Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.

'Conviction (1)'


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.


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...."


bon bon - Dec 22, 2006 6:48:03 am PST #7736 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

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

Thanks for that.


juliana - Dec 22, 2006 6:49:00 am PST #7737 of 10007
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

The definitive muffuletta!

I'm making my definitive muffaletta tomorrow, and ItWillBeFG!


Kat - Dec 22, 2006 6:49:02 am PST #7738 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

See. and yet I'm uninspired by those topics to really argue.

I can't decide if I've reached olfactory fatigue from the Ass Body Spray or if it really has disappeared.


DavidS - Dec 22, 2006 6:49:09 am PST #7739 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Here's one for you, Tommy. Man Fights To Keep Bullet In Head