I sense a new Lady of the Manners article. "How To Properly Attire One's Surgical Area"
"How to take advantage of the perfect Gothy accessory without grossing out your friends."
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.
[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.
Connie Neil - Nov 17, 2005 1:13:12 pm PST #5320 of 10003
brillig
Cass - Nov 17, 2005 1:15:31 pm PST #5321 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Happy Birthday Jilli!
I hope you have a quick recovery and enjoy your birthday celebrations this weekend.
tommyrot - Nov 17, 2005 1:16:54 pm PST #5322 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"A Nation of Wimps"
That seems alarmist to me, but then again I'm not part of the world the article describes. Are things really that bad?
tommyrot - Nov 17, 2005 1:18:01 pm PST #5323 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Happy Birthday Jilli!!!
Amy - Nov 17, 2005 1:18:50 pm PST #5324 of 10003
Because books.
Happy birthday, Jill! With lots of cake, and, well, painkillers.
vw bug - Nov 17, 2005 1:23:09 pm PST #5325 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Happy Birthday, Jilli! Hope you're feeling better quickly...glad that you're surgery went well.
P.M. Marc - Nov 17, 2005 1:30:25 pm PST #5326 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That seems alarmist to me, but then again I'm not part of the world the article describes. Are things really that bad?
It seemed both alarmist and poorly researched, vague about when exactly this shift took place, and failing for some things (later marriage and moving from home) to look at factors other than parental smothering. As one who moved late from home, as did my spouse, I can attest that in our case and the case of most of my friends, it really was the economy, stupid.
There were good points in there, but they were smothered by sensationalism.
As for cutting, the new epidemic, well... err, I'm 31. Most of my friends in real life are my age or slightly older. We came of age/went to high school in the late 80s/early 90s. Cutting wasn't talked about/discovered/to be watched for yet, but large numbers of us cut. We just got away with it with no one the wiser.
brenda m - Nov 17, 2005 1:35:46 pm PST #5327 of 10003
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
I'm 31. Most of my friends in real life are my age or slightly older. We came of age/went to high school in the late 80s/early 90s. Cutting wasn't talked about/discovered/to be watched for yet, but large numbers of us cut. We just got away with it with no one the wiser.
I'm a bit older than you, and it wasn't any big secret among my peers. I remember my mom being fairly shocked the first time it came up though, and the media hadn't glommed on yet. But it for sure isn't a recent development.
vw bug - Nov 17, 2005 1:40:07 pm PST #5328 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Oh, I forgot to mention that the Annabel pictures are just adorable. She really is just getting so big!
Amy - Nov 17, 2005 1:42:03 pm PST #5329 of 10003
Because books.
factors other than parental smothering
Those were the ones that resonated for me, though. With the boys in school (Jake for nine years now), I've seen so many cases of parents asking for exceptions for their kids when they weren't needed.
One woman I knew through playgroup was a SAHM, but she took it to an extreme (again, IMO). Their dining room had been made into a playroom, there were no limits for the kids at home regarding bedtime or what was appropriate behavior, and she would never go out in the evening because "it wasn't right". She believed that since she was a SAHM -- or simply a mom at all, I guess -- that one hundred percent of her time needed to be given to her kids. That's the kind of thing that sets up false expectations, in my mind. One day, Mommy isn't going to be around to wipe your nose, or tie your shoe, or get your juice, much less referee toy disputes. And the weirdest thing was, her kids were some of the most miserable, ill-behaved kids I'd ever encountered.