I'm sorry to hear that about your mom, Sue. I hope you figure out a way to get her to acknowledge it and get help.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Spidra Webster - Aug 19, 2010 12:19:01 pm PDT #19006 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Cass - Aug 19, 2010 12:22:29 pm PDT #19007 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm going to kill everyone. Seriously. There doesn't seem to be anyone who isn't pissing me off.
It's really that day today. Either I need a time out or the world does. I don't really care which.
Tom Scola - Aug 19, 2010 12:22:42 pm PDT #19008 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The skinwich is a hoax Oh, thank god.
A blogger from the Chicago Tribune went ahead and made one anyway.
Atropa - Aug 19, 2010 12:24:42 pm PDT #19009 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It's really that day today. Either I need a time out or the world does. I don't really care which.
Yeah, it REALLY is that day.
Scrappy - Aug 19, 2010 12:25:06 pm PDT #19010 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Faucet fixing is pretty easy and cheap, Spidra. I have done it for my mom. If you can't do it, probably one of your family members can. [link]
Vortex - Aug 19, 2010 12:26:30 pm PDT #19011 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ugh. The students are back, and the radio station has set up a display in the middle of campus (right next to my office) and is blasting music. Good music, but still.
Sue - Aug 19, 2010 12:40:33 pm PDT #19012 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Thanks guys. My siblings were laughing off my mom's antics, but I am not around here so often, and I found the whole thing upsetting. Though, to be fair, it was mostly over the top worrying about our safety, which was always her norm. Now she's imagining actual imaginary bad people to worry about.
Lee - Aug 19, 2010 12:43:09 pm PDT #19013 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Today's highlight so far: Somebody called me back that I didn't expect to.
Spidra Webster - Aug 19, 2010 12:56:20 pm PDT #19014 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Thanks, scrappy. I'm pretty sure it's too much for my hand strength, but the problem is getting someone here to care enough about it to do something. Which is another reason I let the water pile up to measure. The effect on the water bill might get through to them. The other thing is that these are faucets for a tub/shower so I'm not absolutely positive they're washer type. I'm a little afraid to look in case I can't put back when I undid.
Checked my solar cake and it's done. Yay!
The gardeners are gone so it's time to go skinnydipping!
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2010 1:02:37 pm PDT #19015 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
re: the highway sign--what's the alphabet game? Did I grow up in some mega-isolated community that wasn't tied in to the game-zeitgeist of America?
Apparently! Or you never went on family road trips. Of course, I just learned a new version of the alphabet game recently. The way my family played it was that you, as a collective, were looking for words that began with each letter of the alphabet in order (with an exception for X because come on). The way I learned recently was a competition to find the letters of the alphabet, period, in order.