Cereal: I know it was the right decision to let PB go, but I do feel like I dropkicked a puppy. He texted me after saying, "I thought I was doing better!" Well, you were, but not enough, and you weren't doing what we'd agreed you would. Also, later this afternoon, his coworkers showed me a picture of him SLEEPING in full Tyvek suit and respirator on a job site during work hours, in full view of the street!!! I mean, come ON. No one can think that's okay, right? Except maybe for ita !'s (ita's ! ?) former coworker.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
smonster - Jan 20, 2012 2:51:20 pm PST #5994 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
sj - Jan 20, 2012 2:53:23 pm PST #5995 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{smonster}}} You did the right thing, but I'm sorry that it makes you feel bad.
NoiseDesign - Jan 20, 2012 3:37:41 pm PST #5996 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
He needed to learn the consequences. You did the right thing.
Strix - Jan 20, 2012 3:48:22 pm PST #5997 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Right thing. Hard thing, but right thing.
billytea - Jan 20, 2012 4:12:44 pm PST #5998 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
We just had the most fantastic visit to the playground. While we walked around a miniature village, I saw something fall out of the roof of a covered bench. Turns out it was a potter wasp attacking a huntsman spider! (Here's a picture of the wasp: [link] Top pic is a pretty good representation, though our specimen was may a bit closer to yellow than orange.) It had just about subdued the spider (took longer than I expected for the venom to paralyse it) and was starting to drage it off when we had to go. I've seen this kind of behaviour many times on nature programs, of course, but this was the first time I'd witnessed it in person.
Ryan was pretty fascinated too, though ultimately less enthused than his daddy.
Atropa - Jan 20, 2012 4:29:49 pm PST #5999 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
While I get how that would be fascinating, my hindbrain is shrieking right now. Aren't huntsman spiders huge? (I can't believe I'm asking that. DO NOT GIVE ME PICTURES OR LINKS. Just tell me yes or no.)
sumi - Jan 20, 2012 4:50:17 pm PST #6000 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
scrappy - did you adopt that dog? (link says that dog is no longer in their database.)
smonster - Jan 20, 2012 7:11:06 pm PST #6001 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
DRINKING WITH NEIGHBORS IS AWESOME. the end. (esp. when Nora is a neighbor)
ps, looks like I *am* going to my first Mardi Gras ball tomorrow. Woot.
billytea - Jan 20, 2012 7:20:20 pm PST #6002 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
While I get how that would be fascinating, my hindbrain is shrieking right now. Aren't huntsman spiders huge? (I can't believe I'm asking that. DO NOT GIVE ME PICTURES OR LINKS. Just tell me yes or no.)
This wasn't a terribly large one, but still maybe 4 cm across with the legs extended. The wasp was bigger, getting towards 3 cm long I'd say. (Nonetheless, it would have certainly triggered an arachnophobe alert.)
Nora Deirdre - Jan 20, 2012 7:23:24 pm PST #6003 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
DRINKING WITH NEIGHBORS IS AWESOME. the end. (esp. when Nora is a neighbor)
Yep, Pete's is totally my happy place. Except for how the jukebox played Billy Joel's "The Stranger" instead of Prince's "Darlin Nikki".
ALSO OMG YOU GUYS I FOUND OUT THAT SMONSTER HAS NEVER SEEN PURPLE RAIN.