Okay, I did our budget for after mr. flea's job ends. Depressed now. We can live for a year on my salary + savings, if we basically do no discretionary spending at all. Wouldn't that be fun.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
flea - Jul 23, 2011 8:04:21 am PDT #17791 of 30001
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Amy - Jul 23, 2011 8:04:28 am PDT #17792 of 30001
Because books.
I feel like I shouldn't be surprised, but wow. So sad. Such a talent, and so much unhappiness.
flea - Jul 23, 2011 8:05:06 am PDT #17793 of 30001
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Amy Winehouse was only 27, wow.
Calli - Jul 23, 2011 8:15:49 am PDT #17794 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
90 kids in Norway? Sweet Jesus.
flea, can mr. flea get a temporary thing while he looks for something more permanent? When I was a teenager and we moved to NC for Mom's job, Dad picked up a paper route for a few months until he landed a teaching position of his own. Even a minimum wage thing can help ease the finances a tad.
flea - Jul 23, 2011 8:18:32 am PDT #17795 of 30001
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Well, the employment market for low-wage jobs is really tight, and I doubt too many people want to hire a PhD. Although Dillo did spontaneously suggest this morning that mr. flea's next job should be at Chuck E Cheese.
le nubian - Jul 23, 2011 8:19:22 am PDT #17796 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am irritated that some people on twitter are comparing Winehouse to Joplin and Hendrix.
Um, no. I liked a couple of her songs, but I doubt she is going to have the effect on music that Hendrix and Joplin did - despite the fact they all died around the same age.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 23, 2011 8:25:50 am PDT #17797 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
eta on a related note, Nora, didn't you say you had some extra Mardi Gras beads?
GOD, so many. They are yours for the taking.
msbelle - Jul 23, 2011 8:40:59 am PDT #17798 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think my brain is just not processing Norway. My therapist is pretty sure I am going through a round of PTSD again and with September around the corner, I really shouldn't be surprised. why must people suck.
sumi - Jul 23, 2011 9:00:13 am PDT #17799 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I've had this terrible realization that I am much more broke than I thought I was. .. pb sandwiches for me for a while.
Ginger - Jul 23, 2011 9:51:37 am PDT #17800 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I kind of love this guy [link]
He was one of several people who took boats over to the island to pick up people hiding on the shore.
"I realized that me sitting there in the boat with my red helmet and yellow jacket would be a perfect target," he recalled. "I thought, well, we are here and we have some things to do and I am happy that we managed to get so many of the youngsters."