It is better to regret the things you have done
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Laga - Nov 04, 2007 9:38:09 am PST #358 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Pix - Nov 04, 2007 9:38:13 am PST #359 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
If she doesn't adore you, she's craxy.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2007 9:40:34 am PST #360 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ideally, I'd recommend a head nod. Saying hi without actually having to talk. You're friendly, but not making a big thing.
Not that she hates you.
Pix - Nov 04, 2007 9:49:59 am PST #361 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Jesse is wise. (I get silly protective of you.)
lori - Nov 04, 2007 9:56:36 am PST #362 of 10001
Go with the head nod, Tom.
That heathen child is ridiculously adorable. Her beauty and inimitable personality don't quit!
On other fronts, Grace strikes a pose, and gives me a funny look, while Noah works on lifting his giant noggin.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2007 9:58:14 am PST #363 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can't get over how big those noodles are!
Tom Scola - Nov 04, 2007 9:59:04 am PST #364 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
She and her friend were sitting by the exit, so I couldn't walk past without acknowledging them. Her friend talked to me; she didn't say a word.
Grace & Noah == Cute.
lori - Nov 04, 2007 9:59:34 am PST #365 of 10001
They just keep growing! It's like magic!
lori - Nov 04, 2007 10:01:14 am PST #366 of 10001
Yay for acknowledging them, Tom. And if it didn't work out with you two, it just didn't. But you can always be civil.
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2007 10:18:45 am PST #367 of 10001
brillig
I forgot it was the first Sunday of the month, AKA Fast & Testimony Sunday in the Mormon Church. The theory is that you eat nothing before services and donate the money represented by the food you didn't eat as a special offering. And just in case you weren't in church this morning, a member of the priesthood and a designated 12-year-old boy (priest in training) goes door to door to hand out envelopes you can put your offering into.
They were just at my door, with an envlope with Hubby's name on it. He was officially made a member decades ago, and a little thing like never stepping foot in one of their services for 20 years isn't enough for you to no longer be a member. Normally he intercepts the church reps before I do, and he'll give them a run around of "It's better to have peace at home" thing that their prophets go on about.
I have never been a member of the Mormon Church, and I can conceive of no situation where I ever would be a member. I finally had to pin Hubby down and demand a statement of whether I was keeping him from attending a church he believed in. He gave me a 90% convincing argument that I wasn't. The thing is, I cannot understand why he lets the church think he's still a member who's only being kept from the path of righteous observance because of a heathen wife who he can't bring to the true path. His reasoning is because he doesn't want to be obviously in opposition to the prevaling world view, in case some sort of social warfare breaks out.
I sent the "give us money" tag team away politely, but I dislike having those judgemental twits at my door.