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'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


Theodosia - Jun 16, 2007 12:50:50 pm PDT #3394 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"

Cookies would be nice!

I don't suppose the universe is going to bring me any. :: still looks hopeful ::


Frankenbuddha - Jun 16, 2007 12:52:07 pm PDT #3395 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Frank, I hope it works out for you. I do apologise if it didn't since I went to sleep at about 6 last night and woke up more than 12 hours later--I may have been hogging more REM than is my share.

Oh ita. Given what you are suffering through now my sleep problems are the equivalent of diamond shoe tightness. As far as my day-to-day is concerned, I've been living on 4 to 6 hours sleep, depending on how bad the night goes, for going on a decade now. The weird part? Haven't been missing the 2 to 4 hours I should be getting. So good for you if you're getting my sleep.

I'm mainly worried about the apnea because it may be contributing to my high blood pressure. And the apnea may not be the reason I have trouble getting to/getting back to sleep. But - gotta deal with the known problem first.

Granted, those nights I only get 4 (or often feels like less) hours are a bitch, but they are also surprisingly easy to shake off. I suspect my sleep rhythms may not be average. I just wish I got more out of my waking hours than I do. I used to seem to do SO much more with the same amount of time. Which is why I suspect that my sleep patterns ARE a problem.

t /first world problems


Ginger - Jun 16, 2007 5:24:43 pm PDT #3396 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Cool project [link]


Kat - Jun 16, 2007 5:35:36 pm PDT #3397 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Pictures of people looking at goatse for the first time. (Also safe).

Bahahahah. Tom, you've made my day. Those are hysterical.

I am sitting in my house overwhelmed by crap to be done and dreading it all. I have made a promise to myself that I will stop visiting Grace at the hospital because I can't stand being as devastated and upset as it is making me. Instead, I'm eating Ollallieberry pie with ice cream and folding clothes and pumping breastmilk. I might move on to filing insurance papers and paying bills.

I live a daring life if that is what my Saturday nights entail.


bon bon - Jun 16, 2007 5:36:55 pm PDT #3398 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'm eating Ollallieberry pie

What's this?


DavidS - Jun 16, 2007 5:37:43 pm PDT #3399 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What's this?

Ollallieberries are a blackberry variant. I think.


Kat - Jun 16, 2007 5:40:02 pm PDT #3400 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Genetically, it is approximately two-thirds Blackberry and one-third European Red Raspberry. The Olallieberry was developed in 1949 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Oregon State University by crossing a Loganberry with a Youngberry. While primarily developed in Oregon, it has never been very productive there and is primarily grown in California. Because the olallieberry has blackberry on both sides of its parentage, it exhibits many of the same flavor characteristics of the blackberry. However, olallieberries are much larger in size and generally are sweeter than blackberries grown under the same conditions.

Sorry. I spelled it wrong before. Really? Olallieberry is just yummy berry goodness. Duarte's near Pescadero has the best olallieberry pie.


Lee - Jun 16, 2007 5:45:42 pm PDT #3401 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Duarte's near Pescadero has the best olallieberry pie.

They really do.


bon bon - Jun 16, 2007 5:51:02 pm PDT #3402 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Blackberries are like my favorite fruit-- I should look for this.


Kat - Jun 16, 2007 5:51:02 pm PDT #3403 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I miss Duartes.