I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.

Willow ,'Storyteller'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 02, 2007 7:35:46 am PDT #69 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Yay shrift!

I think I eat better breakfasts on the Atkins diet than otherwise. Today was eggbeaters seasoned with dill, facon, olives, and a wedge of Roaring Forties blue cheese.

Then I went to the park for my first 3 mile walk/jog since early summer, and neither collapsed wheezing nor took unusually long to complete the route. I believe I may reward myself by using up my full daily carb allotment on a BLTBBQ shrimp sandwich. (Not as indulgent as it sounds, as that sandwich will do for two meals and let me spread the wheat out to a slice of bread per.)


Dana - Nov 02, 2007 7:36:47 am PDT #70 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Have phone appointment with Playboy at 3!

Woohoo!


Jesse - Nov 02, 2007 7:39:31 am PDT #71 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Do I tip the manicurist, and if so, how much?

Yes, 15-20%. But that's what I tip everyone. Actually, depending on how cheap the nail place is, I tip more than that -- a $6 eyebrow wax is definitely worth more to me than a $1 tip.


lisah - Nov 02, 2007 7:40:17 am PDT #72 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Do I tip the manicurist, and if so, how much?

Yes! I always tip %20 for pretty much anything. The math is relatively easy & I don't have to keep different percentages in my head. Of course that doesn't work for tipping baggage handlers ($2 a bag, right?) or housekeeping at a hotel...shit, i'm realizing that I bet we didn't leave a housekeeping tip when I was in NC with my brother & nieces. I was too crazed getting the nieces together.


lisah - Nov 02, 2007 7:41:04 am PDT #73 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

oh so jealous of cheap & good NY nail places.


shrift - Nov 02, 2007 7:41:17 am PDT #74 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Har.

Mostly I'm just happy that we can stop the phone tag and dueling voicemails. I can has informations and job description, pls?


Jesse - Nov 02, 2007 7:43:38 am PDT #75 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

oh so jealous of cheap & good NY nail places.

Yeah, it's the one thing that's cheap about living here.

Also, I always forget to tip at hotels, and only feel bad about it when it's way too late! That's a weird custom, I think -- most other people I'm tipping, I'm looking at them when they're providing the service.


Dana - Nov 02, 2007 7:47:49 am PDT #76 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I am normally pro-cilantro, but my burrito maker went a little heavy on it today.


Kathy A - Nov 02, 2007 7:48:11 am PDT #77 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Twenty percent it is! It's going to be $17 to take off the old acrylics and manicure the actual nails underneath, so another $4 should cover the tip.


Kat - Nov 02, 2007 7:49:34 am PDT #78 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Love the plush toys.

YAY Shrift. Good luck!

I wish I had a burrito. And a space heater.