Oh, Mom

My mom is silly. The other night she called to anxiously ask whether we're near any of the mudslides. "Mom, all of Southern California is experiencing mudslides. But where we live isn't experiencing extreme mudslides." She said that she really wanted to tell us to "get on a plane and come home!" Which response is the best choice:

Response a) "Leave rainy and muddy weather to go to Ohio, where you're reeling from the worst snow storm to hit in ~25 years?"

Response b) "Um Mom, I am home."

Response c) "Mom, we're okay. I'd let you know if there was something to worry about. Besides, I had these really smart parents who taught me to have a level head and keep myself out of trouble."

I chose C. It seemed to work. Not that Mom is any less anxious (I think that's impossible for her, anxiety is her standard operating state) but it relieved her a bit.

Asking for it

'Cause I'm bored. If there's any pressing question you'd like to ask me, feel free to do so now. If you want to know something about me, have me explain something to you, whatever. Today is Random Question Amnesty Day in my lj.

Who wants to say "Told you so?"

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    The Iraq Survey Group (ISG ), consisting of some 1,200 military and intelligence specialists and support staff, spent nearly two years in Iraq searching for the banned weapons that the Bush administration cited to justify the Iraq war, but failed to find any of such weapons.