Kat, you are an amazing, remarkably, kick-ass mom.
I dunno, dude. She lets me hold her kids.That's pretty reckless.
No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
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.
Allyson - Nov 29, 2007 9:50:29 am PST #4486 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Trudy Booth - Nov 29, 2007 9:51:44 am PST #4487 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Weird - I know she 's safe...why is this bugging me so much.
My two cent completely unqualified psychological opinion is that on some viceral mental level you feel like you aren't keeping your daughter safe because you lost possession of an object that literally exists to keep her safe.
Really, how much in a child's life can a parent control? And its less and less as she gets older. A car seat is so mechanical and physical and certain. Not to mention that you're hopped-up on gestational hormones which surely exascerbate these instincts at times.
Susan W. - Nov 29, 2007 9:52:36 am PST #4488 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Travel IQ is 113. I rock at Europe and the Middle East but kept getting in trouble taking random stabs at islands I knew were somewhere in the Pacific. We won't talk about how far off I was on the Galapagos.
Kat - Nov 29, 2007 9:54:41 am PST #4489 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Thanks, Cashmere, but I am not really feeling in need of hairpats. I'm more intrigued by how weird the guilt thing is. And that's not even it.
Cashmere - Nov 29, 2007 9:57:17 am PST #4490 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm more intrigued by how weird the guilt thing is
Isn't it just freakish?? It sort of pisses me off that I can rationally know I'm doing a good job and yet still be driven to distraction by what I'm NOT doing, or how I could be doing something better?
She says, as she lets her kids play with the telephone and eat chocolate.
Aims - Nov 29, 2007 9:58:18 am PST #4491 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
She says, as she lets her kids play with the telephone and eat chocolate.
At least you're home with them. In my craxy mom-head, I am the devil himself cause I work, even though I know I am a better mom because I work.
megan walker - Nov 29, 2007 10:05:02 am PST #4492 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
OMG I just did the Canada Quiz, and bombed on the Ontario section.
I was at Pearl Harbor last week and was still way off. My excuse? the islands are very small and I'm not as young as I used to be...
ETA: Darn you Sue, now you've made me realize there are other quizzes that must be done!!
Sue - Nov 29, 2007 10:07:51 am PST #4493 of 10001
hip deep in pie
ETA: Darn you Sue, now you've made me realize there are other quizzes that must be done!!
There's one based on the Amazing Race!
lori - Nov 29, 2007 10:14:26 am PST #4494 of 10001
Not a quiz, but just fun: Lego Abominations. With LED heads: [link]
And have you guys ever seen LED throwies? Looks like fun. [link]
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2007 10:16:38 am PST #4495 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pat Robertson Not Down With Yoga
Wednesday's "700 Club" featured a question about the Christian view of yoga. A concerned viewer asked, "Does it really have its origins in evil?" Pat Robertson gave the verdict: Yes! According to Pat, stretching is fine, but by repeating common yoga mantras, you are actually praying to Hindu gods Vishnu and Krishna and you're not even aware of it!