Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.

Xander ,'First Date'


Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


-t - Apr 27, 2008 10:47:29 am PDT #6634 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Nice one, Tep. I love that he both bought it for you and said exactly what you said he would.

I use the biodegradable dog poop bags. They hold together long enough to get into the garbage can and, afaict, get picked up with the restof the trash. I'm taking it on faith that they biodegrade at all. I have recently learned that you canfeed pet waste to worms if that is all the worms ever get and you don't use the worm castings on plants you are going to consume.

it's hard to find trashbags you can hang over a door knob and I might have to get an actual trash can

I've been hanging drawstring-style kitchen bags from a hook not much higher than a door knob while I look for a the perfect garbage can. It works okay.


hippocampus - Apr 27, 2008 11:06:26 am PDT #6635 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

Known as Jilli Going To Work?

Well, that was what sprung to my mind.

The people I was with were delighted at Steampunk as concept. And I am sure, in one case, a potential tap root for inspiration, but I don't know how practical they consider it. Nor are they familiar with any literature. Nor do they know anyone who lives it, thinks it through, and so on. So I think they like it as a catchy ad, with some powerful music in the background, if it helps to sell the car.

I feel differently. And am amused that they mistook my tone.

Still wondering where I fit in though - (and voila: my inner conflict on display-) I need a corner that is William Morris, meets Curta Calculator, meets Gothic revival. Yes. I know that the three are mutually destructive. Nice to meet you, I'm Sox.


Laga - Apr 27, 2008 11:09:52 am PDT #6636 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

aw you guys, take care of yourselves! Get some rest. And drink plenty of fluids.


NoiseDesign - Apr 27, 2008 11:17:37 am PDT #6637 of 10001
Our wings are not tired

NPR did a report a few months ago on plastic bags and other recycling initiatives and how outright bans can backfire to some degree. I think it was Ireland that they used as an example. They either banned or put a surcharge on the plastic bags used in stores. As a result people started purchasing plastic trash bags to line trash cans and for things like pet waste. The purchased plastic bags tend to be thinker than the shopping bags. They actually saw a pretty significant spike in the amount of trucking used to transport the plastic bags that were being sold. So yes, it kept some plastic out of the landfills, but people ended up buying other plastic products, and then there was an unforseen impact with vehicle emissions from diesel trucks.


brenda m - Apr 27, 2008 11:32:18 am PDT #6638 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Yeah, I think I heard about that somewhere. Still, I have to think making people purchase their bags cuts down on the free-floating unused bags that are clogging up the ocean. And even if the bags are heavier - I can't imagine that anyone who doesn't have pets comes close to using as many purchased bags as the number they acquire under the current bag-happy routine.

It's definitely a complex problem, which means that things like devising newer and cheaper kinds of bags is key, as is doing more to encourage/enforce recycling and simply reducing use.

In Decatur, Georgia, when I lived there, they had put in place a policy that trash would only be picked up in special blue City of Decatur bags that you had to buy at stores for $1 a pop. You better believe people paid more attention to what they were buying and throwing out v. recycling/composting, etc.


WindSparrow - Apr 27, 2008 1:08:52 pm PDT #6639 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I ended up buying the dog a new crate while out because she can no longer hold her head up while standing in her puppy crate. She's pointedly ignoring it, but I'd like her to get used to the idea that it's her room before she goes to stay with my parents next week.

I have found with carrier-shy cats, that it works wonders to toss a treat or two into the carrier.


Scrappy - Apr 27, 2008 2:10:10 pm PDT #6640 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We went to Dog Adoption Day today. It was huge event, with probably 150 dogs from various rescue organizations there. Lots of fun, except for the fact that it was twelve zillion degrees out. We fell TOTALLY in love with this guy: [link]

And put in an application to adopt him. Keep your fingers crossed that he likes our cats and that they like him! Our dog indiscriminately loves all dogs, so we aren't worried about her.


amych - Apr 27, 2008 2:17:50 pm PDT #6641 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

He's a handsome thing, Scrappy. Fingers and paws crossed!


Dana - Apr 27, 2008 2:27:49 pm PDT #6642 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

PUPPY!


brenda m - Apr 27, 2008 2:50:55 pm PDT #6643 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Aw, sweet guy. How old is he?

I've had a CSI marathon on in the background today, and they keep running that Sarah McLaughlin ASPCA commercial that just breaks me. And then I have to go and get all huggy with the dog and that annoys her.

I've thought about getting another dog from time to time, but while Lucy gets along with almost any dog, she does get a little jealous of my attention. And since, to be honest, there's not really enough of that to go around, I've always concluded that it wouldn't really be fair to her.