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Spike's Bitches 28: For the Safety of Puppies...and Christmas!
[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.
ChiKat - Jan 17, 2006 9:26:46 am PST #4819 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Jessica - Jan 17, 2006 9:28:04 am PST #4820 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Like the bird flu could eventually turn into a pandemic! . Not that we're in danger of a pandemic! mind you. Just that if the pathogen mutates in about ten specific ways, a pandemic! is possible. Not that we want you to worry or anything... Because it's no more likely than any other bug evolving and wiping out people. No, really, don't worry any more than usual.
Unless I'm mistaken, ita doesn't have a century-long history of periodically turning into a parapalegic, with known cues that allow scientists to roughly predict when the next wave is going to be.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2006 9:30:42 am PST #4821 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've already talked to one of my doctors, Hec, and his response was to schedule the nerve block he thinks I need anyway right before the test.
This is a guy who's actually seen the MRI/MRA/CT scan/yadda yadda, and has a medical degree to boot. I have mentioned it offhand to my neurologist and will be discussing it with her in more detail in less than a week.
ALL of them get to have opinions. None of them get to go over my head and prevent me from doing it. Fuck that noise.
Also, the instructors already know I'm injured. None of them want me truly broken. I've explicitly said that I need to start taking the test. I'd like to finish it, but stuff happens. I'd like to pass it too, but we'll see how it goes.
Emily - Jan 17, 2006 9:31:11 am PST #4822 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Me too. It's my way of giving back to the system. I keep the books with less guilt and happily hand over the cash when I do return them knowing that my sloth helps bring other books there to live too.
This reminds me of a story in Freakonomics about an Israeli daycare center charging parents a fine if they were late to pick up their kids -- the number of late pickups increased dramatically, because the relatively small fine and no guilt were a better deal than before. When they abolished the fines, the number of late pickups stayed about the same, since now there was no price and no guilt. (Not trying to imply it's the same, since with the library there's less inconvenience in late returns than for daycare personnel working late. Just that it reminded me of a nifty story.)
Lee - Jan 17, 2006 9:33:55 am PST #4823 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ALL of them get to have opinions. None of them get to go over my head and prevent me from doing it. Fuck that noise.
Exactly. Your body=your decision.
Ginger - Jan 17, 2006 9:34:39 am PST #4824 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My library makes it incrediably easy to renew books. You can do it online. You can do it on the phone. You can have the book for six weeks. I still get fines.
It does apparently pay to complain. I just complained to Earthlink that the DSL price on the website was $5 less than I was paying, and they dropped my monthly bill $10 and gave me a free month.
Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2006 9:35:37 am PST #4825 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
ALL of them get to have opinions. None of them get to go over my head and prevent me from doing it. Fuck that noise.
Yes, this. You're a grown woman.
DavidS - Jan 17, 2006 9:40:11 am PST #4826 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
None of them get to go over my head and prevent me from doing it. Fuck that noise.
Of course. I was just curious about your doctor's take and why that isn't enough for the PT.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2006 9:40:58 am PST #4827 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ALL of them get to have opinions. None of them get to go over my head and prevent me from doing it. Fuck that noise.
Damn skippy.
SuziQ - Jan 17, 2006 9:51:26 am PST #4828 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Just got back from high school. YIKES. I spent an hour in one of K-Bugs classes and I think I'm scared for life now. HOW did I make it through high school as a teen???
I was there as a speaker for K-Bug's presentation on Histiocytosis. I got to talk about her being diagnosed and treated. She said I was "funny" cause she could tell I was nervous. I just didn't want to embarass her. If I'd wanted to do that, I coulda brought pictures. evil mom