My great-great-something-grandfather was listed in census records as having the occupation "luftmensch." Roughly translated from the Yiddish, that means someone who doesn't seem to do any work at all, but somehow manages to survive anyway, so as far as anyone can tell, he's living on air. And that was worth knowing.
Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.
'The Message'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Hil R. - Jan 31, 2012 3:39:41 pm PST #19395 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2012 3:40:48 pm PST #19396 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Some of my ancestors were slaves. Some weren't. It's not just worth knowing, IT'S FUCKING HIGHLY LIKELY.
Connie Neil - Jan 31, 2012 3:42:17 pm PST #19397 of 30001
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someone who doesn't seem to do any work at all, but somehow manages to survive anyway, so as far as anyone can tell, he's living on air.
I can just hear someone describing him that way.
Kat - Jan 31, 2012 3:42:50 pm PST #19398 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
How does that work?
Sumi, if I go into half-time pay on illness, which I did when I gave birth and I will this year with Grace's surgeries, then I only get a partial year of service instead of a full year of service which means I have to retire later.
Hil R. - Jan 31, 2012 3:45:14 pm PST #19399 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I can just hear someone describing him that way.
The word translates literally as "airman." I'm just wondering how it ended up on a census -- like, did he list that as his occupation, or did the census-taker decide that that was the best way to describe him?
Jesse - Jan 31, 2012 3:49:15 pm PST #19400 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sumi, if I go into half-time pay on illness, which I did when I gave birth and I will this year with Grace's surgeries, then I only get a partial year of service instead of a full year of service which means I have to retire later.
Ohhhh. I thought you meant you'd have to retire a year from now.
Cashmere - Jan 31, 2012 3:54:32 pm PST #19401 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
In a bit of good news, I made the A team in roller derby and my league got into WFTDA--the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association. Well, sort of. We got wait listed until their April rounds because they don't have enough mentor leagues. But still! Our application got accepted!
ita, I agree in the awfulness of that ad.
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Amy - Jan 31, 2012 3:54:54 pm PST #19402 of 30001
Because books.
Kat, did you get my email?
P.M. Marc - Jan 31, 2012 3:56:54 pm PST #19403 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
They have so much stuff on the site that I hold my nose and pay for the service, but, yeah. They're not exactly the most, umm. Clueful and enlightened, of companies.
(But totally worth it for the possible horse fucker.)
amych - Jan 31, 2012 3:58:06 pm PST #19404 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
See, if they made an ad about the horsefucker...