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Damon just sent me a horoscope that references Barbra Streisand. As you may have guessed, this thrills me.

I wish I could remember when or why I fell madly in love with her. But I just did. It's just been programmed in and there will never be undoing it, no matter how far off the deep end she goes. Does this mean I've purchased any album she's put out in the past ten years? No. Did I sell a kidney to see her final millenium concert in Vegas? No, but I did tape it when Fox aired it over a year later.

How much do I love this pre-Missing, best-of album by Everything But the Girl? Almost as much as Barbra being in my horoscope.

Babs is definitely a greatest-hits type performer, I won't deny that. You may miss a few gems in going this route, but you might not appreciate them anyway. She's not a universal taste, no matter how many millions of records she's sold. For some reason, I like having something in common with little old ladies who wear glittery appliques on their sweatsuits.
I had lunch with

divalibby76 today instead of going to Old Navy to add more black to my wardrobe, but it was still a very fair trade and I was very glad to meet her in person. Next time, Libby, don't let me get the cheesecake brownie. It took me 3 hours to finish because I was so full. Take note

freakysparks: my desire to marry cheesecake brownies has finally waned.

Speaking of marriage....how much do I not want to go to my organization's events on same-sex marriage awareness? Slim's giving a talk tonight and for some reason I like that she's a straight woman doing it almost as much as I like that Differently Paced Coworker is an anti-marriage gold star lesbian who organizes the events. Today I also explained to Slim why I call her Slim, which she assumed was some sort of hip hop slang. (Why do people think I only have one catalog? When it comes to pop culture, I speak in every tongue.) But she is wearing the same suit that I talked about to Sparky who made the Lauren Bacall connection. She hadn't seen To Have and To Have Not, but seemed more thrilled by this reference than any possible rapper connection. I just find it amusing that I've called her Slim for a couple months and she never asked for any explanation or clarification.