Supermoon eclipse photos here: [link]
Taken w/ iPad camera & 6" dobsonian telescope.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Sunnydale Press
Having a party? Organizing a local F2F? Know something that we all really need to know? Announce it! Want to discuss anything posted here? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
Liese S. - Sep 27, 2015 7:35:37 pm PDT #3829 of 4089
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Steph L. - Oct 08, 2015 5:27:42 am PDT #3830 of 4089
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Remember the traveling nail polish box? (Or, hey, even if you don't: look, it's a traveling nail polish box!)
I wasn't a part of the original traveling nail polish box, so I don't know when it stopped traveling. But amyth was purging her polish collection, and I've started a bit of a nail polish obsession, so she sent them to me. (Woo hoo!)
Is there any interest in reviving the traveling nail polish box? Because amyth sent me A LOT of polishes, and I won't keep them all. So I'd be happy to send them on to someone else (possibly with more from my collection).
If you're interested, email me at my profile addy.
Jesse - Oct 09, 2015 1:00:56 pm PDT #3831 of 4089
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hi, all -
Our host is doing some upgrades on Monday, so there may be a few minutes of downtime around 10am board time. Do not be alarmed!
Kat - Oct 09, 2015 3:08:49 pm PDT #3832 of 4089
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Liese S. - Oct 15, 2015 2:12:27 pm PDT #3833 of 4089
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The annual Delurking thread is now open! (Late, oops, so we'll leave it open a bit longer than normal.) Come out and play, lurkers, the water's fine!
Liese S. "Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail." Oct 14, 2015 6:07:37 pm PDT
sj - Oct 25, 2015 8:31:40 am PDT #3834 of 4089
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
If anyone wants an Elf on the Shelf figure, send me a message at my profile address, and I'll send it to you. I think the one we have is supposed to be a girl.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2015 3:24:04 pm PDT #3835 of 4089
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hi friends! A reminder that when you shop on Amazon using our links, we get a percentage! So here are some places to start:
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msbelle - Oct 27, 2015 5:21:32 pm PDT #3836 of 4089
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Speaking of shopping and gifts...
We are very close to time to sign up for The Annual Funscapade of Love, Support and Gifts Shared Amongst Buffistae (AFoLSaGSAB. If everyone is ok with it, I will happily moderate again over on Elfster.
Sign up is open until 11/14/15 and ideally gifts will arrive by end of the year. If you have never done it before, please consider it this year. If fear you cannot manage it, you can always be a mayhem elf and drop things in the mail unexpectedly to spread confusing joy - (I share addresses and personal information WILLY NILLY(not our NILLY, but you know what I mean))
signup link is below.
Java cat - Oct 29, 2015 10:58:48 am PDT #3837 of 4089
Not javachik
I've been hosting a couple whose house burned down (2200-2400 degrees estimated) in the Valley Fire on Cobb Mt. (between Calistoga and Clearlake) in September. They are trying to get back on their feet. They're my age, and thought they had the equity in their house for their older age.
Insurers in CA now commonly decline to renew insurance based on reports from Cal Fire + reviews of Google maps. Entire zip codes are now excluded from coverage. They were caught in the worst sitch - insurance declined to renew in Aug., they couldn't find another insurer, the fire was Sept. 14. It's all gone. House, deck, art, books, guitar, computers, truck, woodshop. They spent the time they could have used to grab stuff making sure their neighbors got out instead, and saved the lives of about a dozen people, including my former roommate and her husband, their neighbor.
They won't get a. thing. from insurance, and FEMA etc. is helpful, but not all that, also. If you'd like to help a couple recover from fire losses, they have a GoFundMe going, or paypal (they take less out) to equuleus at gmail dot com, or contact me if you want to make a direct deposit to their bank, profile addy fine. Thanks. [link]
eta link to Public Radio report on what insurers are doing. [link]
Typo Boy - Nov 04, 2015 6:19:42 pm PST #3838 of 4089
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Given that the day after an election is often a bit depressing, this is for people who enjoy a bit of political silliness with a slightly dark edge. Our electoral process explained entirely in popular music videos: