You're right, it doesn't. I sure did enjoy my trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame when I was in Canton many years ago. It rawked. Alas, I shall have to make do with the Louvre this time. ;-) Actually, since I used to live in London my time there will probably consist of roaming between friends' house, drinking tea, catching up and playing with their kids. Wild times!

I'm back and exhausted. Great trip. I think I consumed my body weight in cheese, wine and chocolate. Now that's a vacation! :-)

Welcome back, chocolate and wine are a great help against jetlag I'm told.

Thanks. Maybe I'll keep with that whole eating plan then. ;-)

Well, I'm getting ready to take off again for a long weekend in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. I'll be gone from Thursday morning until Monday night. I should *just* make it back for the episode. Have fun without me! And be nice to the mods!

I'm going to go on hiatus from posting for a awhile. I was all ready to shoot off a really angry post. I'm just going to let it go. I think it might be one of the unintended consequences of this quitting smoking thing (I'll probably blow up like a balloon too). I think the irritability might have come on later in the process. I guess it is easier to get angry online, if you get angry at work they'll just fire you. There just isn't any point to it. I apologize.

Quitting smoking is hard as hell and I wish you luck with that. I just past my 19th anniversary of quitting. A tip: chewing gum and sucking on lollipops helped me get over the need to have something constantly in my mouth and also kept me from eating too much. And yes, better to take a break than post when angry.

My mental illness is getting the better of me. I am taking care of it in RL, seeing a psychiatrist and a therapist, having my medication adjusted, etc. (Hence my ID.) I don't think it's affecting my posts, at least I hope not. I'm mostly in despair. Congratulations, fffaw, on nearly 20 years of not smoking! I never did. I'm an alcoholic, sober 10 years.

Mazel Tov. Not easy to do.

Thanks, same to you and razor.

I know that when I'm stressed in real life, it does me a world of good to step away from fandom -- and on-line life in general. Not to stick my nose in where it doesn't belong, but I'm just saying that it reduces my stress, personally, because sometimes fandom tends to be rage inducing for me. If you feel you need to take a break, we'll all understand.

It doesn't induce rage, it makes me crave acceptance all the more, and when I feel like I'm so far from getting it, that agitates me far more than it should. So I think it will do me good to take a break until I feel more sorted out. It's frustrating because this is an excellent forum, and it's hard to find truly intelligent commentary on the show. But I'm also terribly depressed and lonely and I should look to RL for what I need. Thanks for understanding.

I'm off tomorrow for almost three weeks of family holiday in French South-West Coast, which means white wine, foie gras (how do you say that?) , and surf....and hesitant online access, so I probably won't be able to post much. Take care and enjoy August!

Have a WONDERFUL time, vicpei! It sounds like heaven. :-) PS We call it foie gras here too.