Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?

Wash ,'Serenity'


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 22, 2006 6:40:33 am PST #7726 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'm exhausted from Wednesday's cafoufle.

Hey, what's going on with travel through O'Hare? I thought I heard something but can't find anything. I'm traveling through there tomorrow.


Kat - Dec 22, 2006 6:41:14 am PST #7727 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

fogged in, I thought.

Which begs the question, what airports ARE open?


Jesse - Dec 22, 2006 6:41:42 am PST #7728 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Does that mean, Jesse, you aren't leaving until tomorrow?

Ha ha. No, I'm leaving in five minutes.


tommyrot - Dec 22, 2006 6:41:48 am PST #7729 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.

So who's not doing any family stuff for x-mas? My family celebrated last weekend, so I'm doing absolutely nothing over the weeked. Well, maybe I'll do some work on a project for some independant consulting I'm doing. But moslty, while most folks are thinking about the Baby Jesus, I'll be reading this book: Losing Our Heads: Beheadings in Literature and Culture Because I'm weird.


Aims - Dec 22, 2006 6:43:55 am PST #7730 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.

HA! That's both terrible and hysterical.

I know.

This is my sister's first permanent classroom/school. She keeps calling me and asking me if it's ok to sometimes hate a particular kid and/or their parents. I said from what I knew of other teachers, it's expected. You can't love all of your kids. Sometimes, there are just asshole kids with asshole parents.

Is that true?


tommyrot - Dec 22, 2006 6:45:55 am PST #7731 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.

Dense fog that socked in the Chicago area overnight was lifting this morning, but passengers headed to the city's airports on what was predicted to be the busiest travel day of the season should expect some delays.

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They are expecting to be back on a regular schedule later today.


DavidS - Dec 22, 2006 6:46:04 am PST #7732 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

But moslty, while most folks are thinking about the Baby Jesus, I'll be reading this book: Losing Our Heads: Beheadings in Literature and Culture Because I'm weird.

Interesting - there's also a book of fiction out now titled Severence which is all two-page POV stories by famous people in history who were beheaded. Basically their thoughts in the 2 minutes after their head has been chopped off before they expire. Robert Olen Butler, I think.


Kat - Dec 22, 2006 6:47:23 am PST #7733 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Yep. And sometimes it's healthy to say, "I don't like you enough to care about whether or not I hurt your feelings. Sit down. Do your work."

in reality, about 20% of your kids make you insane. And if you can get past that it's all good.

A suggestion from my friend Kristen's boyfriend:

Science needs to figure a way to make a pedometer that keeps track
of how many words you say, and what percentage of said words are complaints.

SO TRUE!


shrift - Dec 22, 2006 6:47:27 am PST #7734 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

We can bring up silverware or pythons in a squash court or whatever.

Cheese! Cats! Salad shooters! The definitive muffuletta!


tommyrot - Dec 22, 2006 6:47:40 am PST #7735 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.

Interesting - there's also a book of fiction out now titled Severence which is all two-page POV stories by famous people in history who were beheaded.

That sounds cool.

Basically their thoughts in the 2 minutes after their head has been chopped off before they expire.

"Huh. Never seen my body from this angle before...."