Yes, well, drowning, that could happen to anyone. Hardly a deterrent.
t /things I learned from murder mysteries
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
Spike's Bitches 35: We Got a History
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
-t - May 20, 2007 2:55:32 pm PDT #9609 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
brenda m - May 20, 2007 3:02:29 pm PDT #9610 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Absolutely no patricide! Unless of course you go to the trouble of rounding up a dog, a snake, an ape, and a large - make that extra large - sack so we know you really meant it. In that case, carry on.
-t - May 20, 2007 3:06:51 pm PDT #9611 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If you don't have any handy ice floes you have to improvise.
libkitty - May 20, 2007 3:32:47 pm PDT #9612 of 10003
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
And I still hope someone manages to liberate from your camera that amazing picture you took of Matilda in mid-laugh.
I'm still working on it, JZ. I'll let you know as soon as I do.
The places I've been looking at are 80% higher than rental.
I think it would probably be 100-200% higher here. Oy. A small 2-3 bedroom, older house, in ok shape but probably needing some real work in the next few years, across the street from me just sold. I'm not sure what they got, but they were asking $329k, and that was under assessment. And they sold it within about 2 weeks on the market, so I doubt that they would have come down much from that, if at all.
I pay $750 for a large one bedroom, including utilities.
In cheerier news, my mom and her partner have been visiting the past few days, and we haven't gotten into one fight. She's staying with some friends instead of with me, which is probably part of it, but I think that this is her first visit that actually feels too short.
I'm a little bit nervous about telling her that my dad is visiting next month, and staying with me. He got a good airline sale, but I just visited him in April, and she's a little bit jealous of visits.
Cashmere - May 20, 2007 3:55:25 pm PDT #9613 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
I paid attention in history class, and the Romans continue to surprise me.
Did you watch the HBO series, Sean? Really very good. I think they captured the nature of the Patrician Roman very well.
DH finally let me futz around with the settings on his work laptop. I KNEW it had wireless capability but he never likes to play around with those things. I switched on his wireless and now he doesn't have to vanish in the basement to hook up the LAN line when he wants to go online.
Silly actuary--doesn't he know it's perfectly ok to play around with stuff until you figure it out?
Sean K - May 20, 2007 3:57:14 pm PDT #9614 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Did you watch the HBO series, Sean? Really very good.
No, but I'll catch up on DVD. I know it's over and done now, but it's on the list to watch.
DCJensen - May 20, 2007 4:35:16 pm PDT #9615 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
17-year Cicadas coming... [link]
Strix - May 20, 2007 4:48:23 pm PDT #9616 of 10003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'm (half) watching a thing on the History channel about the history of punishment, and they just said that somebody (the Romans, I think) used to execute condemned criminals by throwing them in a river tied in a sack. With an ape, a dog, and a snake in the sack, too, so that the animals' panciked attempts to escape imminent drowning also sped the condemned to their doom.
This was also a popular way to get rid of unfaithful harem denizens. I dunno about the animal additions, but the sacking and the drowning were a medieval Arabic go.
Fred Pete - May 20, 2007 4:58:32 pm PDT #9617 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Sean, I hope S is doing better.
DavidS - May 20, 2007 5:00:27 pm PDT #9618 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was a grounds crew worker when 17 year cicadas came up.
We played our worst game ever today. The slaughter rule was invoked. Emmett walked a bunch of people and gave up 7 runs. Then everybody else did worse. Very discouraging.
Fortunately, afterwards I went to a get-together with an online writing group I've joined recently and it was really cool. Everybody was fun and interesting and accomplished and writing for magazines and things. So it was a good networking experience for me as I try to finesse the periodic book writing career into a more frequent freelance career.