I always made fun of my mother for adding oranges as stocking "filler." I had no idea they were tradition. (Although I do remember from Little House on the Prairie the time they got pennies-- right? Big day!)
I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.
Fuffy ,'Storyteller'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
bon bon - Dec 03, 2006 10:07:19 pm PST #4296 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2006 10:13:05 pm PST #4297 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I never got the orange thing, and am still failing to. I'd imagine, though, Laura's kids would similarly fail to get it. I mean, they're in the backyard.
My sinuses are attacking me again. Atchoo.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2006 3:11:32 am PST #4298 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's a winter pre-trucking thing.
Theodosia - Dec 04, 2006 3:21:45 am PST #4299 of 10007
'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"
Jesse's right -- oranges are exotic as durians, if you're in, say, Nebraska in 18-whatever. I suppose having orange juice would nearly be unthinkable.
We're getting snow this morning, which is making the world white and exciting. Also exciting is that it's not going to stick, since it's 34 degrees now and only going to get warmer. Which means that it's a nice picturesque snow, which you can admire and then go about your business, secure in the knowledge that you aren't going to have to shovel or do much more than admire it.
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2006 4:23:50 am PST #4300 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Which means that it's a nice picturesque snow, which you can admire and then go about your business, secure in the knowledge that you aren't going to have to shovel or do much more than admire it.
The snow on the sidewalks here is mostly gone. Some was shoveled away, and what wasn't shoveled turned to ice after being trod upon many times....
brenda m - Dec 04, 2006 4:25:16 am PST #4301 of 10007
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
34? We have 12, and falling.
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2006 4:27:53 am PST #4302 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Falling? I think it's supposed to get to upper 20s-ish today. Maybe it was falling until the sun came up. (I think. Not that we'd be able to see the sun if it was up.)
brenda m - Dec 04, 2006 4:31:04 am PST #4303 of 10007
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
Hmm. They said it was 15 a few hours ago.
But now the screen says 14, so I guess you're right. Cool.
Laura - Dec 04, 2006 4:52:43 am PST #4304 of 10007
Our wings are not tired.
Way to start the week! Bolton resigns. [link]
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2006 4:55:10 am PST #4305 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yay!
Of course, he wasn't going to be confirmed so he would have been out soon anyway, but still....
There are still rumors floating about that Cheney might resign...
::crosses fingers::