Allyson, you can get absinthe at BevMo now. It's legal and widely available in California.
Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Aug 15, 2008 6:36:12 pm PDT #3620 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Trudy Booth - Aug 15, 2008 6:44:34 pm PDT #3621 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Dara Torres is just fucking magnificient.
sarameg - Aug 15, 2008 6:56:17 pm PDT #3622 of 10003
No shit. I'm saying that a lot.
I have old-school-illegal absinthe I got in Prague and smuggled back in. Or rather, put in my luggage.
So. I just started paying the difference in pre-school tuition for a friend who can't afford that difference. I've always been uncomfy with money and friends/family and that is raising all that, and I've had to give her money before as a "loan" I know will not be repaid, and I knew it at the time. But. But. It's the only option. So I do it. At worst, it is a couple K a year that I can plead out of if it becomes a breaker for me. At best, I'm giving a little girl an opportunity she'd not otherwise have. So.
Atropa - Aug 15, 2008 6:58:56 pm PDT #3623 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Allyson, you can get absinthe at BevMo now. It's legal and widely available in California.
Yep. And there are specialty websites that you can order various imported absinthes from and have them mailed to you.
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 7:07:40 pm PDT #3624 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Has anyone heard or read this anywhere else? - unconfirmed report that Paul Newman has passed.
Kat - Aug 15, 2008 7:12:31 pm PDT #3625 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh, sara, you are a good-hearted person!
sarameg - Aug 15, 2008 7:18:36 pm PDT #3626 of 10003
I'm an ambivalent person doing the best I can.
eta: I really HATE my money issues. Rational self looks at them and laughs. The rest of me freaks out. I swear to god, I'm not a granddaughter of the Depression (as I actually am,) not a daughter of the Depression, I'm mentally of the Depression. It makes no sense.
Kat - Aug 15, 2008 7:23:04 pm PDT #3627 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well, that makes you, at the very least, better than me.
Randomly, we bought an MP3 Player for Noah and one for Grace because they were a fraction of the price listed here. What's cool and freaky is that they come with, I think, a bear-shaped pouch so you can make it look all cute and fuzzy and hang it from a crib. But the round thing in the center lights up when music plays. So essentially, it looks like my kids have an Iron-Man Bear Mp3 Player.
And I loaded some songs on it because the factory songs? NOT the business.
I should go to sleep. I'm a loser.
Burrell - Aug 15, 2008 7:25:44 pm PDT #3628 of 10003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh, sara, you are a good-hearted person!
I agree with Kat.
I am in denial that I have just one week to put the house back together, prepare for Franny's b-day party, redo my office (we moved buildings), and get ready for classes. Add to that that my MiL has her surgery (or whatever they call it, a procedure) on Monday too, so we'll also need to care for her. And that kindergarten starts in two weeks. Yeesh.
Cass - Aug 15, 2008 7:40:40 pm PDT #3629 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Has anyone heard or read this anywhere else? - unconfirmed report that Paul Newman has passed.
I really hope it's wrong but he's been sick. He hasn't been at a track with his race team for the last several races.