You know, I just remembered. My parents thought I wasn't talking, though I seemed pretty intelligent, and thought they were doing something wrong since I was an only child and wasn't getting any input from anyone but them. Then one day (I can't remember how old- old enough that they thought I should be at least trying to make words), we went to visit some of dad's friends who had just gotten a dog, and clear as day I pointed to it and said "Bubbie!" (which is incidentally what I call Oz when I'm babytalking him. I guess old habits never die.)
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 25 to Life
[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.
Daisy Jane - Jul 12, 2005 1:01:27 pm PDT #316 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Narrator - Jul 12, 2005 1:10:46 pm PDT #317 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Do they sweeten the pot for the players in any other way, do you know?
No. There have been various demands that players be paid a stipend, to give them some "walking around money" since they really can't work a job and go to school and do sports. The NCAA and the schools have always opposed this, I suspect at least in part because paying the students in that fashion cuold result in them being viewed as "employees" -- which would, for example, require the school to pay the student workers compensation benefits if the student is injured playing sports.
Daisy Jane - Jul 12, 2005 1:15:37 pm PDT #318 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
It also comes uncomfortably close to being a payoff.
sj - Jul 12, 2005 1:21:09 pm PDT #319 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Make it worth his while. wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
That goes without saying.
The dishwasher is running. The stuff that wouldn't fit is soaking in the sink. Yes, there really was that much stuff in the sink. I think dinner is going to be take out pizza because there is no light in the kitchen at the moment. As soon as the dishwasher is done, I am going to take a long soak in the tub, which should help the pain. BTW, for those who don't hate sweet smelling beauty products, Bath & Body Works' Tutti Dolci honey baths make lots of lovely bubbles and they're on sale now.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 1:23:40 pm PDT #320 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Narrator - Jul 12, 2005 1:23:40 pm PDT #321 of 10001
The evil is this way?
It also comes uncomfortably close to being a payoff.
Maybe, but then so is tuition and room and board, which is what a student-athlete gets now. I think I'd rather stop the charade of them getting outside "jobs" from boosters and let them use whatever free time they have actually going to classes and otherwise being college students. I think $50.00-$100.00/month during the sports season is not unreasonable. I mean, without a job or family, some of the athletes now don't have money to go to a movie, chip in to buy a pizza, etc. They "work" long hours for sports for the school. A small stipend seems fair to me.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 1:25:10 pm PDT #322 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A small stipend seems fair to me.
Absolutely. The colleges are making assloads of money. Set some standard across the board, maybe, to stop the big schools offering fat paychecks, but ... indentured labour is so century before last.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 12, 2005 1:27:14 pm PDT #323 of 10001
What is even happening?
Pageant photo retouching -- this stuff is like crack.
Ugh. I don't wanna talk about circumcision again, but I'm running out of distractions.
Okay, a salad shooter shoots salad. What does that mean? And, while we're on the subject, what does a salad spinner do? Does it just air dry your veggies?
Daisy Jane - Jul 12, 2005 1:28:28 pm PDT #324 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
But a $50-$100/a month at Emory is not the same as $50-$100 a month at LSU. Tuition and room and board at least are tied to a relatively stable measure. I agree that jobs from boosters is a sticky area, and that time could better be spent elsewhere.
Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2005 1:30:30 pm PDT #325 of 10001
brillig
The before shot of the first kid in ita's first link is a cutie pie!