Deena (and interested others), here's a better link to my Cafepress store with the kid shirts: [link]
t /shameless self-promotion
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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.
Volans - Aug 16, 2005 6:31:21 am PDT #6675 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Calli - Aug 16, 2005 6:32:31 am PDT #6676 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
but friends of mine who are new parents seem to find it an amusing and thoughtful way to acknowledge their busy lives.
I'm sure it's all in the presentation.
Thank you, kind neighbor, for your [ ] thoughtful, [ ] considerate, [ ] unusual, [ ] cracktastic gift. (check/delete as appropriate)
We will always think of you as we [ ] munch on the lasagna, [ ] use the baby lotion, [ ] feed the iguana, [ ] hide the "child sized" hunting knives. (check/delete as appropriate)
[ ] Yours, [ ] Sincerely, [ ] We're keeping an eye on you, [ ] The restraining order is in the mail, (check/delete as appropriate)
Your neighbors.
brenda m - Aug 16, 2005 6:33:08 am PDT #6677 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It's not something that I'd send in a birthday present for my grandmother, but friends of mine who are new parents seem to find it an amusing and thoughtful way to acknowledge their busy lives.
It does make more sense in that context. I guess it just threw me for a moment.
JZ - Aug 16, 2005 6:34:49 am PDT #6678 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Damn, Raq, that's beautiful.
vw bug - Aug 16, 2005 6:36:39 am PDT #6679 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Raq, you are so damned talented.
Sparky1 - Aug 16, 2005 6:38:14 am PDT #6680 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I'm sure it's all in the presentation.
Pretty much. For certain friends I make sure to get a line in there about how they hope the baby grows up to look just like me.
Nicole - Aug 16, 2005 6:39:33 am PDT #6681 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
I'm sure it's all in the presentation.
Calli, that's hilarious!
Update: I'm finally at work. Bad connection on the battery. Cable thingies are now sparkling clean and car seems to be running fine.
I, however, am not so clean. Someone just pointed out that I missed some grease on my neck. Off to the bathroom to de-grease.
Ginger, I hope this is a quick ick and you're feeling better soon.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 16, 2005 6:48:42 am PDT #6682 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
gorgeous prints, Raq!
I would totally bring muffins to sick Ginger, if she were my neighbor...
ETA: glad the car stuff was easily fixed, Nicole.
Jen - Aug 16, 2005 6:55:30 am PDT #6683 of 10001
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Nora, I think your gifts for the new parents are awesome. I'm in awe of your thoughtfulness.
You could also offer to be a source of adult conversation--I've heard that the person who stays home with the baby for the first few months really misses conversations that aren't both one-sided and consisting solely of cooing. While it may take a little while for your neighbors to get to that point, if you start to see it happen you could write a funny little card that says, "I will talk to you whenever you'd like provided the topic of conversation is not breasts, babies, poop as a general concept, detailed descriptions of poop, or any combination thereof."
Topic!Cindy - Aug 16, 2005 6:59:26 am PDT #6684 of 10001
What is even happening?
While it may take a little while for your neighbors to get to that point, if you start to see it happen you could write a funny little card that says, "I will talk to you whenever you'd like provided the topic of conversation is not breasts, babies, poop as a general concept, detailed descriptions of poop, or any combination thereof."I think that would have made me feel either slightly insulted or self-conscious. You're 100% right on the need for this:
You could also offer to be a source of adult conversation--I've heard that the person who stays home with the baby for the first few months really misses conversations that aren't both one-sided and consisting solely of cooing.
But getting a note like that would have made me avoid the sender like the plague, or psychologically incapable of discussing anything else when in the sender's presence.