I'm at home early and am using my free time deleting duplicate files from my My Music folder. My life is so exciting!
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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.
Consuela - Dec 29, 2006 3:23:24 pm PST #8686 of 10007
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Tom Scola - Dec 29, 2006 3:26:31 pm PST #8687 of 10007
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
how was I to know Grey Goose was pricey?
Speaking of insane price markups, here's a detailed exposé about The Noka Chocolate Company.
So, if you buy Noka's 48-piece Vintages Encore box for $100, you're getting about the same amount of chocolate you would have gotten by buying one 100-gram Bonnat bar at a retail price of $7.50. That's a markup of more than 1,300% over the retail price.
sarameg - Dec 29, 2006 3:27:03 pm PST #8688 of 10007
Lee, that's kind of...scary.
This past christmas trip home was the most relaxing xmas I've had in, um...4 years. I love my brother, nephew and SIL, but returning to old traditions and having no grand agenda (other than shop) and no drama was delightful.
It was also the first time I've mixed parents with friends from adulthood. They briefly met friends in college, but that was basically hellos at graduation, so it was kinda a milestone that hadn't occured to me until it was upon me. It was very good.
Cashmere - Dec 29, 2006 3:29:55 pm PST #8689 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.
They let you drive yourself home after dilating your eyes? I always had to bring a driver when they did that.
My life is so exciting!
I'm watching a Ray Davies special on Ovation. But it's only 8:30 and I'm contemplating going to bed.
Lee - Dec 29, 2006 3:33:01 pm PST #8690 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
They let you drive yourself home after dilating your eyes? I always had to bring a driver when they did that.
I wouldn't have if I didn't think I could do it safely, and I'm pretty sure she knew that. It was safe, too, just very very cautious.
Kathy A - Dec 29, 2006 3:35:37 pm PST #8691 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm spending the evening reading fanfic and listening to my Christmas-gift CDs--"Love" by the Beatles, and greatest hits albums by Elton John and Depeche Mode; it's been forever since I've heard "I Just Can't Get Enough," and the cat was looking at me strangely when I started bopping around the dining room as soon as I heard the opening notes.
sarameg - Dec 29, 2006 3:38:20 pm PST #8692 of 10007
While I'm thinking of it, 2 books from the 'rents that other parents might like for their kids.
Hedgie (a hedgehog- we like them lots in my family) helps a hen outsmart a tomte stealing her eggs: [link]
And Hedgie the janitor hedgehog gets to shoot into space and save the day: [link]
Both are beautifully illustrated, the former more traditional, the latter spacey and sparkly!
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2006 3:39:44 pm PST #8693 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Watching the season finale of Dex. Hmm. I randomly called some of this, just because I felt the need to call. There's no sense of righteous victory in that.
The way Dex walks is hot.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 29, 2006 3:45:12 pm PST #8694 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
There's very little about Dexter that isn't hot.
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Angel has ruined me for life, hasn't it?
sarameg - Dec 29, 2006 3:47:30 pm PST #8695 of 10007
I post about childrens' books when everyone else is talking about serial killers....