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Hey! Where's WYFP?!

I don't see anything up.  Am I the only one?  I'll take this down ASAP if it's me.  Other wise use this I guess.yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada...

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WYFP - Whadda You Looking At?!?

WYFP, Dec 6, 2008I am in a snarly mood, people.  A foul mood.  A ~ well ~ a WHAT'S YOUR F*$#IN' PROBLEM mood. And that's actually unusual for me.  I'm fairly even-tempered, normally.  Relatively...

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WYFP?!? - From the Flatlands.

A shortish WYFP tonight.  I'm posting from my in-laws in Nebraska.  A sit down dinner for the tribe looms ahead.  I'm on a slow connection.  You get where this is going.  I may be in and out tonight....

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WYFP - Live From DC, Baby!

Yes, we are in DC having a great time with my sister and brother-in-law.  Mount Vernon and Arlington yesterday.  Smithsonian goodness this morning.  Just got back from dinner in Georgetown.  Spent the...

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WYFP?!? - Submitted for Your Perusal

Okay, confession:  I forgot that I had WYFP tonight until just a little bit ago, so tonight's offering won't be the touching and possibly life-changing work of wordsmithing geniosity that I, of course,...

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WYFP?!? – The “Not a Huge Fan of the 4th” Edition

Before I get to the kvetching, would you please take the following, roll it up, attach a fuse to it, light it on fire and then plug your ears until it blows up.*WYFP is our community's Saturday evening...

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GUS: Life, Interrupted - Thursday AM

Hi everyone.  My name is CJB and I am a non-smoker.  For nearly 3 decades, I couldn't say that.  I'll tell you a bit about it, but first...GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for...

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An Adoptee Finds Her Birth Family.

That adoptee is me.  And I'm 98% sure that the letter I just mailed is to my sister.I've always known I was adopted.  My parents always talked about it.  It was never a big deal.  Just something that...

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Follow-up: An Adoptee Gets a Phonecall

Hi everyone.  Last week, I wrote a diary titled An Adoptee Finds Her Birth Family.  I had mailed a letter that day to a woman whom I believed to be my sister.  The diary came mainly from a need to...

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WYFP - An Adoptee has Misgivings.

Hi everybody.  Tonight’s WYFP is brought to you by something I’ve been dealing with all of my life.  I wrote about it in a diary here and there was a follow up here.  I left a comment in a WYFP...

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WYFP?! A Whine, An Update

First the yadda baboom:WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and...

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WYFP?!? - The Reunion.

Okay, before we move on, people, would you mind translating this into German for me?:WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share...

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WYFP?!? - A Partial List

You know, originally this was going to be a GBCW diary.  Sick of it.  Lost Teddy's seat.  Campaign finance.  This place sucks.  Blah, blah, blah.  But GBCW diaries are so tiresome.  And I'm really too...

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LOLZ! Beating disobedient girls is funny!

At least that’s what these people think.I came across this facebook page when one of my son’s friends actually joined the group.  A girl, no less.  Was she trying to be edgy?  Did she just not read...

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Our Israeli Exchange Student has Left for Home

For two weeks, we have housed an exchange student from Israel.   Why was he here with 20 of his friends?  It’s interesting.  Let me tell you about him and about the Hand-in-hand program that brought...

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Kossack Cary: Republishing on the Anniversary of His Death.

Thanks for the indulgence of a re-publication.  I loved my dear, old friend.  I think he deserves to be remembered on this first anniversary of his death at the age of 54.

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WYFP?!? The "Yikes, it's Saturday!" Edition

Thank goodness the intro writes itself:WYFP?! (What’s Your F**king Problem?!) is our community’s Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice,...

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WYFP?! - My FP? Defunding PP!

Hey, y'all.  Well, here it is.  My first DK4 diary.  Does this layout make my butt look big?  Here's what I got in my fortune cookie yesterday:WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk...

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Saturday Morning Home Repair

Mornin' everyone.  Welcome to SMHRB.  Hope your Saturday has started well.  SMHRB is where a bunch of dkos home repair professionals, amature DIYers and home repair novices come to help and encourage...

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I Went to See My Dad Today.

He wasn't there, of course.  He hasn't been around since 2002 when he died at the age of 80.  Our little family of three wasn't alone there at Willamette View Memorial Cemetary in Portland, Oregon.  We...

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