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With apologies to those who find the whole new journal service/invite codes/beta thing very junior high. ( Cutting to reduce clutter. Click for codes. )

I feel like there should be a subtitle...

So. The big Wall Street Journal headline today, over a picture of Pres. Obama at his press conference, says: "Chrysler Pushed into Fiat's Arms."

Really, editors. Why didn't you just call it "The Italian Billionaire's Reluctant Virgin?" Oh, right. Too long...

Something to keep in mind

If you are ever in a legal situation and thinking of taking someone to Court - or even fighting them in Court after they bring some sort of suit against you - keep in mind that going to Court is expensive.

Sometimes it just doesn't pay, even when you are going after money that is actually owed to you and you should be paid, or even when you are defending yourself against someone reducing payments to you, or even ending them. Sometimes when someone is even trying to MAKE you pay money you don't legitimately owe them.

My advice is, only to go Court on principle if you can afford it, because once you end up in a Court case, assuming you need a lawyer, then you will often pay so much in fees that you might just as well have paid or lost or whatever, because the amount you have to pay your lawyer can't justify your "win."

It sucks, I know, and it is totally unfair, but sometimes, it just doesn't pay to "win," even when you *should* win and the other party *should* lose.

And seriously. Don't assume that the judge will award you your fees, because a lot of times, they don't, even in egregious cases. If you are hoping for that, be *sure* you have a very thorough discussion with your attorney about how likely you are to win and always remember that you *could* lose, and you cannot rely on judges to do what seems to you to be the obviously fair and just thing. You have to go into the case assuming you will have to carry the entire weight of your atty fees. Any fee award is found money.

This has been one of those cases...

Mary Jo's Cloth Store

I am feeling spammy today, apparently.

Wanna see something cool?

Mary Jo's is the cloth store where Mom does all her shopping. Or most of it. It's where the components of my wedding dress came from. I have been there many, many times, and every time I am always amazed by the sheer vastness of the place. Quilts, play clothes, suits, curtains, crafts, stuffed animals - all the materials have come from there. Mom sews alot and at a truly high level of skill. I used to sew and did a respectable job. We've bought A LOT of stuff from Mary Jo over the years.

I still have the yardage ticketsfor my wedding dress. One of my favorite souveniers of that time of my life.

To get a real feel for what the store is like, click on the 360 degree tour.

I note that the site has a shopping cart feature, though I have no idea what it would be like to try to shop online from there.