No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


P.M. Marc - Apr 25, 2005 1:49:34 pm PDT #5680 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Yargh. Trying to clear off desk so we can remove it... window guys coming Friday. Christ wept.


Hil R. - Apr 25, 2005 2:31:01 pm PDT #5681 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One kid I used to babysit, when he was learning to walk, was somehow missing the "put out your arms to break a fall" instinct. He'd start falling, and then just fall straight over, keeping his arms at his sides, and hit his head against the floor. Scariest thing ever to watch.


erikaj - Apr 25, 2005 2:47:22 pm PDT #5682 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I don't always do that either, with the brain damage.


sj - Apr 25, 2005 3:04:07 pm PDT #5683 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I survived dinner with my family and amazingly so did they.

{{{vw}}} Much ~ma to you. Also, insent.

"...loved the pictures. Emma is so beautiful and petite. How lucky that she got Joe's metabolism and will grow up instead of out. You and I will envy her lots! "

That's awful. The Empress is foamy, and Emma is lucky to have both her and MM's genes.

She had her first head bump Friday. She fell out of her car seat onto the kitchen floor. Joe said it took a good 10 years off his life.

Poor MM and poor Emma.


Cashmere - Apr 25, 2005 3:07:47 pm PDT #5684 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

She had her first head bump Friday. She fell out of her car seat onto the kitchen floor. Joe said it took a good 10 years off his life

The good news is that this gets easier and takes less years off your life as you go along.


Gudanov - Apr 25, 2005 3:14:17 pm PDT #5685 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I want to secure the bookshelves in the basement tv room with furniture brackets. They need to be bolted to the walls. Can I drill and bolt them to concrete wall? Three of the four walls in this room aren't finished--just painted concrete.

You can get Tapcon screws. You'll need a special drill bit that is sold with the screws. There's a section in Home Depot that has them in the hardware area with the other screws.


Cashmere - Apr 25, 2005 3:16:44 pm PDT #5686 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

You can get Tapcon screws

Hee. This was the first thing that came up with Google. DH is intrigued by a trip to the home improvement store and the prospect of buying a new drill bit. That wasn't as hard as I'd imagined. And the set of brackets (which will take care of all three bookcases) is only $8 from One Step Ahead.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 25, 2005 3:30:01 pm PDT #5687 of 10001
What is even happening?

We have a wee baby bunny in our yard. I wrote more about it, here. [link]


libkitty - Apr 25, 2005 4:01:03 pm PDT #5688 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

I think she just called you a fat cow. Which, I am pretty sure, means you are allowed to beat her with the axe-handle of your choice without any legal ramifications.

She probably thinks she was ok because she said 'we.' She wasn't. I'm with Hec on this one.


WindSparrow - Apr 25, 2005 4:17:47 pm PDT #5689 of 10001
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.

Dan's plane has probably taken off by now.

We had a very good time together. And I confess to being somewhat onion-eyed the last half hour before he left.

Harvey liked him, and treated him to the same "if you are online, you must have a cat on either the keyboard or your lap" policy as I get from him. Sammie was a bit more cautious, but warmed up to him.