Rave:
My baby boy is home for a visit, from Japan, haven't seen him in 13 months !
Rant:
He will only be here for 10 days.
signed, Happy Mama

Rant: I am behind in my marathon training. This next one's gotta hurt!

Rave: The marathon is in 2 weeks. In Paris.

Good for you Melissa! My friend did that marathon last year. Good luck.

RAVE: 4 weeks till due date. (and only 4 more weeks that you all have to see me post this!)

RANT: Took my mom to the hospital 2 days ago-turns out she had undiagnosed (obviously) Type 1 diabetes and was in ketoacidosis.. She also had an infection that needed surgery. She's still in the hospital.

RANT: Her insurance doesn't kick in until next month.

Thanks Travelinwifey!! This is actually my 2nd Paris Marathon, my 12th marathon overall. I am soooooooooo excited. There's nuthin else like it!

Kal, yes "go Vikes" I guess will be the new chant around here.

Two raves and two rants:

Rave 1: The weather here in No CA is still absolutely sparkly and warm.

Rave 2: Went to the outstanding SF Flower and Garden Show with friend Ann yesterday.

Rant 1: Dropped the cell phone on the hard sidewalk as I got out of the car.

Rant 2: Hit the headlight control as I got out of the car and when we returned several hours later, the battery was D-E-A-D. Thanks for AAA.

DH is afraid to let me out any time soon.

Rave: JAX to Tokyo (NRT) for $622 or less

mrwunrfl, what airline is that?

Hi emd. That was a hint for Scarlett. The fares are on AA, DL, UA, CO. Generally, for travel Mon-Thu outbound through May. Take a look at travelocity. Also, I topped a post about the low Japan fares on the Asia forum.

Ok, it's Sunday, but here I go:

Rant: the popups on Fodors' site.
Rave: Fodor's is free and full of great stuff.

Rant: my brackets are horrible. I don't know where the University of Pacific is, but WHY did you have to beat Providence? And why did Gonzaga fail to play yesterday?
Rave: I have UConn winning it all and they're in the Sweet 16.

Rave: It's sunny and the flowers are blooming

OK, I'm going to say it again. Why in the world would anyone complain about popups? If they bother you, why don't you eliminate them? It's easy and it's free.
There are a number of different free popup stoppers. I happen to use www.panicware.com
Please don't complain about something you can stop! To me that's as irritating as someone sitting smoking a cigarette and saying, "I hate the smell of cigarette smoke!"

Patrick, not all of us use a home computer. Some people post at the public library or, egads, from work or some other place where downloading programs isn't possible.

Oh Patrick. Don't start this Again.

OK, my apologies. Those are issues I didn't think of. But I didn't know I was "starting something again". Guess I missed those replies in the past. And any time I've used a public computer like in an internet cafe or the public library, it already had popup stoppers installed.