Heh, heh, heh. No, that's alright, thanks.
Natter 31 But Looks 29
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.
billytea, whatever comfort I can offer is yours.
I'm glad you had Christmas together.
Heh, heh, heh. No, that's alright, thanks.
Are you sure? We could start with "...shiny nickle" and end up anywhere you want.
Okay...
Seriously, I've found the link, so am now sorted. :)
I've found the link, so am now sorted. :)"Sorted."
helentm is a Brit!
We shall all now chuckle.
I'm back from my sad/surreal/merry week in Iowa.
Thanks again, to all for you words of comfort.
{{{billytea}}} I empathise deeply. My thoughts are with you.
not really here, but {{{billytea}}}.
The first three carloads of stuff have been moved to my new place. It's going to be a really great little apartment. Now I've just got to get all of this other crap packed and moved.
Okay, really, back to packing and cleaning and hauling stuff to the dumpster.
t Dashes in from snowstorm...
Happy Birthday, Theodosia!!!
Happy Birthday, Jesse!!!
Happy Birthday, Rayne!!!
(Yes! Made it with a minute and a half to spare.)
The presumption of Christianity is a stifling one.
I dunno. Is "Merry Christmas" automatically presuming Christianity? Christmas seems the big nationwide party in the U.S. I take "Merry Christmas" as "enjoy the party!" not "Hola fellow Christian!".
I will point out that there is some rational basis for taking it this way. After all Yule is a much older festival than Christmas; adapted by the Christian churches when they gave up trying to stop the old pagan celebration, and slapped a Christian label on it instead. In point of fact the Puritans, at least some of whom where the ideological ancestors of the Christian right, came to this country in part to escape the British practice of Christmas. Up till the early eighteen century, Christmas was outlawed in large parts of New England; people observing it were fined. So Christmas in a way represents a victory of people who like to have fun over po-faced fundamentalists.