I was just talking to a friend who runs longdistancevoter.org, and if anyone would like to do grantwriting for them for no pay (volunteering!) I'm sure it would be a good experience! (they can afford nothing.)
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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.
bon bon - Jul 26, 2011 7:35:56 pm PDT #18208 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
megan walker - Jul 26, 2011 8:37:31 pm PDT #18209 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For dessert, I made homemade lavender syrup and mixed it with sugar and sour cream, and it all went on top of angel food cake. Fear me.
Coincidentally, I had a Lavender Collins in Bend tonight that was made with lavender syrup. It was yum and the perfect drink for a sunny summer day.
Burrell - Jul 26, 2011 8:37:36 pm PDT #18210 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Argh ita! Your pain specialist is a PAIN. Can you ask your migraine specialist for a rec for a new one?
I have no cake, but I do have lavender. Dana, can you share the recipe for the lavender syrup?
Vortex - Jul 26, 2011 9:15:48 pm PDT #18211 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
megan, could you do a quick translation check? the rugby boys are going to a tournament in Montreal, and want the team motto "Everything in Excess" on the jerseys in french. I think it would be "Tout à la excès" or possibly ""Tout de excès"? any thoughts?
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 9:19:56 pm PDT #18212 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Old Spice Guy and Fabio have been doing Twitter responses all day. Shenanigans!
Jessica - Jul 27, 2011 2:37:33 am PDT #18213 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Perhaps you should contact Oliver Sacks?
Oh please don't - according to 2 completely unconnected sources (1 fellow neurologist and 1 ex-patient) he's a great writer but a TERRIBLE doctor. You ever notice how his books are all about incurable cases? That's because he's not very good at helping people get better.
le nubian - Jul 27, 2011 2:45:43 am PDT #18214 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
damn.
bubble burst and it isn't even 8 am.
brenda m - Jul 27, 2011 3:53:02 am PDT #18215 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Frankenbuddha - Jul 27, 2011 4:08:07 am PDT #18216 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
This kind of makes me want to bust out the Monopoly board.
No shit. That makes it a whole different game. I can see it causing more fights to break out than Risk played that way.
sumi - Jul 27, 2011 4:24:31 am PDT #18217 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Ha!
I recall that we always played the "short" form of Monopoly - and that when you play Monopoly with children (which is what I and my brothers are) there are somethings that you don't bother with - like auctioning property.
One of my co-workers has a son who is playing with a couple of local municipal bands. One of them has Johan de Meij guest conducting and he contributed music to the LotR symphony. Isn't that cool?
And in Mexico a 15 year old was arrested for "cartel killings" - he says he started murdering people when he was 11. Yikes.
In happier news: check out this Iron Throne cake.