When I was in high school and babysitting, I had one kid who was very self-sufficiant and didn't really need a babysitter. I was supposed to watch the dog, an ancient daschund wienerdog, who would sometimes have nightmares. Her family were afraid she would have a heart attack in her sleep. I had to wake her up if she started to moan.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
quester - Jan 17, 2007 6:34:27 pm PST #3776 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
JZ - Jan 17, 2007 6:38:41 pm PST #3777 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Allyson, I can check with my bookstore manager mom, but I'm fairly certain she is just going to confirm what everyone else has said: that news is made of awesome.
sarameg - Jan 17, 2007 6:38:48 pm PST #3778 of 10001
sad to hear about his vision problems!
I'm not sure if there are problems or not. Mind you, when I got him, his eyes were pretty cloudy due to a fever way back when he was a 2 yr old cat (he's 14ish.) It's also possible he's like me and easily startled, or that Devi has made him paranoid. In any case, he doesn't have any problem getting around and if it is the diabetes, he's taking it better than me (I'm somewhat paranoid.)
Liese S. - Jan 17, 2007 6:40:22 pm PST #3779 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh! I wasn't going to admit this yet. I wanted to wait until I had some more evidence. But I've been doing the smaller plate thing, and it is totally working for me! I gave myself no rules, no restrictions, no calorie counting. I just use a smaller plate. I can still get seconds if I want. I find that I don't, as often as I would expect. Oh, and if I eat out, I try to split the dish in thirds, and only eat a third.
It gives me time to eat, enjoy, digest, relax. And in the end, it's a simple reduced calorie diet.
Scrappy - Jan 17, 2007 6:41:50 pm PST #3780 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We do that too! We use luncheon-size plates and it really does work. Portion control, bay-bee!
sumi - Jan 17, 2007 6:43:22 pm PST #3781 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Liese, that's totally cool. I must try it.
Cass - Jan 17, 2007 6:45:24 pm PST #3782 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Video of icy streets in (I think) PortlandE from my friend P on the snowpocolypse
Oh, don't try the driving in snow.
It's not so much you as the idiot who will slide into you.
Although, actually, thinking about your car...... the person who will be doing the sliding is now in question.Which? Less patronizing than it sounds since I have tires that need to be replaced even for non-icy conditions on my Mustang convertible and my last time on a skid pad at a driving course was over a decade ago. I know more than the drivers in that video but I don't harbor any fantasies that I am going to make the drifting highlight reels anytime soon.
That video? Damn, we don't have the smartest drivers here, do we?
dcp - Jan 17, 2007 6:47:13 pm PST #3783 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Plates?
Hmmmm. I suppose I could start buying those paper towels that have the perf lines closer together....
tommyrot - Jan 17, 2007 6:48:43 pm PST #3784 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This has got to be one of the weirdest Japanese products ever: [link]
It's this swan-head that you wear, and it, um... it's hard to explain....
Vortex - Jan 17, 2007 7:14:29 pm PST #3785 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oh, and if I eat out, I try to split the dish in thirds, and only eat a third.
yeah, I sometimes ask for a box when the food arrives, and put the extra in the box immediately. Then I don't have "just another bite" and "one more" until it's not worth saving. If I'm still hungry, I'll eat what's in the box, but that almost never happens.