Nora wins at lunch.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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 - Sep 28, 2007 9:23:17 am PDT #3701 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
DavidS - Sep 28, 2007 9:25:27 am PDT #3702 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Not Coney Island, but one of the semi-regular Defenestrations of Prague.
Good band name: The Defenestration of Prague.
But only as a side project for Colin Meloy.
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2007 9:26:04 am PDT #3703 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hell, my mother came running, and I'm doing way better than your neighbour. But families are weird.
You are not infinite, paperdol, and don't let them make you feel guilty about.
lisah - Sep 28, 2007 9:27:04 am PDT #3704 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Nora wins at lunch.
Seriously!!! even though my salad was very delicious. Not the same.
geez, paperdol. A line in the sand is often a Very Good Idea. It sounds like she needs more than you can provide right now and that there are other people (like her sister) who are able to take care of her. But, yeah, it really sounds like she needs to be in the hospital.
I'm just not willing to do more than make her some chicken broth and try to convince her sister that the girl needs to be hospitalized until the antibiotics restore her.
I think this is doing plenty. And there's no point thinking of what you'd do differently if she was someone you were closer to.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2007 9:27:16 am PDT #3705 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You are not infinite, paperdol, and don't let them make you feel guilty about.
Yeah, that.
bon bon - Sep 28, 2007 9:28:02 am PDT #3706 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It's much more impressive that he is part of the Masaryk family-- to Czechs at least.
Relatedly, does anyone really use defenestration without being conscious of what a silly word it is? It always reads so unnaturally. It's like antidisestablishmentarianism.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 28, 2007 9:28:39 am PDT #3707 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Two words:
Vaguely wrong
aurelia - Sep 28, 2007 9:31:09 am PDT #3708 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
There's no medical insurance. That seems to be the sticking point. But seriously, doesn't social security or medicaid cover severe disability?
When I was uninsured and badly injured I went to the ER at a university hospital. They took care of me and then took a financial statement. After I was released I got a rather shocking bill followed by a letter offering a settlement. I was able to pay a fraction of the hospital bill and paid the physicians bill in manageable installments.
DavidS - Sep 28, 2007 9:31:11 am PDT #3709 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Relatedly, does anyone really use defenestration without being conscious of what a silly word it is? It always reads so unnaturally. It's like antidisestablishmentarianism.
It's not silly when you're talking about Prague! Prague automatically confers dignity. Try it.
The [silly thing] of Prague.
Sue - Sep 28, 2007 9:33:39 am PDT #3710 of 10001
hip deep in pie
The Defenestration of Prague.
I was thinking it was Poland.