Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

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.


beth b - Apr 20, 2007 2:01:49 pm PDT #3750 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

So what are people doing this weekend?

House concert (yay)

grumbling about local egroup that doesn't want me publishing info about the house concerts on the egroup , though we have been for over a year (boo)


Liese S. - Apr 20, 2007 2:02:33 pm PDT #3751 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Good heavens. What is wrong with the world? (eta: If I didn't get news from the Buffistas, I'd never know anything was going on.)

This weekend, I am doing more absolutely nothing. I got up today and tried to work around the house in preparation for having classes tomorrow, but it was a rank failure, so I've canceled tomorrow's classes.

But there's still the memorial service, so I have to decide if I'm healthy enough for that or not. I'm thinking not, but mostly because I don't want to be a huge freaking distraction by horking up a lung during the worship music or something. Blargh.

Otherwise, I'm spending my whole weekend watching my parents' flight status as they progress from Kona to Indiana. Although I just saw it change from not departed to in flight, which will likely be the only excitement for the next five hours.


sarameg - Apr 20, 2007 2:08:36 pm PDT #3752 of 10001

When flying huge long distances (edit: Atlanta, not NY, to J'burg, S.A. & back) I grew to hate the flight tracker. Look! We're still over a huge expanse of blue! 4 hours later OMG, has it moved at all!

Much better for continental flights, I think.

I've got a haircut appointment tomorrow. That's all that's official. Hey, anyone know a better technique than a roll of paper towels to clean a huge expanse of mildly filthy windows? Cloth towels are too linty and newspaper leaves more film.


-t - Apr 20, 2007 2:16:54 pm PDT #3753 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I've always found newspaper to be the best, sarameg. But I haven't actually cleaned a window in years - I've heard that the new soy-based inks made the wondowcleaning not so effective.

There's always squeegees.


Jesse - Apr 20, 2007 2:17:10 pm PDT #3754 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good heavens. What is wrong with the world? (eta: If I didn't get news from the Buffistas, I'd never know anything was going on.)

This.

I have several parties to go to this weekend, and I really super double plus need to do laundry.


libkitty - Apr 20, 2007 2:25:19 pm PDT #3755 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

If I didn't get news from the Buffistas, I'd never know anything was going on.

Wrod. I hate watching the news, and don't much like reading it (as in a newspaper or most online news sites), so mostly rely on a good friend that I work with who is a news junky. With b.org, sometimes I actually know things before him!


aurelia - Apr 20, 2007 2:29:59 pm PDT #3756 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Hey, anyone know a better technique than a roll of paper towels to clean a huge expanse of mildly filthy windows?

I use handi wipes to wash the grime off and paper towels for the final pass.


Theodosia - Apr 20, 2007 3:07:29 pm PDT #3757 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hey, anyone know a better technique than a roll of paper towels to clean a huge expanse of mildly filthy windows?

Sponge, dishcleaning soap, hot water, squeejee.

There's also squirting on some degreasy stuff like Formula 409 before the spongey pass. And buying Very Cheap paper towels for industrial-strength clean up. BTW, the high end towels have chemicals on them that make them soak up water faster, but it will also streak on glass, so buy the cheapy towels for this sort of cleanup.


Zenkitty - Apr 20, 2007 3:10:35 pm PDT #3758 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

A squeejee is beyond my commitment to cleaning anything. But this

the high end towels have chemicals on them that make them soak up water faster, but it will also streak on glass, so buy the cheapy towels for this sort of cleanup.

is an immense help! I always wondered why my paper towels left streaks.


sarameg - Apr 20, 2007 3:15:30 pm PDT #3759 of 10001

This is for a 5 panels of sliding glass doors (probably 16 feet of window,) so handiwipes would be expensive (I use them for the car, though.) I use a squeegee on the outside, but inside I end up with puddles and a mess. That's a me-problem. I guess cheap towels are probably the best.