I do not understand the lbd hate. 12 days is the real enemy holiday song.
Okay, yes. Exactly.
Wesley: Illyria can be...difficult. Testing her might be hard without getting someone seriously hurt. Angel: We'll make Spike do it. Wesley: Good.
'Underneath'
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.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 10, 2015 7:18:23 pm PST #11207 of 30003
What is even happening?
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...
Susan W. - Dec 10, 2015 7:37:50 pm PST #11211 of 30003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
The absolute worst is "Christmas Shoes," but it's at least easy to avoid. I think I've heard it exactly twice--once when I came across it radio station surfing while down in Alabama at Christmas and listened to it all the way through in incredulous, horrified amazement, and once on a local station, Warm 106.9, which I swear plays in 90% of the doctor's waiting rooms I've ever sat in in Seattle, and which would never sully my ears if I could just avoid needing medical care.
aurelia - Dec 10, 2015 7:44:27 pm PST #11212 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
That one is the worst. I only hear it when my dad picks the radio station in the car.
Calli - Dec 11, 2015 1:35:13 am PST #11213 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks, WindSparrow. The thread seems to have died down, but I'll keep those in my pocket for the inevitable next one.
amyth - Dec 11, 2015 1:37:21 am PST #11214 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Liese, I wish you relief soon!!!
SA, congrats on being done with exams. I hope you are sleeping well right now.
Kat - Dec 11, 2015 2:45:06 am PST #11215 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
oh, Maria, I'm sorry!
I like LDB. I don't mind the 12 Days of Christmas, though I don't really understand it.
I love Wonderful Christmas Time, though.
flea - Dec 11, 2015 2:59:49 am PST #11216 of 30003
information libertarian
In Good News, I have a new nephew - my half-sister had her baby safely early this morning, and she named him after our grandfather, which is nice, because he was a pretty great grandfather (not the jerky but cool one who just died, but one who thought reading to children was one of the most important things in life and quietly worked for racial justice in the 1940s and never drove a Porsche although apparently he did swear at bad drivers.)