Good lord -- the mystery childhood friend wrote back, and he's "retired" from financial services, and living in Shanghai. Bananas!
If he starts asking you for some help getting money out of the country, run!
Apparently the only tree available at cut your own places in GA is the Leyland Cypress.
Cypress would be nice-smelling though, right? Oh...I think I'm thinking of cedar.
It's 11:30 and I've already showered, and been to the mall and the grocery store. (Not necessarily in that order.) Watch, I will probably completely waste the rest of the day
I have to find a tree place that delivers...there's one that I know of, but their hours are erratic and the tree I bought from them two years ago was less than fresh cut.
There's someone online offering trees for delivery at an exorbitant rate, but they will give you a second tree for free. Still, if a secoond tree was foisted on me, I'd have no excuse but to decorate it...
If he starts asking you for some help getting money out of the country, run!
Heh. Remembering this guy at 13, I have no doubt he made millions in is 30s and is actually retired.
Are we absolutely sure this isn't Sunday?
Marlo Thomas
I learned Marlo Thomas was Lebanese from The Golden Girls. Sophia thought she was a lesbian. Or that Danny THomas was a lesbian, I am not sure which. But Dorothy got to say "No, Ma, she LEBANESE." which stuck with me. I always wanted to be Dorothy, but I think it is my destiny to be Rose.
The world's strongest beer and its boozy competitors
Madcap Scottish brewing maestro Brew Dog, has launched the world's strongest beer to a volley of criticism from health chiefs.
The 32% abv brew, called Tactical Nuclear Penguin (great name), takes over the mantle as the world's strongest beer from German concoction Schorschbraerm which weighs in at a measly 31% abv.
The incredible strength was attained when the beer, which started life as a 10 percent imperial stout, was aged for 16 months in two different whiskey casks before being stored in a freezer at a ball-shriveling -20°C for three weeks.
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Tactical Nuclear Penguin will be available to buy online and from two off licenses one in London and one in Edinburgh, at £30 and £250 which also buys you a share in the company and will go towards building a £2.3m "eco-friendly, carbon neutral brewery in Aberdeen". Strong beers and green credentials.
We need some Tactical Nuclear Penguin at the next F2F....
My God, I'm not even a Jenny/Giles shipper, but damn if Passion doesn't wreck me more than most any Buffy episode. Sad Giles is my kryptonite.
Hello everyone! I hope you guys had excellent Thanksgivings!
Mine was pretty good - had it with the friends who are like family. The teenaged boy of the family is the starting center of his high school football team and his team is playing in the 7A state championship game today. So much excitement to be had. I went with the family to see the team off and now I'm dogsitting. (But the game is on tv - channel 8 at 4 pm for Chicago area folks - his team is the Wheaton Warrenville South team - and by a strange fate they are playing their traditional rivals - Glenbard (Something) - possibly West. (Wheaton was the team that Red Granger played on when he was in high school and Glen Ellyn was the traditional rival even way back then.)
Passion doesn't wreck me more than most any Buffy episode. Sad Giles is my kryptonite.
AND it has the Flaming Baseball Bat of Vengeance! When I watch Passion, I always rewind (what's the proper DVD term?) and watch the Flaming Baseball Bat of Vengeance scene about 5 times.
Trufax.
Oh, Giles whomping on Angelus is golden. DB was wobbly as Angel to start out, but by the time the soul loss got going he was really easy to root against. And vengeance looks good on Giles.
I still prefer Giles with a chainsaw, but it loses points for being in a less-than-stellar episode... still a great moment though.
