a bad job cutting and coloring hair in our opinion, and it's not that cheap. How many times could she spray me with water, or how many times could she comb-comb-clip some spot of hair on my head? Does she know that the strange knife she's using on my kneck is really hurting? did they tell her to use this bread-knife of a thing on a man's KNECK? I remembered a female friend being stuck there for 4 hours one day getting a color job. The teacher who comes over and checks on the kids moves with efficiency and confidence around your head and makes you envy your former self: he who went to some other place to get his hair cut by a normal person whose job it is to cut hair. Do not waste your time at this place, it's a complete racket they are running. To collect money for this ridiculously unprofessional service is perhaps the worst deal I've ever encountered. You can go to a local salon who's training a new person and pay $5-$10 for a trainee haircut by someone with a license and insurance. Boys: let your hair grow an extra week and go pay someone else $30 for a haircut if you must, but you will be seriously bored and confused -- and possibly frightened -- by this sham

Free Coffee policy, an interlude brought to you by MDunemployment.com

Free coffee at Starbucks? Just what we need!
caffeine and voters, electorate on speed.

Come in for a coffee, say "I voted, barista girl"
Tall cup in your hand, cream, sugar and swirl.

It's good for the country, to give out a cuppa?
While fair on the surface, a free pick me upper,

I'd say that it's biased, it's really unfair;
"Candidate supported?" Starbucks seems to care

McCain lovin' people, free handouts helps greatly:
Their pockets are empty; they're unemployed lately.

The rest of us, though, the coffee helps less so
We eat arugula, and Obamans drink espresso.

--flanabrandbooks.com