Emmett and I are back from two hours in GG Park. About an hour of that was cruising on bikes through the tall trees on a bright winter day. It's only about mid-fifties out there. We stopped at Stow Lake (after overshooting it by about 12 blocks - all downhill, so it was fun swooping by it. Less fun standing up on the pedals to crest the hill back.) Then we took the paddleboat out on the lake. Emmett had a Cherry Iceee and I had a coffee and it would have been idyllic out there except for my constant griping about his poor boat driving skills. I suspect he had more fun with JZ yesterday where she wasn't backseat driving. I apologized afterwards with an ice cream bar and all was well.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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.
DavidS - Jan 08, 2006 1:00:57 pm PST #8615 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
beth b - Jan 08, 2006 1:12:32 pm PST #8616 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
my constant griping about his poor boat driving skills.
not that I have complained about this one, but it drives me crazy when I find myself griping, harping, or nagging about something that in the long run is trivial. An extra two points for you , David , for recognizing what you did - and finding the best way to apologize.
Jesse - Jan 08, 2006 1:22:27 pm PST #8617 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I hate that when I realize it's me being the pain, but better than not realizing.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 1:27:05 pm PST #8618 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat, please!
I'm okay with not having a million stores right near me (my last place kinda did) because I hate carrying that crap anyway. Saving my exertion for krav, I am.
Betsy HP - Jan 08, 2006 1:27:37 pm PST #8619 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Lori, I told my kids in about you and the robot arm in the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. They thought you were the coolest person ever.
lori - Jan 08, 2006 1:30:59 pm PST #8620 of 10002
ita, it was in the magazine section of the paper, and we will save it for you. Can't find it online. Maybe we could drop it off tonight on our way to LAX, or maybe you get it in a week. Either way, it had info on restaurants to go to get lots of different goat dishes.
lori - Jan 08, 2006 1:31:24 pm PST #8621 of 10002
Aww, thanks, Betsy.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 1:38:33 pm PST #8622 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If dropping by is convenient, that'd be great. I don't plan on leaving the house again today. Otherwise, no worries! Thanks so much.
lori's a good cool card to toss out. "Yeah, but MARS," is hard to follow.
Theodosia - Jan 08, 2006 1:40:15 pm PST #8623 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Huh -- has it been mentioned here that evidently author JT Leroy is a woman, but that 'he' has also been portrayed in public by another woman?
Kat - Jan 08, 2006 1:41:58 pm PST #8624 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
"Yeah, but MARS,"
IT IS! But there's also something really humbling when your own (or in this case my) mother says, "Wow! She's so much smarter than you are."