All the glass bowl talk is cracking me up, since that's the euphemism Carolyn Hax uses for asshole, in her chats.
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
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.
meara - Oct 16, 2015 10:53:25 am PDT #7172 of 30003
Jesse - Oct 16, 2015 11:24:02 am PDT #7173 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I know, meara! It's making me laugh, too.
WOULD THEY MAKE UP THEIR GODDAMNED MINDS PLEASE?
Apparently no.
-t, yes that is the dumb part, but what's also dumb is that one goes through customs at the port of first entry in the U.S., which necessitates shenanigans like this.
Yeah, my non-US coworker didn't make it onto our connecting flight because there wasn't enough time to go through customs, get your luggage, etc., for a non-US citizen You'd think the travel agent would have accounted for that?
-t - Oct 16, 2015 11:47:24 am PDT #7174 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh, people keep making me work. It's Friday afternoon, for Pete's sake!
I really want to go home and eat Pumpkin Spice Pumpkin Seeds and see if I get incepted into becoming a Dune-style Navigator, but I don't think my new crown is up to that much crunchiness.
Sue - Oct 16, 2015 12:02:57 pm PDT #7175 of 30003
hip deep in pie
Shrift and I got rescreened in Panama connecting back from Ecuador, when we literally went from arrival gate to the gate 50 feet away. Which was a giant PITA because of liquor bought at duty free in Quito that suddenly couldn't reboard with us.
In Heathrow I had to go through immigration control because I was changing terminals on my way to Ireland. I was a little incredulous the whole time. "I have to fill out this form?" "You're stamping my passport?" So last year when I flew from Dublin into Heathrow, I was so confused when I didn't have to go through customs/immigration at all.
Liese S. - Oct 16, 2015 12:45:57 pm PDT #7176 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Look, you're not going to do worse with the wedding gifts than the incredibly racist mammy cookie jar we received, so...
Sheryl - Oct 16, 2015 1:10:36 pm PDT #7177 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I don't think we got anything particularly terrible as a wedding gift. Pointless, maybe(who needs a Lenox china menorah?), but not terrible. The bowl sounds nice.
Steph L. - Oct 16, 2015 1:26:24 pm PDT #7178 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
mammy cookie jar
WUT.
Dana - Oct 16, 2015 1:28:51 pm PDT #7179 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I feel like I've heard this story before and then blocked it out.
Burrell - Oct 16, 2015 2:17:19 pm PDT #7180 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
oh dear, Liese!
Burrell, I think it was you that recommended TJ's Greens Beans & Grains? I'm trying it for lunch today - nom!
Yes it was me, glad you like it too. Very much my kind of comfort food.
Speaking of comfort food, the former cream puff shop up at the corner is now a tonkatsu-style noodle shop. So much yum! And walking distance too. This could be significantly more dangerous than the cream puffs were.
Jesse - Oct 16, 2015 2:17:56 pm PDT #7181 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Look, you're not going to do worse with the wedding gifts than the incredibly racist mammy cookie jar we received, so...
Yeah, not even if I tried!
I had the craziest call at the end of the day with someone who I think just lost it, but really sounded like she had been drinking. She has apparently HAD IT with her job.