he cut our funding last year.
Last year it was hurting normal people. This year, it's hurting his stock portfolio.
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
amych - Aug 31, 2007 12:21:30 pm PDT #7996 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Daisy Jane - Aug 31, 2007 12:23:36 pm PDT #7997 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I just find very little this administration does to be "encouraging." Though they keep thanking me for doing the job they won't.
Emily - Aug 31, 2007 12:32:16 pm PDT #7998 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hey, everybody. Just thought I'd check in. Things are going fairly well so far, knock on wood. Just dozed on the couch, am about to eat dinner and get ready to go back into town. Sigh. Anybody want to come down here to go to a high school football game with me?
Theodosia - Aug 31, 2007 12:38:33 pm PDT #7999 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"
Emily! Has you landed a job, then? I have not seen you updating us here, if you have.
sarameg - Aug 31, 2007 12:38:44 pm PDT #8000 of 10001
Jilli, do not click this [link] and plan on never ever going to Wills Point, TX.
I like the Jilli-scaring-things, and even so, this is a wee bit much.
BigDuluth - Aug 31, 2007 12:48:42 pm PDT #8001 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Emily... close to Roanoke?
Jesse - Aug 31, 2007 1:16:52 pm PDT #8002 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, you guys know I love jury duty, right? I just got the most annoying jury summons ever -- it's "standby" for any court in the county, and it says I need to start calling in on a certain day. Nowhere did it say how long I had to keep calling in. I had to scour the website and open a 32-page PDF to learn that I could be on call for "up to five days." Which means I have to postpone, because I'm going out of town on the Wednesday of that week. I'm pretty sure when I was in Manhattan, it was two days or one trial (and there was no call-in), but I guess the rules go by county?
bon bon - Aug 31, 2007 1:24:53 pm PDT #8003 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
WTH? It might have to do with the court. Does it give you an address or any indication of the kind of court it is? As in, it says something about civil part, family part, anything like that? You're no longer exempt?
Ginger - Aug 31, 2007 1:36:49 pm PDT #8004 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It is with deep regret that we must inform you of the passing of Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter.
That's too bad. Maybe I'll go out and buy some beer in his honor.
JenP - Aug 31, 2007 1:39:01 pm PDT #8005 of 10001
Because of ita and Lee, I bought tamarind, er, pods, I guess, at the farmers market today. Apparently it's the sweet kind they grow in Thailand especially for eating fresh. It's very tasty. Reminds me of something, but I can't name it yet.
No tamarind balls, but it seems I could make my own with the pulp. My list of things I tried/did/saw/listened to because of this place grows yet again.
I skipped the finance talk. Now I have to clean and pack for a road trip tomorrow.
Oh, and, hi, BigD. I had to skip a bunch, so I may have missed your backstory, but welcome!