Timelies all!
Congrats to Juliana and family!
{{{JZ}}}
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
Sheryl - Nov 19, 2015 2:26:40 pm PST #9420 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
billytea - Nov 19, 2015 2:32:10 pm PST #9421 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
This is incredible. Abebooks has created a web page devoted to weird books: [link]
You too can savour such delights as "Baboon Metaphysics" or "How to Live with an Idiot". Or (I kid you not, but someone sure as hell is) "Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant". (Any thoughts that hey, that Liberace chap could cut a fine figure on occasion, that doesn't sound so bad, will rapidly be dispelled by the picture on the cover.)
For myself, I finally lost it completely and had to flee the office when I got to "Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy?". I myself know that when Ryan was three, perhaps 70% of my parenting was taken up with admonishments that "You're either with us or you're against us".
flea - Nov 19, 2015 2:40:48 pm PST #9422 of 30003
information libertarian
Ha, in my online parenting circles, "Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy?" is totally a classic. It's not wrong.
Connie Neil - Nov 19, 2015 2:46:50 pm PST #9423 of 30003
brillig
Abebooks has created a web page devoted to weird books
Which, I believe, is where I found my copy of "The Recently Deflowered Girl." [link]
billytea - Nov 19, 2015 2:51:50 pm PST #9424 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I will be hard pressed not to do all my Christmas shopping there this year. The only question is which of my brothers should receive "Nuclear War: What's In It For You?" (Kidding! I know exactly which brother should receive it.)
-t - Nov 19, 2015 3:06:00 pm PST #9425 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So good of you to be there, and to stay, JZ. That's so hard and I know it must have helped to have you there. And I'm glad that you're finding some comfort, too.
We also have those crane flies in our house, only we don't call them crane flies or daddy long legs, we call them mosquito eaters, mostly I think to reassure ourselves that they aren't hugenormous mosquitos.
We always called them mosquito hawks. Like chicken hawks, but for mosquitoes. I think. I didn't actually recognize them in the crane fly picture but that's what it sounds like Burrell is describing, so I'm gonna go with that.
If I don't get back from browsing the weird books in three days, send supplies.
sarameg - Nov 19, 2015 3:08:34 pm PST #9426 of 30003
JZ, that's a hard and right thing you did.
I'm doing a last load of laundry and first pass at packing. Flight isn't until 2:30, so I'll do the last pass at packing and a quick vacuum tomorrow. May or may not squeeze a swim in. Not counting on it, though.
Jesse - Nov 19, 2015 3:59:24 pm PST #9427 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is $10/visit the right amount to pay a neighbor kid to catsit?
-t - Nov 19, 2015 4:05:15 pm PST #9428 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sounds about right. I think last time I had professionals coming to take care of my critters it was not far off from that, I think.
msbelle - Nov 19, 2015 4:22:04 pm PST #9429 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
It's what I pay E per shot when I escape for a weekend. Professionals are twice that for me.