taking a nice deep breath

Yeah, This.

And letting it out again. It's so lovely living in a state where tobacco smoke is prohibited in any workplace (including bars) and within 25 feet of any door, window, or ventilation thingy of same.

Via jaylake.

P.S. If you're thinking about commenting to complain about having to smoke outdoors no matter the weather, I'm here to respond with a very, very long list of places I once was not able to visit because cigarette smoke makes me sick (smoke is a huge migraine trigger for me). Plus my dad's death from heart disease at least partly due to the smoke-filled rooms he spent his working life in. So just don't go there. You can't one-up my dead on this one.

a not-so-random question

Just out of curiosity, why are all the linguistics "experts" I meet such absolutists?

Champion a National Park

Via allyra:

http://action.sierraclub.org/nationalparkschampion

Sorry to be spamming my FL tonight, but it is Friday, and I survived another week at my new job, and tonight we get to find out whether Amita's going to accept Charlie's proposal or if she's going to make him work at it until the next sweeps month, and I'm about to go have a glass or two of wine...