Renamed: GOD. DAMN. IT.

[Suu]

Man.
Not that this is news to you, but Arizona is fucked up.

Rhode Island is even better. They made Herbert pay to serve the papers to me even though I already signed them and was aware of the divorce. So because they had to serve them, they just brought them back to him instead of telling him on the spot when the court date was.  

[Salty]

I guess I should be thanking the oil companies, but we've (apparently) got so much assistance here, it now seems ridiculous.

Mrs. Alty and I tried moving to Seattle a few years back. Lasted three months. Couldn't get childcare, couldn't get jobs. Came back and got shit taken care of within days.

People make fun of those Alaska Independence Party assholes, as well they should. But...they sort of have a point, shit is different here. I guess that's one more thing I've been naive about.

Things are "different" here, too.

You know how the fundies are all hoping for the rapture, so they can go to heaven without the fuss of dying?  Well, Arizona is how you can do the same thing and wind up in hell.

I'm starting to get the picture.

How come none of this is mentioned in the Tuscon Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce website?

[Freeky]

I think it may have been all those things, and soot from burned clothing. People lit bonfires in the grassy area of the stadium, where I was.


Court systems...

[Doktor Howl]

I guess I should be thanking the oil companies, but we've (apparently) got so much assistance here, it now seems ridiculous.

Mrs. Alty and I tried moving to Seattle a few years back. Lasted three months. Couldn't get childcare, couldn't get jobs. Came back and got shit taken care of within days.

People make fun of those Alaska Independence Party assholes, as well they should. But...they sort of have a point, shit is different here. I guess that's one more thing I've been naive about.

Things are "different" here, too.

You know how the fundies are all hoping for the rapture, so they can go to heaven without the fuss of dying?  Well, Arizona is how you can do the same thing and wind up in hell.

I'm starting to get the picture.

How come none of this is mentioned in the Tuscon Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce website?

True fact:  I went down to troll the Chamber of Commerce meeting once, and I didn't have the heart to do it.  They weren't the happiest people I've ever met...They all sort of sat around with horrified looks on their faces.  I asked "What are we going to do about the 40% real unemployment in Tucson?", and the vice president of the organization said "I have no idea", and then she looked like she was going to burst into tears.  So I just kinda left.

[Jasper]

Shoulda caught it on tape.

[Doktor Howl]

Shoulda caught it on tape.

I didn't own a flash recorder then.   

Besides, it was like being at a funeral, or maybe in a bunker waiting for the Russians to descend on them in a vengeful fury.

[Jasper]

Would have been youtube doubler gold though...

[Doktor Howl]

Would have been youtube doubler gold though...

Played across from what?  "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks?   

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So much of this I don't understand...

They make you pay to file forms for child-support?
Is there no system that simply extracts a standard amount money from the father whether he likes it or not?
What kind of legal rights is he entitled to for your son?

That part sucks. It's cheaper than divorce, though, and needs to be done.

[Jasper]

Welllllll, my vision is...

Play the clip:  Tearful confirmation of how fucked Tucson is.  Let it finish.  Then, cut to a clip of a chimpanzee breaking stuff to yakety sax.

[Doktor Howl]

Welllllll, my vision is...

Play the clip:  Tearful confirmation of how fucked Tucson is.  Let it finish.  Then, cut to a clip of a chimpanzee breaking stuff to yakety sax.

[Salty]

So much of this I don't understand...

They make you pay to file forms for child-support?
Is there no system that simply extracts a standard amount money from the father whether he likes it or not?
What kind of legal rights is he entitled to for your son?

That part sucks. It's cheaper than divorce, though, and needs to be done.

No doubt. I just had a bit of geographical solipsism.

[Doktor Howl]

So much of this I don't understand...

They make you pay to file forms for child-support?
Is there no system that simply extracts a standard amount money from the father whether he likes it or not?
What kind of legal rights is he entitled to for your son?

That part sucks. It's cheaper than divorce, though, and needs to be done.

Yep.  The bozo keeps threatening her with "taking custody", but his chances are precisely jack and shit.  I told Freeky to keep complete records of purchases for monkey, along with notes, and not to tell him shit - period - until the court says she has to.

The only saving grace here is, he won't be just taking the kid and hauling ass, because he can't, and because he really has no intention of gaining custody, he just doesn't want to pay his bills.

I used to be fairly neutral in this (I was friends with both of them from the beginning), but his behavior has disgusted me, and Freeky has impressed the hell out of me with her intestinal fortitude (especially leaving him in the first place, which had to be scary as hell).

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I hate people who make custody threats to try to extort their way out of paying child support... it's SUCH bullshit. Luckily, the courts see right through the bullshit.

[Freeky]

Pickles ran away again.  He's small enough to fit under the back gate, and we can't seem to fix it so he can't move the boards and whatever else we put up to keep him in the yard.