That's awesome, Matt.
I like LDB! But I like all the carols, really. "Away in a Manger" is my sentimental favorite.
I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.
Snyder ,'Showtime'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Dec 10, 2015 5:21:59 pm PST #11201 of 30003
Because books.
Liese S. - Dec 10, 2015 5:40:05 pm PST #11202 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My band is here for our Christmas party, and I am sick in bed. Boo. But it's getting pretty drunk out there, so maybe that's for the best...
Liese S. - Dec 10, 2015 5:50:31 pm PST #11203 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
...and now the labyrinthitis kicks in. I am so over this shit.
-t - Dec 10, 2015 5:59:03 pm PST #11204 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, bummer, Liese!
Liese S. - Dec 10, 2015 6:56:53 pm PST #11205 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It was really bad tonight. But the SO, with his impeccable memory, reminds me that it was like this in 2008 too, and probably means I still have about ten days to go, so I'm about halfway through if last time was an indicator. He says that we went to the doctor on day nine and it got bad on day ten. Which is what today is. So even though that's bad, it's kind of encouraging because at least I know what's going on.
shrift - Dec 10, 2015 7:13:52 pm PST #11206 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Emirates will not let me print a boarding pass because they want me to pick it up in person.
I can't get into the Hyderabad airport without a boarding pass.
I foresee complications.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 10, 2015 7:18:23 pm PST #11207 of 30003
What is even happening?
I do not understand the lbd hate. 12 days is the real enemy holiday song.
Okay, yes. Exactly.
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2015 7:27:45 pm PST #11208 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I do not understand the lbd hate. 12 days is the real enemy holiday song.
In a world with "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," both of those songs are delightful. (Though I really don't care for LDB.)
The dogs barking Jingle Bells are better than "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer."
shrift - Dec 10, 2015 7:30:54 pm PST #11209 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Well, it turns out Emirates wouldn't let me print because the site didn't actually save the passport information I entered. Boarding pass printing now!
I almost upgraded to Business Class for $380 and realized at the last minute that the upgrade only applied to the 4 hour flight between Hyderabad and Dubai, not the much longer flight from Dubai to Dublin. Boo.
WindSparrow - Dec 10, 2015 7:36:54 pm PST #11210 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I view hearing LDB as a win.
Liese, I wish you forebearance until the labyrinthitis is gone.
Maria, I'm sorry, that's just rotten.
Calli, I don't know how much you care to engage with this person, but if you are so inclined, here are some places where Jesus said various crappy things happen to people not so much because of sin. I'll spoiler font 'em in case this sort of thing would be worse than useless.
John 9 1As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?" 3Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.…
Luke 13 1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no...