A lot of thinking goes into the purchase? Well. Oopsie. I went to Target and bought the first one I saw that wasn't ugly. At least the last statistic sort of applies to me. I think I spent about $35. But I expect that it will last a lot more than two years (pretty much until it no longer fits), as I don't swim often.

Annie, take a break. I think that moving has addled your brain.

Four days of silence and this is what we get? A treatise on swim suits?

Go over to the Capitol and watch the legislature make sausage*. Then tell us what you think.

* "Those who love the law and sausage should watch neither being made."

Chancellor von Hindenberg

Gone almost a week and you come back with swimsuits? Couldn't you have at least posted a photo? The State Legislator fog is descending upon you!

So...where in the valley are you, Annika? :)

Shelly S and Rich you guys suck. SHe can write about whatever the fuck she wants. Give her a fuckin' break. If you don't like it don't read. And go troll for pictures somewhere eles ass hat.

Shelly, as someone who works for the legislature of a sister state (and who is an incurably pedantic nitpicker), I feel obliged to correct your attribution of the quote about laws and sausages. It was Bismarck, not Hindenburg. Hindenburg, while the last President before Hitler, was also never Chancellor.

The Weimar presidency was largely ceremonial (although not quite as ceremonial as the current German presidency), so Hindenburg would never have had any legislative experience to premise that quote on. Bismarck, OTOH, as Imperial Chancellor and before that Prime Minister of Prussia, was on the floor of the proverbial butcher shop with the knives out for most of his life.

All that said, it's basically true.

Mark, I am most certainly not a troll, and I hope that Annika knows that Shelly and I are joking. Besides, I have all the photos I need. But thanks for sticking up for a fellow blogger.

I... need... my... annika... must... have... more... soon.

Just so you all know. I blog naked.

Dave's right about the source of the quote; I'm wrong. One should be precise in these matters.

The thought, however, remains the same. No sense in living in a Capitol, if you do not take advantage of the opportunities.

And, none of us would want to see most of the women in that fair city in a bathing suit, so why the Bee choses to write about it is beyond me...

You're deliberately provoking me, arent you, Shelly? Here's some even more pedantic nitpicking: I may work in a Capitol (building), but I only come close to living here when we're in session. Or did you mean capital (city)? ;-)

Clearly I need to clean up my act. Too many years with no one criticizing my style has made me bloated and careless.

I stand corrected, once again. Living in the Capitol is not what one does, except during the budget sessions (now); the state Capitol is just a building, while the capital is the term that describes the city.

I get paid to be hypercritical, which is amazing because I'd do it for free. ;-)

Rich I didn't call you a troll, I said you were trolling for pictures. Big difference and it sucks that you're twisting my meaning. I'm not sure how those commments are 'coded' to be 'jokes', but they were ungracious, insensitive and unfunny either way IMO. That shit's not funny man.

And don't condescend me with your 'thanks'.